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<br />cons ent thereto he,s been Ci ven i:ly the ConGress, The Colorado
<br />Basin States Co ,;,:ittee in the state,"ent of principles I have
<br />just rea~ to you, founQ unanimously that the million acre-feet
<br />',lentione(l in Article 111('0) of the Colorado River CO;.1pact is
<br />,n,;',T,ortioned to the LO'ier Basin, ma::lng the total api,ortionment
<br />to the Lm,er Basin 8,500,000 acre-feet; and the LOFer Basin is
<br />e:ltitled to de;Jlete the flo', of the Colorado River at the
<br />international 00undar~r 'oy 8,500,000 acre-feet, It '1as aelorted
<br />by the Co<r.:ittee the l)rinciple that eVl1poration and reservoir losses
<br />S~0ulQ be civic1ed on a ratable and,proPortionate basis among
<br />projects serve(l by such ref'er"!oirs. 'iater store(l for future use
<br />is on the sar,le basis D.S Civerteel. 'rater,
<br />In bhe brief filed in oposition to S, J, Res, 145.
<br />appearin~ in the )rinte(l recoro of those hearinGs at pages 157-179,
<br />and at DaGes 2G5~287 of hearinGs on H. J, Res 225, the
<br />Colorado Ri'ler Basin States Co ;:i tt ee, co,',pos eel of JL~(1ge Clifford
<br />H. Stone, and Fran': Delaney, for the Stp,te of Colorado; L. C,
<br />Bishop an(1 H. lielvin Rollins, for the StE1,te of "":\,oming; :Jilliam
<br />R, ',lallace and Grover R. GileE for the State of UL'h; F'rel'c :.:,
<br />;Jilson 8.nd John H. Bliss :'or the Ste.te of Us\' ::exico; "md llellie
<br />T, 3ush i),nd Charles .:., Carson for the St2te of Ari~ona, 1Ii th
<br />ael(li tional j"e;;Jbers on the SU~JcolJEli ttee to o:;:,ose litiGation,
<br />incluli.inS Judge J, )., Ho'rell for the StOlte of Ute,h; Hartin A.
<br />Threet for the St,n,te 0:.:' He;. liexico; Ilor,wn 3, Gro.y, Attorney
<br />General of UyoQin[S; and Jean S, Breitenstein for the State of
<br />Colorado, cade the flat statement:
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