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<br />B029DS <br /> <br />'..J <br /> <br />-37- <br /> <br />on H, R, ')34 ana H. ~. 935, I'hich have been :'roceec1.ing <br /> <br />sir"ultaneoLIE,ly, that Conc;ress toes not have the :,)o'"rer or <br /> <br />jurisdiction, for any ::)llr~)OSe, to construe or SL!]':;ort the <br /> <br />Colorado River Cos}JC'.ct; anet therefore that ConGress is help- <br /> <br /> <br />less to 0.eter::.ine the question '1hether or not, in its judgi",Jent, <br /> <br /> <br />there is \Tater legally available for the ye"tral Arizona Froj ect, <br /> <br /> <br />for the ::urpose of the Auth'jrizatian B-il:::". They have arGued <br /> <br /> <br />thnt conslC'.erati.on of the.t question by the COJ'c;ress is pre- <br /> <br />cluc1ea ana of'rrec1, .end that the only tribunal havinG jurisc1iction <br /> <br />to c~etermine the qL'estion of the availa1)L.i t~T of ','ater for the <br /> <br /> <br />project ic the SuprerJe Ccurt of the Unitecl States, <br /> <br />EOllever, ":1ile r.08e of their 'Iitnesses have been <br />pressing such arE;uDents 1n the leGislative 0.0,:81 ttees, i'!r. James <br />H, Hm,are~, General Caunsel for the lietropoll tan 1rater District <br />of Southern Ca::"ifornia, presented a state:lent before Suo_ <br />corMl1ttee [,umber ;3 of the House Cor.;:.:ittee on the Ju(Uciary in a <br /> <br />hearin3 on H, J, Res :5 [',nc1 similar resoll-Iti ons, all of 1!hich are <br /> <br />corapanion to S, J. Res, 4, beine; consic1erec1 by your Cor,:mi ttee, <br /> <br /> <br />in "hich he concec1ec1 tl1nt C,'nc:;ress (Cid have such ::o'!er to <br /> <br />;.' <br /> <br />determine the ava.ilabi::'ity of "ater for a project for the <br />, ' <br /> <br />le;;islative ;w.r;10se of al1.th:'riz1n.=:; a ::roject, :Ir. Hm-rard <br /> <br />stated the,t in mal:in,s contrCl.cts 'lith the Secretary of the Inter10 <br />the SOLlthern California aliencies hac1 relied u;)on imlilaterial and <br /> <br />irrelev~nt ollegations,1n the bill nnd statements in the <br /> <br /> <br />pleaClinc;s in Arizona v. CDlifornia, ~83 U, S, 423. I thou~ht <br /> <br />that ~,r. Ho"arc1 "28 too c:olreful a la'T;'er to rely upon such <br />