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<br />MiL HAiL'LH: 'That involves,'bs l.lr. j,lerri811 "aid. yesterday, <br /> <br />I:. <br /> <br />the ,roposition of stste rj,t/hts as ag&inst the iederal govern- <br /> <br />ment; that is a proposition tha"'; is as old as our country and <br /> <br />that will always be with us. <br /> <br />MR. fJO,'{VIl:L: You see no re~son in J'our own mind why a right <br /> <br />established in California might not be just as ~ood a right as <br /> <br />one established in Colorado? <br /> <br />Met. HA:tEtR: rio, I see no very good reason. <br /> <br /> <br />Mn. HOOVbP.: The reelanation of land ~equires a great deal <br /> <br />of ryerSerVerBnce 2nd consl~erable effort on the part of indi- <br /> <br />viduals, nnd many years devotion; do you think it would be pos- <br /> <br />sible to secnre the reclamation of the desert by individuals <br />unless they had sr,me assu,"ance 0: a w::.te," \ )gllnt to their land? <br />MR. HA~PHH: I question it very much; I'do not believe any <br /> <br />.-e <br /> <br />individual, or district, for that m( tter, ,.,0111<1 want to go Fhead <br />and spend years o~effcrt and, money, developing a water right, <br /> <br />unless they were assured that it was to be permanent. <br /> <br />M",. HOOVtH: Just &S a m~tter of human justice to favorable <br /> <br />development, it is my view, and I 8m baking for confirmation, <br /> <br />that we must secure the adjustment of water to the land, wherever <br /> <br />we allow the land to be developed'~ <br /> <br />Mil. HLHPtR: Yes, I agree perfectly with that view. <br /> <br />M.q. HOOVtR: One other question: \.hat is your impression of <br /> <br />the relative priority of power and agriculture? '~'he ,-!uestion <br /> <br />is, if agriculture should have preccdence over power in the pre- <br /> <br />sent state development. <br /> <br />~ <br />. , <br /> <br />G.J, <br />