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<br />M:1. GJ>T'l'Y: Well, it depends llj;on what you :nocn by the moral <br />,tl question. <br />MR. J>M~nSON: \~hy do you have officials; whGt is their blisi;,;,' <br /> <br />ness - water officials? <br /> <br />MR. GBTTY: Well, according to the legal ri ~hts of the variouS <br /> <br />users, to di,spose of the wB-ter. <br /> <br />MR. BIM~SON: And it requires administre.tion in order to de- <br /> <br /> <br />liver the water within the st[.te under the rule of priority or <br /> <br />uppropriation, beoause of the sCBrci ty of wa ter at certain pe riods' <br /> <br />MR. G~TTY: Yes sir, <br /> <br />MR. 1AlliR~ON: In such casos, ~ho suffers first? <br /> <br />MR. GJ>TTY: 'rhe fellow who ha~ the l&ter right, of course. <br /> <br />I.m. BMJ>RSON: So if the lower Col0rado !liver were to develop <br /> <br />.. <br />, , <br /> <br />first, the upper Colorado River ~ould have to suffer under that <br /> <br />rule? <br /> <br />MR. GBTTY: Naturally. <br />MR. J:;l.1JGSON: And if the upper 'Jart was developed first, tho <br /> <br />lower wOllld have to suffer first? <br /> <br />MR. G~TTY: Not to so f,reat 2.n extent. <br />MR. ~l~~SON: Mr. Getty, suppose the State of Colorado, <br />through a compact that might be entered into, could secure an <br /> <br />agreement that the State of Colorado would tave an amount of <br /> <br />water from the Colorado River th!:t she could never expect to <br /> <br />approach, so far as actual and consum2tive use was concerned, <br />would it not be desirable? <br /> <br />G.J. <br /> <br />"} <br />