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<br />,~) <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />'-'1 <br /> <br />Mll. BIvl1'rlSOn: If c (: olldi ti on Bh OUlll, C oue ::.bout on the colorado <br />rliver where some rif,ht on thG ~ower river would be in the same <br />position of h2t'inS en in:3Uffi~ienc:i C'i supply 2t their neE-dgate, <br />would it lIot epply in the same way, the j\;nior rights above might <br />be subject to rEgulation ana control? <br />M,a. :::r;'r'i'Y: Yes sir. <br /> <br />U3, tM~aSOn: Upon a xiver coming from and flowing through seven <br />sta tes, the mL'tter of ~dmini3tr3tion would be I'ory difficult, <br />wOll1d it not ar.dw01~ld tcke long proces:3EtJ of dete1'mination? <br />11.cl. Gj<;l'TY: Ye". if the wl1t'Cr r.iP.'h ts lVere p.llocated. <br />lB. J..Lllirl3011: '.'his comES right hac]: to my oril!inal question, <br />if it is not desirable tCl have E.n assur311,~e for t'1e state of <br />ColorLdo et this time, thf.!,t they ''Jill nl1\'er be restricted in the <br />use of the water of the Color2do rliver to a figere ttat they can <br />never possibly reach - you answered that once, Mr, Getty, it is <br />just a repetition. <br />MH. HOOVKrt: 'l'he lower river has been under much more rapid ~: <br />de velopment 1;hs.n the u?})er river I L,no, thiG de vclopment is like ly <br />to p,rocced with more rapidi t~, thbn the upper river in the future; <br />the total river at low \'later is today appropriEted in the lower <br />river, ~nd without storare the lowor river is possibly in a posi- <br />tion to go to the cO'Jrts and claim restriction of the u)Jper states <br />in the diversion of water. No~ the problem here, is to arrive at <br />SOr'le kind of a 'Jass that will allow thG <.ievelopment of thE: states <br />in the upper bEsin, without attack from the lo\Ver basin, and that <br /> <br />G.J. <br />