WSP10564

• File Number: 8210.120
• Description: Colorado River Basin States Committee ‎(AKA Colorado River Compact Commission)‎
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 9/20/1949
• Author: CRBSC
• Title: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Colorado River Basin States Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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MR. 4:ARSONI Yes.

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CHAI~MAN STONE: Now as I understand it, that method met the position
taken by thisrCo~ttee heretofore and presented to the Committees of Qongress
that until th~ Arizona Project is authorized there is no justiciable issue.

MR. ~ARSON: That is exactly correct.
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CHAIfflAAN STONE: It further met the condition which was submitted by this
Co~ttee tha~ any suit should not be so brought that it would readjudicate the
rights on thelColorado River irrespective of the Compact but should be confined
to the rights lunder the Compact, in the California Self-Limitation statute, and
the Boulder C4nYon Project Act. , '
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MR. GARSON: That iE; right.

CHAIRMAN STONE: Now in effect then, the position of this Committee in
its former re~olutions has been recognized in the approval of the Authorization
Bill by the Iqterior and Insular Affairs Committee.
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MR. qARSON: Yes, that is correct. It is in exact accord as I understand
it with the a~tion of this Colorado River, Basin States Committee in all particu-
lars. We tri d in every way we could to conform to the position that we have
heretofore ta,en in this Committee, and have done so.

Now ~s I say, California interests are fighting in a broad campaign of
national publ~city and switching their position.

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CHAIijhVCN STONF: Vlhat they did was reversed their tactics.

MR. GARSON: Yes.

CHAI~N STONE: Until the Project was authorized under these conditions,
the tactics w~e that there shouldn't be any project of that size without litiga-
tion to deter~ne the rights.
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MR. d~RSONI Yes,

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CflAIi' AN STONE: When they were given the right under this authorization
to determine t ose rights under these reasonable conditions, then they attack the
economic feas~ i1ity of the Project. Is that virtually the situation?
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MR. ~RSON: That is the situation.

CHAI~N STONE: What are the prospects of a report on that bill by the
Public Lands Cpmmittee of the House?
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MR. C~RSONI I don't know. Of course the House is in virtual adjourn-
ment now andnpthing has been done since the Senate Committee report was gotten
out. AE; I und~rstand the procedure there, why out' delegation is waiting to take
up with the Ho~se Committee, the Senate Bill as amended by the Senate Committee
and the Senate! Committee report, and hoping that they can have recommended for "
passage, the s~e bill as reported by the Senate Committee without any additional
ame)'ldments. "

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