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<br />.,' <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />conflicting dev810pmcnt and overexpansion, with their att8ndant <br />disastrous cons8quences, may b8 ch8cked and, on the other hand, <br />development may proceed in an ord8rly and secure manner, free of <br />the uncertainties as to future available water supply which hamper <br />and retard sound growth. Hardship, misunderstanding, and bitter- <br />ness are the only alternatives to an early and equitable solution <br />of the problem. <br />"4. The treaty now under consideration protects, in large <br />measure, existing US8S in Mexico on the Colorado River. In the <br />United States, not only are existing uses protected, but opportunity <br />is given for great expansion. Less than half of the water which <br />will be available to the United States under this treaty is now being <br />beneficia lly used. On the other hand, I am informed by men skilled <br />in these matters and familiar with all the facts that more than half of <br />the million and a half acre-feet of water allocated to Mexico will <br />be made up, under conditions of ultimate development in the United <br />States, of waste and return flows from lands within the United States." <br /> <br />As we shall see, the opponents of the Treaty used as an argument that Mexico <br /> <br />was entitled to no more water than what she was using prior to the construction of <br /> <br />Boulder Dam because it would not have been possible for her to obtain more water <br /> <br />from an unregulated river. Mr. Lawson, American Commissioner on the International <br /> <br />Boundary Commission and Senator Downey from California set the stage for this <br /> <br />argument at page 32: <br /> <br />" Sena tOL.DOW~EY_._No!N~_Mc._Chairman, wi th-Y.9JJCR.ermi s_s ion., <br />I will ask just one further question. If you do not deem it proper at <br />this particular time, I will withdraw it. <br />"Under the treaty affecting the Colorado River, Mexico is being <br />given about 800,000 second-feet that she could not utilize except <br />from the waters stored in Boulder Dam; is that not correct? <br />"Mr. LAWSON. I do not understand the question, Senator. <br />"Senator DOWNEY. Let me reframe the question. Would it <br />be possible to give Mexico 1,500,000 acre-feet of water out of the <br />unregulated flow of the river during July, August, and September, <br />when they need the water for irrigation? <br />"Mr. LAWSON. Under the present situation; yes. <br />"Senator DOVIfNEY. Do you mean because we allow a great <br />volume of water to run down from Boulder Dam, that has been stored <br />there? <br /> <br />-7- <br />