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00[;392 -3- . wide or regional beneri ts expected to ultimately result from the improve- ments and develcpments outlined by such projects. and fails to indicate how much of the total investment may be expected to be returned or repaid by water and power users and other local beneficiaries. Nevertheless the Bureau of Reclamation says. that the Colorado River Basin can be develop- ed into one of the most prosperous sections of the country. and that maximum development of the Colorado River is necessary. not only for the economic stabilization and growth of the Colorado River Basin. but also for the benefit of the entire Nation. upon the theory that true National prosperity Can be achieved only by the prosperity of all component parts of the integrated economic system. . 8. To improve the value of the Report to Congress. and in behalf of the entire Colorado River Basin and its development in competition with other natural drainage basins and stream systems. Colorado suggests that the Report be revieed to include information concerning the basin- wide or regional benefits to result fran the full utilization of water. and to show the relations between total construction costs and ultimate benefits. and how much of the investment in the Colorado River Basin may be expected to be repaid in time by water and po....r users and other local beneficiaries. Colorado submits that. in the absence of such showings. the Report on the Colorado River Basin will compare unfavorably with the previously trancmi tted Report on the 111 ss ouri River Basin and perhaps with. others in preparation by the Bureau of Reclamation. Assuming the informa- tion concerning benefits and returns is included in the Report, Colorado suggests t hat a recomnendation appear therein to the effect that the general improvement program and ultimate development plan broadly out- lined by the potential projeots listed in the Report be approved by Con- gress subject to such modifications and ohanges therein as m~ be indi- cated, from time to time, by the additional data and information ac quired as additional detailed investigations are completed on potential and alternative projects. and as general investigations are continued in the basin; and subject to such modifications and ohanges therein as may be dictated by the solutions of intrastate and interstate problems by the ci tiz ens and States of the Colorado River Basin. and of international prob lems by the two Nations. . 9. To further improve the value of the Report to Congress. and prevent it from halting. instead of promoting, the development of the ColoradO River Basin. Colorado suggests the designation therein of an initial list of projeots, constituting the next cr postwar or near-future stage of construction. together with a recommendation to Congress that said initial list of projects be adopted. and that the Bureau of Recl!l.- mation be authorized to spend the sum of money to be specified in the Report (consistent with the sum specified in the Hissouri River Basin Report) on the ccmrnencement of construction of said initial list of pro- jects, and on the continuation of additional detailed project investiga- tions and further general investigations incident to the improvemont and development of the Colorado River Basin. .! 10. Hith respect to the initial list of projects to be selected and designated in the Report, it will be recalled that heretofore, on June 6.