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<br />19 <br /> <br />! <br />,. It is recognized that the Colorado River Compact is in <br />full force and effect and all of the provisions hereof <br />are subject thereto.59 <br /> <br />All of the states negotiating the Upper Cclorado River Basin Compact were in <br /> <br />fact signatories to thG Colurado River Compact and >lere bound to uphold the <br /> <br />provisions made therein. Thus, the original obligati?n to deliver 7.5 million <br /> <br />acre-feet to the Loller basin was still in effect. <br /> <br />Along '"ith the five state COllll\ission'~rs and the federal Chaiman, the <br /> <br />Commission also consisted of an Engineering Advisory Committee and a Legal <br /> <br />Committee, both consisting of representatives of the United States of America <br /> <br />and the five states. Trle Legal and Engineering Ccmmittees were to serve as <br /> <br />advisors on technical matters outside the scope of knowledge of the Commissioners. <br /> <br />Throughout the proceedings of the negotiations the Commissioners, >lhen speaking <br /> <br />on a more technical level,would often say "I am not a lawyer, but..." or "I may <br /> <br />not be an engineer, but I think...". Mony of such subtle and specific legal <br /> <br />and engineering questions had to be referred to these committees for discussion. <br /> <br />While th~ advisory committees often met separately from the Commissioners <br /> <br />to discuss esoteric legal and engineering matters, I<ey members from these same <br /> <br />committees made very significant contributions to the recorded proceedings of <br /> <br />the Commission itself. Jean Breitenstein, Colorado's representative in the Legal <br /> <br />Committee, in fact proved to be one of the most influential members in these pro- <br /> <br />ceedings. He received his law degree in Colorado and in 1925, at age 25, too)< <br /> <br />a post as Assistant Attorney General of Colorado that he held until 1929. Betl.eer, <br />70 <br />1930 and 1933 he was the Assistant United States Attorney for Colorado. He <br /> <br />eventually became knOIln and respected as a specialist in interstate water confli, <br /> <br />and at the time of the Upper Basin Commission he was an attorney for the Colorado <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board. <br /> <br />'---~ <br /> <br />. <br />