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13 <br /> 0 <br /> c' <br /> In April of 1945 Public Law 34, Ueventy-ninth Congress, <br /> first session, gave the consent of Congress to the negotiation m; <br /> of an interstate compact. As a result of that enactment this -4 <br /> 0 <br /> body, a joint Commission, has come into being. It is the firm <br /> conclusion of this Commission that the physical purposes and <br /> benefits of flood control and irrigation are inseparable from m <br /> 0 <br /> the intangible but none the less real benefit that this project <br /> was intended to' have with respect to the settlement of the <br /> interstate controversy. <br /> Does any one of the Commissioners cars to add to my state- <br /> ment? would any of you visiting gentlemen care to ask some <br /> questions to develop at this point? Mr. Hathaway, do you <br /> have a question? <br /> M . HATHAWAY: No, sir. <br /> MR. IRELAND: I would like to add this, Mr. Chairman, <br /> that when the Supreme Court of the United States finally en- <br /> tered its decree in the Colorado-Kansas ease, there was some <br /> pretty strong language in there about our getting together <br /> and working out this problem through a compact. <br /> MR. VIDAL: I would like to add, Mr. Chairman, with <br /> reference to the stipulation in 1933, in the formulation of <br /> which Mr. Patterson and I participated u. ith Mr. Knapp of <br /> Kansas, it was necessitated by the desire first on the part <br /> of Colorado to bring about the construction of the Caddo* Dam <br /> and Peservoir for the purpose of regulation, conservation, <br />