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20 <br /> 0 <br /> 0 <br /> 0 <br /> 0 <br /> about it, that is the law. "In view of the foregoing legiela- H.H. <br /> tion the interest of irrigation would appear to be amply <br /> protected without the incorporation of a paramountcy clause o <br /> D <br /> in the proposed contract for diversion of the wat 7.s of the <br /> Arkansas River." <br /> We have taken out what I have called the paramountcy <br /> clause. The word itself is a red flag. It is best if we do <br /> follow his suggestions. <br /> CHAIRMAN KRAMER: I am glad to know you have taken <br /> direct cognisanoe of the statement of the Federal, Power Com- <br /> mission, and as I view it now, I think this is important from <br /> the viewpoint of strategy that you are not taking an argumenta- <br /> tive attitude about this. You are not urging your compact. <br /> You are accepting the Federal power Commission' s own state- <br /> ment, putting it in appropriate language, . without thought of <br /> raising an issue. The issue is resolved long since, and you <br /> are putting it into words. I think that that attitude is <br /> just as important as the wording, beoause the reactions of <br /> people and the course that this thing will follow, I think <br /> are dependent as much upon attitude as words. <br /> MR. TATE: In fact, this is really the words of <br /> Congress itself, as expressed in these acts, almost identical- <br /> ly. <br /> MR. IRELAND: Translated in our own language, follow- <br /> ing the wording. <br />