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29 <br /> O <br /> C7 <br /> rn <br /> ever, he nee taken the necessary internal steps to assure <br /> ure n <br /> himself that action at the top level will be for^hcomin <br /> 0 <br /> if, as and when it reaches there. Nevertheleee, the meet_ <br /> ing of the ulnas has taken place at a lower level expedi- <br /> tiously anJ satisfactorily and, I are confident, finally. <br /> The dame applies with respect to our relations with <br /> the Corpa of Englneerr. The latest oomauniaation upon <br /> which we rest, as ar as oommitaente of the War Depart- <br /> went are oonoerned, are signed by Colonel Feringa. They <br /> will not be repudiated. <br /> Going now to the epeoitic language in Rr. Straus' <br /> letter, it is true that in the final analysis it will be <br /> the Secretary of the Interior or the Acting Secretary in <br /> case of the Secretary's absence, who will finally advise <br /> the Congress with respect to the views of the Department <br /> of the Interior on our Compact. Until that time e i a reech- <br /> ed the development and resolution of problems of mutual <br /> interest can properly, expeditiously and assuredly be ac- <br /> complished at lower levels than tht office of the :3eorYe.. <br /> tart' himself. <br /> To go to your ape-eitia question as to whether we <br /> will have to consult with the Secretary himself after we <br /> have transacted our business with the Commissioner of <br /> rneelamation or other representatives of the Department of <br /> the Interior, I would say that it is a foregone oonolu- <br />