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";'11-- II i ,',C I Mr. Riter: "You know, as a Bureau, we make our plans each year and then carry them through. Mr. Larson was not expecting to inspect DeBeque at all. Mr. Hill, last summer, mentioned the DeBeque reservoir and then when the Colorado Water Conservation Board seemed to favor it Mr. Larson shifted his program. Of course, we in the Bureau receive funds each year to spend over the 17 states. We carry that program out. In the past the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board has been Chairman of the Steering Committee. That Steering Committee exercised a great deal of pressure on how that money was spent. The emphasis in the past, as you know, has been on basin-type studies. Colorado has watched investigations. As far as we are concerned, we will work with the Board. I think Mr. Larson has written Mr. Crawford a letter, suggesting another possibility to look into. Whatever information we have at the hearings, we will present. There are some things we are looking into right now." Mr. Bailey: "Would that conflict with Mr. Peterson's idea?" Mr. Riter: "Yes, Mr. Larson is looking into both schemes." I Mr. Tipton: "I would like to emphasize the last thing that Breitenstein said, review briefly what"this Board has done since it has been in existence since 1937. It became a leader in the West in water. The Colorado Water Conservation Board spearheaded several movements. Through its Director and advisors, it started a movement in Arizona to get Arizona to ratify the Compact. Arizona did so. That removed that cloud over water rights. The next cloud was the use of Colorado River water by Mexico. Mexico was increasing its use rapidly, but so long as the quantity was indefinite, what quantity did the U. S. have to deliver? Colorado did some awfully hard work to get the work sta.ted and to begin negotiations of a treaty. All states agreed except California and Nevada. The treaty was negotiated well within the terms. Colorado spearheaded the passing of the treaty by the Senate. . Colorado was a leader in that. We have the Upper Colorado River Compact. That was the last thing that was necessary to quiet title. The water supply itself was always uncertain. We came to the end of the road. Having fixed up every state in the upper states, we come to the pay-off and now it appears we have nothing.