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<br />MR. spARKS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. BERTHELSON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"We did send out a copy, with the original <br />memorandum. of the graph on the rule curve <br />showing how it was computed." <br /> <br />"1 think the record ought to state that <br />Governor Love is very much interested in this <br />matter. 1 happened to be inadvertently on the <br />same plane with him due to the controllers' <br />slowdown from Chicago on Monday and he talked <br />at great length about this matter. 1 am very <br />happy that he is well abreast of what is going <br />on and I think he has got a great deal of con- <br />fidence in our Director and staff. I feel that <br />he. as our commissioner, and Larry. as his staff <br />adviser. will do very well in the negotiations <br />in Washington. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Is there any further discussion? I think <br />Mr. Berthelson called for the question. didn't <br />you?" <br /> <br />nYes.1f <br /> <br />"All those in favor will signify by saying <br />'aye'; opposed - carried unanimously." <br /> <br />"I want to ask a question regarding this <br />and that is, where do we go from here? If the <br />Lower Basin states don't accept this. if the <br />Secretary of the Interior doesn't accept this. <br />then what happens?" <br /> <br />"Then there will be the imminent possibility <br />of the Upper Basin states being forced to <br />initiate an action in the'United States Supreme <br />Court. <br /> <br />Another important part of this policy I~ <br />statement that we have just adopted is the <br />demand in there that the present filling cri- <br />teria adopted in 1962 be terminated and that <br />the so-called deficiencies which are being <br />charged to the Upper Basin be terminated. The <br />importance of that termination lies in the fact <br />that up to date there has been something in <br />