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<br /> <br />The Direotor suggested thll.t it rmight be well to :fix the per diem paymeni; <br />when Mr. We.rren is oalled into the cII.se. Discussicm of the amount of per diem <br />pll.yment for further servioes of Mr. warren :folloWed. <br /> <br /> <br />It was moved by Mr.. Ba':tley a.nd seconded by Mr. Pughe that the <br />per diem.e.llowanoe for servioes of Thomas J. warren in the North <br />Fla.tte interstate suit be fixed at $30.00 II. de.y and expenses :for <br />suoh time a.s he may d~vote to suoh oa.se, <br /> <br />. vote wa.s taken and the motionoarrieEl. <br /> <br />DIRECTOR STONE, I suppose you all reoeived the report wnioh I reoent1y <br />sent out. You will reoall that in that repor;t; I o..lled. your ..ttention to a <br />meeting of the Color..do River Basin Committee of FlIlUX"l;oen in Phoenix on the <br />3rd of May. While we "re waiting for the Reole.matiQIl lIlen to oome in, I might <br />report to you oonoerning tha:l; meeting. We antioipated .. very diffioult <br />session due to the attitude of California, You will reoall that the St..te of <br />Arizona. passed II. law II.t the last session of the legisl..ture whioh provided <br />that if a oontrll.ot between the Secretary of the Interior and the State of <br />Arizonll. for delivery of wa.ter from the Co10r..d,o River is..made &nd subsequently <br />approved by the Arizona. Legislature, then the Colorado River Compaot would <br />thereby be re.tified by that state without further reservations. The proposed <br />oontraot came up for elilnsideration II.nd at the Phoenix lIleeting we made re..l <br />progress, <br /> <br />I think we shall arrive at II. se.tis:f'aotory oontre.ct whioh I hope will <br />be approved by 1.11 of the states Of the bLain. This contract then will be <br />taken be.ok to We.shington and the final draft negoti..ted. with th.e Seorete.ry <br />of the Interior. When a final draft is II.pproved it will cQIl,e back to the <br />Committee of Fourteen and, if approved, it will go to the Legislll.ture of <br />Arizonll. and upon approval by that legisb,ture., Arizcma will beoome one of <br />the Colorado River Compaot states. <br /> <br />There then ensued a genere.1 disoussion of tho provisions of the pro- <br />posed oontraot with the question of evapore.tion losses being l..rgely oon- <br />sidered. <br /> <br />Representati ves of the Bureau of Re.olamatien Dre then oalled upon to <br />present progress reports on i;he investigations of Colore.do reclamation de- <br />velopment, Mr. Riter, who served as ohairman of the reelamation group. pre- <br />sented Mr. A. N, Thompsliln who made a report oonoerni:ng projeot investigation <br />on the Eastern Slope in Colorado. <br /> <br />, <br />The meeting recessed )lot 12100 noon to reoonvene ..t 1130 p.m. <br /> <br />The meeting reconvened at 1,45 p.m. and was "aIled ,to order by Vioe- <br />Chll.irman Wallrioh. <br /> <br />Mr. M, E. Bunger reviswed the status of inv.estigations for the pro- <br />posed Blue River Transmountain Diversion projeot, <br /> <br />Mr. Riter reported oonoerning investigations of projeots in Western <br />Colore.do, and disoussions of i;hese investigations ~re partioipated in by <br />.Frank C. Merriell, Engineer-Secretary of the Colorado River W..ter Conser- <br />vation Board, <br />