BOARD00822

• Board Meeting Date: 4/27/1953
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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to make a reliable statement on the subject, but it is my
best guess that the possibilities of hearings before legislative
committees on the Colorado River Storage Project this spring
or summer are remote. I believe that it is more likely, if
this present Congress recesses in August, that we shall have
hearings on our Project in the Fall, and that if the Congress
adjourns in August we shall have hearings in January or
shortly thereafter."

8. Mr. Breitenstein made the following statement: "Under
the Board's resolution of February 17, 1953, in its description
of the Upper Colorado River Commission, the Board said, " . .
. with the further understanding that the Colorado Representative
on the Upper Colorado River Commission be requested to make
every effort to deter any congressional action, or action. by the
Upper Colorado River Commission on the Colorado River Storage
Project bill until such Committee makes its report and the
Colorado Water Conservation Board thereafter takes action on
the same." During the latter part of February I directed
attention to this resolution of the Water Conservation Board
and requested that action by the Commission be deferred. In
that I was not successful. However, when the matter of the
approval of the bill for the authorization of the Colorado
River Storage Project came before the Commission the motion
was so worded to bind the Commission and the states represented
on the Commission, to give support, either by way of amendments
to that Bill, or by independent bills, to any project or projects
for the use of Colorado River water in Colorado as may be
recommended to the Commission by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board. This was a paragraph in the motion for the approval of
the Bill to authorize the Colorado River Storage Project. That
motion was passed. Thereafter the Commission met in Washington,
D. C. There were two meetings - one on Saturday, with the
members of the Upper Basin States - Mr. Hunter was there, and
also on the following Monday, with the Secretary of the
Interior. Messrs. Saunders and Cory were present. I met with
the two Colorado Senators and discussed the meeting with them.
They were concerned with the decision taken by the Board on
February 17. We assured them that in view of the action taken
by the Commission in its approval of the bill authorizing the
Colorado River Storage Project we believed that they would
acting in compliance with the wish of the Board, if they
support the Colorado River Storage Project. May be, that to
some extentr we went beyond the action of the Board. No
opportunity to have another meeting of the Board. I gave assur-
ance to Senators Millikin and Johnson that I would report on
the matter, explaining the situation to the Water Conservation
Board, and would do everything I could to secure approval and

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