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Judge Stone then asked for any remarks on the statement of policy covering the North Platte case, and there followed a general discussion. The latest authority bill on the Arkansas River, whioh was proposed by Congressman Ellis of Arkansas and Senator Lee of Oklahoma, and which sets up an authority on the lower portion of the river, was discussed. Annual appropriations for the Bureau of Reolamation were next disoussed, The Colorado-Big Thompson. project has a budget estimate for the next fisoal year of $4,830,000 whioh is for carrying on the work i~ the tunnel, oompletion of ~he diversion tunnel for Granby Reservoir, the oompletion of Green Mountain Reservoir and power plant and a tunnel seotion of the oanal on the Eastern Slope. The Colorado-Big Thompson projeot was given a defense rating but a higher rating will be required to speed up the projeot so as to mampower , available in 1944 in the interests of the present war produotion program. Reference was made to the effort to step-up food produotion by govern- ment agenoie 8, and of the reoent report on agrioul turd produoti on in the Northern Colorado Water Conservanoy District as related to national defense, by Mr. Dyer and Mr. B&rkley of the water board staff~ The relation of power .development on reolamation projeots to our mineral resouroes was oonsidered. After disoussion Mr. Bailey moved that the Direotor prooeed to investigate the possibilities of oooperating with the State Metal Mining Fund in developing definite action with regard to the develop- ment of the state's mineral resouroes. Motion was seoonded by Mr. Dille and unanimously passed by the board. It was deoided that Judge John B. O'Rourke assist the Direotor on this partioular problem. A group of sponsors of the proposed Blue River diversion projeot entered the meeting.. This group represented Denver, Adams. Jefferson, Douglas, Boulder and Arapahoe oounties and appeared to seek the board I s oooperation and help on various matters oonnectedwith the proposed Blue River projeot. Mr. Glenn G. Saunders, on the staff of the Denver City_ Attorney. and Mr. William W. Ge.unt, attorney from Brighton,'were spokesmen for the group. Mr. Gaunt stated that they had had a oonference with Mr. Page at the last meeting of the National Reolamation Assooiation and that Mr. Bunger has been assigned to further study the .development of this Blue River projeot. He briefly explained the prinoi pal features of the projeot and the need for the formation of an organization to promote the projeot and to help work out the various features so that no partioular part of the state will be injured in any way by the proposed diversion of water from the Colorado River basin. George M. Corlett appeared before the board and presented various problems with respeot to the Rio Grande Compaot and the San Luis Valley projeot. The division of moneys made available under the Colorado River Develop- ment Fund to the four upper Colo ado river basin states by the Boulder Canyon Projeot Adjustment Aot was then oonsidered. The report of the special oom- mittee on the subjeot. appointed at the last meeting of the board. was presented by Silmon Smith as follows: