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<br />I. <br />~55 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />MR. CHILSON: (Cont'd.) . framing his proposal, thought that <br />New Mexico, likewise, could live with such a <br />proposal. <br /> <br />As a result of the meeting at Cheyenne, New <br />Mexico expressed great doubt that it could <br />develop its share of the water within a reason- <br />able period of time with the amount of assist- <br />ance which it would receive from the formula. <br />It was proposed that a further study be made <br />of the matter and also, at Cheyenne it was pro- <br />posed that, rather than use division of water <br />as it was originally in the Upper Colorado Ri- <br />ver Basin Compact, that a fairer division would <br />be a division on the basis of' the water yet to <br />be developed.' In other words, New Mexico pointed <br />out that Colorado had developed a certain per- <br />centage of its waters, which was larger in its <br />proportion than other states. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Engineering Committee of the Commission was <br />directed to meet at Salt Lake City to determine <br />what the percentages would be on the basis of <br />unconsumed water of each state. The Engineering <br />Committee reported to the Commission at ' <br />Sante Fe, and recommended that these percentages <br />which the Governor gave you, to be a fair <br />division on the basis of the waters of the <br />Colorado River yet to be developed; Also, both <br />at Cheyenne, and later at Santa Fe, Utah said <br />that they would be satisfied with the division <br />providing that the revenues from the Central <br />Utah Project'could be used for the payment of <br />that project. New Mexico again pointed out that <br />it would be impossible for New Mexico to develop <br />the use of its share of the water with this <br />division of power assistance unless the Indian <br />lands could be developed, that is, use of water <br />on Indian lands, asa non-reimburseable project. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />At the Senators' and Congressmans' meeting at <br />the Brown Palace Hotel on November I, 1955, <br />Senator Anderson of New Mexico had suggested the <br />possibility that the Indian lands could be <br />developed by the use of what he called the <br />Leavitt Act, which has to do with Indian lands. <br />The idea was that a large part of New Mexico's <br />development would be made as a non-reimburseable <br />and non-participating project. If that were <br /> <br />/. <br />