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.;:)":)::;:I~ MR. GEISSINGER: last time we got an extension, that we wouldn't ask for any more so we want to be sure that we meet this one. Because this is, as I say, under the leadership of the Attorney General's office _l_ and Mr. Geissinger, I think it would be appropriate, Mr. Chairman, if Jinmy would add what he might like to add to my comments." "I think this brief has been worked over enough times so that it ought to be, as far as the mechanical part of it is concerned, in pretty good shape. I am satisfied it is in excellent shape. We have over five drafts of it and nobody is intending to do any lint picking. It is ready to go. I think we have the problem licked now. There is one very interesting comment that I'd like to make here today. Our Board member, the state engineer, advised me the day before yesterday that Colorado has a credit for 1966 of approximately l5,OOO acre- feet. This is only the second time that has happened since 1952. You may rest assured that we are going to see that that is in- cluded someplace in this brief. That's all I have to say. I think there is going to be no problem in meeting this deadline and I too want to acknowledge the tremendous help given to us by the attorneys representing the districts down in the valley. We want them to be working with us at all times and this is going to have to be an all- out effort. It may be, but it would be most unusual, that if on this first go-round the supreme Court of the united states didn't 1 permit Texas and New Mexico to file their complaint. But if they follow the procedure that they followed in 1938, in the '38 case, and if they follow the procedure of the 1951- 1957 case, it would seem that before they would rule on this indispensability question they would at least desire to hear some