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<br />:'::S~b <br /> <br />Representative Tom Neal from Durango. <br />Glad to have you with us." <br /> <br />REPRESENTATIVE NEAL: <br /> <br />"Thank you." <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />"I don't think there are any other mem- <br />bers of the legislature here. Former Repre- <br />sentative Woolf from Boulder is here as a <br />private citizen now, smiling." <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />MR. rlOOLF: <br /> <br />"Thank you." <br /> <br />MR. CORNELIUS: <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman, may I ask the Attorney a <br />question?" <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />"Yes. Mr. Cornelius." <br /> <br />MR. CORNELIUS: <br /> <br />"In the event the Supreme Court does <br />appoint a referee or a master, this will not <br />necessarily be a river master, will he?" <br /> <br />MR. MOSES: <br /> <br />"I will be glad to clarify that. There <br />are two kinds of special masters which the <br />Supreme Court might appoint. One is the kind <br />of a special master which was appointed in <br />the case between Texas and New Mexico in <br />1951, which was dismissed but it still took <br />five years for that procedure; it never went <br />to trial. The master there did take evidence <br />as to whether or not the United States was <br />an indispensable party and we have asked the <br />court in our brief that if the court has any <br />question abont \~hether the United States is <br />an indispensable party, that it follow this <br />practice and appoint a master to take such <br />evidence as may be necessary. <br /> <br />The court also has the authority to <br />appoint a water master which is in the nature <br />of a gold-plated'water :commissioner. He has ,'I <br />the power and dignity of the United States <br />Supreme Court behind him but he actually runs <br />the river and Texas and New Mexico have asked <br />for the appointment of such a water master. <br />But I would anticipate that that is some dis- <br />tance down the road and it is entirely <br />