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2758 MR. STAPLETON: MRS. KEATING: I have told IvaI Goslin my personal first- reading position but the thing that he wants, the endorsement that he seeks or the lack of endorsement or at least the comments that he seeks, is the official position of the state. I Following receipt of this letter I talked the matter over with Mr. Kuiper and he suggested that the Investigation Commission might very.well look into this matter to see what theY might think of the whole proposal. So he called a meeting of the Investigation Commission. I had the very great privilege of meeting with that Commission (and it is an excellent commission: it consists of, as you folks know, persons in Colorado who are thoroughly informed on water con- servation and the water problems) and I presented my views to them. Following that they drew a, well, I'll let them tell you what they drew, but it's a recommendation to this Board. I think that Commission regards itself as a technical group, and I think they confined their recommendations to that position. I am very anxious, of course, to transmit to Mr. Goslin and the National Reclamation Associ- ation the official views of Colorado. As I pointed out to him, the comments that I have made are certainly not official and that I expected and hoped that the Board the middle of January, or at least shortly after the 17th of January, that the official position of the State of Colorado would be made known. I thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for permitting me to make this statement but I think, in order to get the whole matter in due form, that it was necessary for me to ask you to let that statement be made." I "Thank. you, Governor Johnson. Now we'll ask Mr. Don Hamburg to make this report. The members of the Board have a copy of this report in their folders. Are there extra copies avail- able for people who want them?" "There are copies of everything on the bottom of the hat:tack."