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.44 Mr. Hunter: None Mr. Lindstrom of the Colorado River Water Conservation District Board: None. ~ldge A. W. McRendrie of the Arkansas. Valley Ditch Association: Not at this time. Charles J. Beise of the Southwestern Development Association: He I raised the question of whether the Section 1 of the Flood Control Act of 19!~ and Section. 1 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1945 contemplated a procedure for the submission of a report for basin-wide development such as the Colorado River Report. Director Stone stated that in his judgment these provisions of law were not intended to be confined to reports covering specifio projects but covered basin-wide reports such ~s the one before the Board. Further, it was obvious that the DepartMent of Interior construed Section 1 of the 1944 Flood Control Act to cover such reports as the Colorado River Reports. The Report had been submitted to the State of Colorado in accordance with the procedure prescribed! by that lav: by the DepartMent of Interior and the State was called upon to comment thereon. Glenn Saunders of the Denver. Water Board: "We feei that Mr. Patterson and his committee's analysis. covered everything that \Ve had in ~ind. I suggest that they be taken up in the order that the committee presented them. Everything we have in mind is covered." Mr. Gumlick of the Denver Water Board: "We came to the concl~sion . that Colorado should not accept this report." Mr. Potts of the Denver Water Board: "Mr. Patterson and Mr. Tipton very fully cov~red the subject." Thereupon, the Board proce.eded to consider the various. items contained in the Patterson statement. These items were considered, discussed and approved. After further diseussio;,. it was moved by Mr. putcher and seconded by Attorney General Hinkley and Mr. Bailey that the Director, the Chief Engineer, Consulting Engineer and Attorney for the Board constitute a ccn@i~tee to draft Colorado's comments ~n the report and that such comments so drafted be submitted to tho members of the Board. Upon vote being taken the motion was unanimously carried and declared adopted. Discussion then followed as to whether a vote by the members of the Board on approval of the draft of Colorado comments should be taken I by mail or whethe~ a meeting should be held for that purpose. It was pointed out that little time remained wi thin which to draft a report and submit .. it to the Secretary of the Interior. After such discussion, it was agreed that the committee authorized to draft the comments be further authorized to submit them to the Secretary of the Interior and that the vote on the last motion be considered an approval of Colorado's comments on the basis of the Patterson statement.