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I I 41 "Now the Department of Interio~ and the Bureau in this report, say the states must get together and deoide upon the allooation of the water and the interpretation of the oompaot and the oontraots. We are not a party to those oontraots. The parties are the Department of Interior and the agenoies of the State of California. Why doesn't the Bureau say that the only water available for California under the oontraots i~ 4,400.000 aore feet? That is absolutely all the firm water they oan get out of the river. They indioate that California by its present works, has so:nathing over 5.000.000 aore feet. Should, we let that go in without a ohallenge, we wOuld oertainly be jeopardizing our interests. I think our statement should go to the point that the Bureau should olarify that situation and it itself should pl&oe its interpretation upon those oontraots." Mr. Tipton further st&ted that from a teohnioal standpoint the report is by no means an engineering report and further said: "****If this were an engineering report those who are interested in the subjeot would know insofar as it would be possible to estimate wi th the avai lable data. how this whole river would operate from the headwaters to the mouth. There is absolutely nothing in the report about operation of any kind. Errors have been made in the estimation of water supply in the ~thod used." Disoussion of the report by the Board oontinued until 12:15 PM when the Board reoessed to reoonvene at 2PM. AFTR~OON SESSION - Deoember 6, 1946 The meeting reoonvened and was oalled to order by Vioe-Chairmon Chris Wallrioh at 2:15 PM. Frank C. Merriell, Engineer-Seoretary of the Colorado River Water Conservation District was oalled upon to submit his oomments ooncerning the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Report. Mr. Merriell agreed with the statements whioh had been made by Mr. Patterson and Mr. Tipton. He emphasized that Colorado oannot agree with the implioation oontained in the report that California has a right to a . firm delivery of the 5.362,000 aore feet of water mentioned in her oontraots. Mr. Merriell suggested that the Board return to a disoussion of the seventeen points outlined in Mr. Patterson's statement. Jean S. Breitenstein. oommenting upon the Colorado River Report urged ~hat Colorado's oomments should be oarefully prepared and that if the points oovered by Mr. Patterson's statement "were aooepted by the Board, the neoessary details in support of them oould be added by a drafting oOmMittee designated by the Board. The Direotor stated that he had reoeived a formal statement from the Southwestern Water Conservation Distriot oonoerning the Colorado River Report. Dan Hunter, President of that Distriot was oalled upon to present the statement. Mr. Hunterr read the statement whioh is as follows: