BOARD02537

• Board Meeting Date: 9/17/1958
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. SPARKS:

"They plan to adopt a policy statement
that would apply to the overall operation
of the River."

"Will that be ready by next week?"

"Yes."

"Won't it have to finally be decided in
court what the Compact does or does not say?"

"Yes. That is what we are preparing for.
That is the purpose of going at this thing
as strongly as we can now. We are not merely
looking at Glen Canyon, but also the overall
picture."

In the discussion that followed, Mr. Peterson asked
if it could be assumed that Arizona would go as a Lower Basin
State and Mr. Sparks replied that Arizona's position could not
be defined with any certainty due to a telegram recently re-
ceived from the Governor of Arizona by Governor McNichols in
which he expressed some sympathy with the position of the Upper
Basin States.

When asked if the people who had been requested to
work on this legal committee were primarily those recommended
by Governor Johnson from his experience in working on the Colo-
rado River Compact, Mr. Sparks said that Mr. Barnard, Sr. Mr.
Saunders and Mr. Delaney have all had a great deal of experience
in work on the Colorado River.

MR. SPARKS:

"I would like to call your attention
to the memorandum under date of September
12th, copy of which is in your folders, in
which I made a recommendation that the
total sum of $15,000 be appropriated for
the Glen Canyon study. This will include
the $1,000 previously appropriated by the
Board. (See Appendix Aiii).

You will note this includes $10,000
for legal services and $5,000 for miscel-
laneous. That miscellaneous is primarily
the travel expense and other miscellaneous
expense that may be incurred. Mr. Kuiper
and Mr. Gildersleeve particularly will do
a great deal of traveling in meeting with
the engineers from the other states. The
legal committee, if appointed, would also
be involved in some travel.

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