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<br />uoo9~4 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br />&~preme Court of the United States in interstate water disputes has demonstrated <br />that the judicial process often is not flexible enough to accomplish desirable <br />and workable results. In some instances the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court <br />has p~uven co be unworkable for the best, highest and most efficient use of the <br />water resource. <br /> <br />It is important to note, too, that resort to an original action in the <br /> <br /> <br />Supreme Court of the United States can only be made to adjust an existing con- <br /> <br /> <br />troversy where one state is using interstate waters to the injury or threatened <br /> <br /> <br />i~iury of another state. The Court will not apply the judicial process for the <br /> <br /> <br />purpose of adjusting many problems which are inherent in a program of basin-wide <br /> <br /> <br />development. <br /> <br /> <br />It is well known today that the regional aspect of river basin develop- <br /> <br /> <br />ment has prompted many proposals for integrating various uses of water and the <br /> <br /> <br />works to accomplish such use. This involves planning, construction, and operation <br /> <br /> <br />of projects. Federal Authorities have been proposed for certain of the river <br /> <br /> <br />basins of the Nation; and for some years bills have been introduced for the <br /> <br /> <br />establishment by the Congress of Authorities which would cover all of the major <br /> <br /> <br />river basins of the United States. Bills were introduced in the last Congress to <br /> <br /> <br />set up a temporary commission to oversee the formulation of an integrated basin <br /> <br /> <br />plan for certain rivers of the. country. Then, too, River Basin Inter-Agency Com- <br /> <br /> <br />mittees, such as this Cow_mittee on the l!issouri Hiver, have been created by <br /> <br /> <br />voluntary action on the par~ of interested Federal agencies and affected states. <br /> <br /> <br />These Inter-Agency Committees do not exist by specific legislative authority, but <br /> <br /> <br />have currently proven to be the means whereby integrated development is being <br /> <br /> <br />undertaken in a number of the important areas of the country. <br /> <br />~- <br />