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<br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />00""..' ."., <br />li Ix'i. j <br /> <br />. ,..,.,,~,-. - " . .~- - - <br /> <br /> <br />, " <br /> <br />'.,~ . ".,.,.",:!.:,;,',,',>." ~" -(F} <br />~. '~:~;~'~"'." ,< .' <br />:-,,-1 <br /> <br />H <br /> <br />Fourth assumption: <br /> <br />That the Closed Basin is really closed, <br /> <br />It was stated that the geologists may be wrong. <br /> <br />Since the Walter N. White report of 1916 it has been pointed <br /> <br />out that the unconfined aquifer of the Closed Basin is not <br /> <br />tributary to the Rio Grande. Tbis fact has been stressed <br /> <br />repeatedly by competent geologists and State and Federal <br /> <br />agencies. Tbe studies which arrive at this conclusion have <br /> <br />covered a period from 1916 to date by numerous individuals. <br /> <br />Not one has contradicted this fact.. <br /> <br />Fifth assumption: <br /> <br />The project will work. <br /> <br />Mrs. Sutherland states they don't think so. We cannot <br /> <br />substitute the unfounded fears that. have been expressed by <br /> <br />the opposition for the conclusions of many competent individuals <br /> <br />who have studied t.he situat.ion for a period of well over 50 <br /> <br />yea rs . <br /> <br />Sixth assumption: The debt to New Mexico and TeKas is an <br /> <br />actDlll debt. <br /> <br />The final determination of this question can only be made by <br /> <br />the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States. This Board has <br /> <br />inquired of DUlny legal experts in the field, without exception <br /> <br />. <br />