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,. to cover that, The treaty provides that the waters shall be .. ailocated from any source whatsoever. I am parl'iphrasing; You will remember the language. The other is, that Mexico shall have a right to use no more than 1,500,000 acre-feet 'for any purpose whatsoever'. Now, that 'any purpose whatsoever' has material significance. Under this language we believe that Iviexico could not call upon the United States for any more water than 1,500,000 acre-feet for dilution purposes. She has renounced all claim to any wat8r, except 1 ,500,000 acre-f8et, for any pur- pOS8 whatsoev8r. " On page 323 Senator Downey asked the question the import of which was could we deliver 500,000 or 750,000 acre-feet of water which would not be of value for irrigation purposes. Tipton's reply was as follows: "Yes, sir; I do state to the committee, that that is my opinion. It is not my own view, Senator, that the amount of return flow that Mexico will be receiving will be of unusable quality. . ." Following the above statement by Tipton, Senator Downey and Tipton engaged in an 8xchange which reads: "Senator DOWNEY. And you aw very poSitiV8 that the treaty does not give any guaranty to Mexico that the water we deliver he,' shall be of a quality that she shall use? "!Vir. TIPTON. Yes, sir. Understand, I am not an attorney. I cannot appraise th8 legal rights of M8xico und8r the treaty. Howev8L,--Ldid-ba.ve_the_privilege_oLparticipating_v8r.y_actively - - - -- in th8 n8gotiations, and I can say of my own knowl8dge that this question was a major qU8stion, and that M8Xico understands very thoroughly what th8 language of the treaty m8ans. "Senator DOvVNEY. Now, Mr. Tipton, ther8 is no such phras8 as this: That M8Xico agrees to tak8 the 1,500,000 acr8-f8et r8gardless of its quality or usability? "Mr. TIPTON. No, sir; cGrtainly not. "S8nator DOWNEY. The languag8 you r8fer to, as I under- stand you, is this: That M8xico shall b8 guarantGed th8 right to 1,500,000 acre-feet of water from any and all sources; is that right? "Mr. TIPTON. That is part of the languag8. "Senator DOWNEY. That is th8 languag8 you refer to? "Mr. TIPTON. Yes, that is correct. B 10