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<br />" <br /> <br />"Senator DOWNEY. Is not that a clause favoring Mexico <br />and merely providing that her lien or right to 1,500,000 acre- <br />feet attaches to all the waters in the United States? <br />"Mr. TIPTON. No, sir. As I say, I participated in the <br />negotiations, and I know the rea son for that language. As <br />to subsequent interpretations, I do not know. But I know the <br />reason for the language. <br />"Then do not forget the very significant limitation: 'for <br />any purpose whatsoever.' <br />"Senator DO'NNEY. Do you have the treaty there? <br />"Mr. TIPTON. Yes, sir. <br />"Senator DOW NEY. Read that la st language that you think <br />obligates Mexico to take water even though it is not of usable <br />quality. <br />"Mr. TIPTON. It is article 10, subparagraph (b), on page 14: <br />'Mexico shall acquire no right beyond that provided <br />by this subparagraph by the use of the waters of the Colo- <br />rado River system, for any purpose whatsoever, in excess <br />of 1,500,000 acre-feet annually.' <br />"Senator DOVY NEY. But, Mr. Tipton, that does not answer <br />the question as to whether that 1,500,000 acre-feet is to be <br />usable as first-class water. That begs the whole question. <br />"Mr. TIPTON. No, it does not, Senator. If Mexico re- <br />qUired an additional amount of fresh water to dilute this, to make <br />it usable, she could not call upon the United States to deliver <br />that fresh water, because she has limited her right to 1,500,000 <br />acre-feet for any purpose whatsoever." (p. 324) <br /> <br />On page 338 Senator Downey and Tipton engaged further in a quality <br /> <br />discussion as follows: <br /> <br />"Senator DOvVNEY. I understand you to say that in your <br />opinion there is no guaranty to be implied from this treaty that <br />the water furnished to Mexico shall be of such quality that it <br />will be usable for irrigation? <br />"Mr. TIPTON. That is correct, sir. <br />"Senator DOY./NEY. I think you also stated that you based <br />that opinion, in part, at least, on conversations and exchanges <br />of data between the two Governments leading up to the treaty? <br />"Mr. TIPTON. That is correct, sir." <br /> <br />And further on pages 341-42: <br /> <br />"Senator DOWNEY. Returning to the question of any implied <br />guaranty in the treaty that water shall be of sufficient quality to <br /> <br />B 11 <br />