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<br />12. William R. Wallace testified for the treaty and at page 1531 seems <br /> <br />to say that the water that Mexico was to get had to. be usable water. On page <br /> <br />1535 he pointed out that Mexico knew what she was doing with respect to <br /> <br />this treaty: <br /> <br />"They know that the water will nat be excessively salty for <br />many, many years, and when we dilute with the water which <br />we have agreed to. deliver thraugh the All-American Canal, <br />the water will be usable." <br /> <br />13. Fred Wilson thaught that the treaty was plain, and that Mexico. <br /> <br />gat a quantity af water and there was nothing said abaut its quality. Wilson <br /> <br />thaught the salinity prablem was far in the future, and it will have to. be salved <br /> <br />in the future the best possible way (pp. 1587 -88). Senatar Millikin and Judge <br /> <br />Wilson discussed quality at page 1600. It was the Senatar's suggestian, to. <br /> <br />which Judge Wilsan agreed that peaple an the lawer river take the water in the <br /> <br />candition that it arrives, and that Mexico has no. equity in receiving better <br /> <br />water than that which arrives after the variaus users upstream have used the <br /> <br />water. In fact this is what happens all alang the Calarado as we praceed fram <br /> <br />the headwaters dawnstream. <br /> <br />14. Cammissianer af Reclamatian Bashore discussed the quality <br /> <br />questian beginning at page 1705. He did not think the water wauld be unusable <br /> <br />because the water delivered from the All-American Canal would make the salt <br /> <br />cantent such that the water wauld be usable. Senatar Downey suggested that <br /> <br />there was nathing to. keep the United States fram pumping water from the river <br /> <br />into. the All-American Canal for Mexican delivery--particularly if the return <br /> <br />B 19 <br />