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<br />"Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? <br />"Mr. MILLIKIN. In just a moment. The Senator from Cali- <br />fornia has stated that all the experts have said that this water <br />wauld be to.o saline for use. I think the Senator will agree that <br />he was somewhat extravagant in that statement, because there <br />was quite a division of apinion on the subject of salinity. <br />"Mr. DOVllNEY. Mr. President, I was referring to water <br />which had come dawn fram Lake Mead and had been used an <br />American saii, I believe thut the testimany af all the experts <br />was to the effect that such water wauld be of a very paor quality, <br />and possibly totally unusable. <br />"Mr. MILLIKIN. Allaw me to. ask the distinguished Senatar <br />from Califarnia if he wishes us to give Mexico water af a better <br />quality than we ourselves are using. <br />"Mr. DOWNEY. The treaty which California has proposed <br />to. make would give to. Mexico. 750,000 acre- feet of water aut af <br />Lake Mead, which wauld be the best water we could give her, <br />and additional amount through a return flaw af perhaps 7 50,000 <br />acre-feet. <br />"Mr. MILLIKIN. In that event California would give to. <br />Mexico more water af a better quality than is guaranteed under <br />this treaty. <br />"Mr. DOWNEY. No. This treaty would furnish Mexico <br />with which might be almast unusable. <br />"Mr, MILLIKIN. Haw the Senatar fram California can suggest <br />that we shauld give Mexico water af a better quality than she is <br />Willing to accept, and at the same time condemn the treaty for <br />giving to. Mexico what it provides is beyand my comprehension. <br />"Mr. DOWNEY. Of caurse, I claim that this treaty has <br />approximately SO ambiguities in it. <br />-"Mr.- MII:UKIN:" -'Letllscliscus s one am15iguity at a time. <br />"Mr. DOWNEY. Yes. One af the ambiguities is with regard <br />to. the quality of water to. which Mexico is entitled" If Mexico <br />knowingly wants to. eloter into a treaty to accept the return flaw <br />af what we have used in the lower basin States, regardless of <br />its quality, I cannat abject in behalf af Mexico. But I am stren- <br />uously maintaiEing to the Senate that no caurt af internatianal <br />arbitratian would ever hald that Mexico had obligated herself <br />to. accept that kind af water, It would hold that there is an implied <br />guarantee af quality. Then we may enter into same dispute which <br />may be harmful to the interests of the States involved, <br />"Mr. MILLIKIN. Mexico. knaws the stream and the quality <br />of the water which will cross her border. Mexico. has ugreed to. <br />the treaty. <br />"Mr. LA FOLLETTE. Mr, President-- <br /> <br />B 39 <br />