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<br />\' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />On page 110 Clayton again returns to a discussion of the above quoted words <br /> <br />as follows: <br /> <br />"Now to get back to the words 'from any and all sources' and <br />'whatever their origin,' those words were inserted by the Arnerican <br />representatives in this treaty to insure that the United States would <br />get credit for all kinds of water, whether it was green water or clear <br />water or any other kind of water, whether drainage or fresh, that <br />actually found its way to Mexico, that might come into the main <br />stream, in the boundary portion, from Arizona, for instance, but <br />still the United States would be entitled to credit for it." <br /> <br />Mr. Clayton, under questioning from Senator Downey, indicated that the scheduling <br /> <br />provision of the treaty was developed for the very purpose of insuring credit to <br /> <br />the United States of any water in the river. (pp. 110-11 Hearings). <br /> <br />5. Beginning on page 149 of the Hearings, there appears the prepared <br /> <br />statement of L. M. Lawson of the Boundary Commission. At pages 152,157,167 <br /> <br />and 170 he stressed that under ultimate development the United States will receive <br /> <br />credit for practically all the return flow which reaches the river. Emphasis is <br /> <br />placed upon this fact and that this will mean that the United States will not have <br /> <br />to release from storage a great deal of water to meet the treaty burden. This <br /> <br />analysis of the treaty not only places emphasis on the fact that Articles 10 & 11 <br /> <br />provide that the quantities are to be from any and all sources but also indicates <br /> <br />that Article 15 must be considered with these two articles in order to get the true <br /> <br />picture of the water to be delivered to Mexico. At page 171 of the Hearings we have <br /> <br />the folloWing from Lawson's analysis of Article 15: <br /> <br />"The importance of these schedules in assuring credit to the <br />United States for its drainage return, and other excess flows <br />is illustrated in the provisions for minimum rates of delivery dur- <br />ing the months of January, February, October, November, and <br />December of each year. During these months there is always <br />expected to be a certain quantity of water flowing in the river <br />which would pass to Mexico in any event, but for which the <br />United States desired to receive credit against Mexico's allotments. <br />The article provides, therefore, that the Mexican schedules must <br /> <br />B 8 <br />