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<br />226 <br /> <br />hope that this clause would cover that phase as well, by making - by con- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />fining the, water to the water of the particular basin, The futuro commission <br /> <br />should not bo embarrassod by find~ng itself confrontod vrith onormous plans <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />for the use ,of tho surplus water for power1vithin tho Lower Basin,which <br /> <br />it cannot rid itsolf of and which it mi.ght bo claimod had vested to such <br /> <br />a degreo that they could not be disturbod. ;\nd, that foature should bo cnre- <br /> <br />fUlly consi.dorod in tho wording of this paragraph. In othor Trords) thoro, <br /> <br />should be nothing in there that woul~ prevent the utilization of tho <br /> <br />oloctrical onorgy obtainod from tho flovring of, the uator that passQs by <br /> <br />the wheols. But no pormanent right should attach that would Qmbarraso tho <br /> <br />futuro apportionmont of wator becauso at that timo tho electricalpowor <br /> <br />phase may have developed to such a degree that ,it wO,uld be, of prime <br /> <br />importanco. . <br /> <br />JUDGE DAVIS: Mr. Carpentor mado a vory cloar statement of the <br />situation and I am very Glad to be able to agroe with \1im" <br />CH!,IRMAH HOOVER: This splits itself into tvro parts - this para- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Graph - and we might tako it in tyro parts. Wo 'can cu"c this into two <br /> <br />parts, and wo might consider the first sentence first. <br /> <br />"Subject to the provisions of this compact, tho ITa tor ,of tho , <br />Colorado River System may be impounded and used for the goneration of <br />electrical power," (tblt j_s an affirm<ltivo statemont of 'tho pOl'ror position <br />in the basil'l;-) "but such UDO shall be subsorvicnt to the'uso and nocessary <br />consumption of such wator for aGricultural and ,domost:Lc purposos and <br />shall not interfere with or provent use for such dominant purpose," <br /> <br />,JUDGE DAVIS: Tho word "necossary" shouldn't be in thore. <br /> <br />MR. mRPEJI'rER: "IUSO and consumption." <br /> <br />CHAIm,L\N HOOVER: "Consumption of such water for agricultural and <br /> <br />domestic purposes, and shall not interfore wHh or prevent uso for such <br /> <br /> <br />dominant purposos." There is, oxcept for tho declaration, that i.s tho <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />'1/1 <br /> <br />vrording of paragraph (b) as we havo already agroed to it. Vlell, now, I <br /> <br />, think we might take the sense of tho commissioT) on that part of the para- <br />