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-29- Governments agreeing to construct such hydroelec- tric works as may be recommended by the Commis- sion and approved by the two Governments. The power thus developed is to be divided equally be- tween the two countries. Article 19 provides that the two Governments shall conclude such agreements as may be neces- sary to regulate the generation, development, and disposition of this electric power. It should be ob- served that careless statements of opponents of the Treaty are that this authority is vested in the Com- mission and that rates, regulations, and fields of service will be beyond Congressional control. Such statements, designed as they are to appeal to those fearing governmental intrusion in the power field, are without foundation. Power generated at the international plants and available for distribution and use in the United States will be subject to such controls as Congress may see fit to impose. Con- gress can regulate such power just as it now regu- lates power generated at plants financed and con- structed by the Federal Government. Attention has been directed by at least one opponent to the Treaty that the language of Article 19 contemplates transmission of energy to Mexico. It also contemplates transmission of energy to the United States. Anyone familiar with conditions along the Rio Grande Irnows that in Mexico, in this vicinity, there is at present little or no market for electric power. The chances are, then, that if either country desires to export any portion of its allocated power, the United States, rather than Mexico, will benefit therefrom. These provisions are of the lItJnost importance to the development of communi- ties along the Rio Grande in Texas. The Treaty --