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<br />-31- <br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />The Six State~ Committee says: <br /> <br />(1) A treaty with Mexico providing for the <br />utilization of the waters of the border streams is <br />both. necessar)' and desirable unless the United <br />States is willing to accept the theory that such con- <br />troversies between the two nations are to be deter- <br />mined by force, <br /> <br />(2) The apportionment of the waters of the <br />border streams as provided in the pending Treaty <br />is fair and equitable to each country. <br /> <br />,. (3) The perpetual duration of the Treaty is <br />a desirable feature since the United States is there- <br />by protected against enlarged Mexican claims predi- <br />cated upon the future expansion of irrigation uses <br />in that country. <br /> <br />(4) The administrative provisions of the <br />Treaty accord with the traditional and accepted <br />principles of our constitutional form of government. <br /> <br />The Committee urges all who are interested in <br />the future development of those regions of the West <br />dependent upon the use of the waters of the border <br />streams and in the maintenance of friendly relations <br />with our neighbors to the south to support ratifica- <br />tion of the Treaty. It is indeed a sound solution of <br />a difficult problem. <br /> <br />The Six States Committee: <br /> <br />CLlFFORD H. STONE, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Chairman <br /> <br />CHARLES A. CARSON, Attorney <br />Colorado River Commission of Arizona <br />