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<br /> <br /> <br />r'r')~"'''''~LP~~'''''',"'C'''''~', ~~:"-,'"""~~:,,:,,,,,"'3'''::'. !':-<: ': " ., .{""1 ;';~""T;~;' .,.. c;. ." "'~- <br />f' , :-:x. ,- ~ ,. .. ,-.....- :1' ~./ <br />-~ " ~ 'cv"'~.' , <br /> <br />~ ' <br /> <br />I <br />1';) <br /> <br />I <br />.1 <br /> <br />I". <br />" <br />( <br />, <br /> <br />\, spirit .cxpre'ssed in the rcmarlts yestcrC.o.y of ,Senator Manuel Tello, <br /> <br />. and I believo that the United states must move much more vigQrously <br /> <br />to reduce the 80.1ini ty of the l'Hlters of the 10\'ler Colorado, \'Ihich <br />wc deliver to Mexico under our J3j,-Lateral Ae;reenient. In 1968 the <br /> <br />Congress did make a significant advance in this effort in'section <br /> <br />207 of our Rivcrs, Harbors, and Flood Control Act of that year, <br />vlith authorized federal payment of four 10c8,1 interests in the levees <br />. /., <br /> <br />. . <br />and canal improvements of the Gila River drn.mstream from the painted <br />Rock Reservoir of Arizona. This proje~t, \'Ihich will provide <br />inwrovements through the Wellton-Moha~n' District, \'Iill greatly <br />. reduce the time required for passage of flood \'Iaters through the <br />. . _ . " . . . i <br />district and thereby rp.duceinfiltration into the e;round \'later <br />illld interference with selected pumpine;. <br />Hm1ever, this is probably not enough. I pledge that as a <br /> <br />. . <br />. . . <br />..result of' this Tenth Interparliamento,ry Conference and Report of <br />Committee One, Chaired by Senator Manuel Tello, that the Committee <br />on- pUblic Works, of.whi~h I am.Chairman and my dear fri~nd Senator <br />.. _ John' Sherman Cooper .is 'rankirig' minority memb~ri and on \.rhich Senator <br />. :' -Montoya is an a,ct,ive- and effective ,member;l 'dill direct the C?rps <br />1 'of EnGi,neer@ to study further'the capabilities of the United St\J.tes <br />" <br /> <br />I <br />I ' <br />:. <br />:t . <br /> <br />.1: <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br /> <br />'......."...'.\....".~.':".......;.'..\...... . <br />^,'..- .. <br />,. , <br />,! . <br />i . . '.' <br />, <br />.. .- <br /> <br />to deliver the wqter required by the spirit and the letter of. our <br />Bilateral Agreement. <br /> <br />_.-- _. ,~ <br />