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<br />"not really accurate" and added, "I resent any implication that
<br />California is in any way blackjacking anybody. My instructions
<br />from Gov. Pat Brown are quite clear. He wants this bilI and he
<br />wants it badly."
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<br />Congressman Udall, commenting on the Johnson statement,
<br />said it was not based "on any consultation with me. I'm not in
<br />full agreement with what he says." Mr. Udall added that many
<br />California leaders "have given us the full measure of cooper-
<br />ation. We're going to have to live on the river with California."
<br />Nor did Mr. Udall acknowledge that the bilI was dead, although
<br />he admitted that "the developments of the last two or three
<br />weeks have been discouraging." "We wilI continue until there
<br />is no hope left," he said.
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<br />California's Colorado River Board re-stated its support of
<br />the bilI in a telegram from the board's chairman, Raymond R.
<br />Rummonds, to Mr. Johnson. Mr. Rummonds said California
<br />opposed any major changes in the legislation. If any part of
<br />it was to be renegotiated, he said, it should be done in meetings
<br />of all seven basin states "before rather than after the bilI goes
<br />to the House floor." Replying, Mr. Johnson said Arizona had
<br />no changes to propose "and therefore nothing to renegotiate."
<br />And he added, "We have been asked by California's represent-
<br />atives to guarantee that some provisions of the bill wiII not be
<br />c hanged in the process of floor debate if a rule is obtained.
<br />Obviously such a guarantee on our part is impossible. We wish
<br />to proceed to the floor with H.R. 4671 in its present form."
<br />
<br />On September 7 a joint statement was issued by Congress-
<br />men Udall and Rhodes, with Rep. George F. Senner, Jr., con-
<br />curring, which for all practical purposes interred CAP insofar
<br />as that Congress was concerned. They confirmed in effect what
<br />Rich Johnson had said. to wit, that California's fear 'of losing
<br />its guarantee on the floor of the House persuaded its delegation
<br />to bottle the bilI up in Rules. Also, they said, many House mem-.
<br />bers, particularly from the East, were reluctant to commit theme
<br />selves to the bilI without some promise of approval in the Senate.
<br />And that assurance could not be given, partly because of Sen-
<br />ator Hayden's ilIness and partly because Senator Jackson of
<br />Washington firmly opposed "any meaningful study of water
<br />importation." And there were other, problems: Lack of time.
<br />Telling opposition to the dams by conservationists. Unremitting
<br />hostility on the part of Pacific Northwest states toward the
<br />water-import idea.
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<br />On California's role in the death of CAP, the Arizona
<br />congressmen had this to say: "While we believe California
<br />has been unnecessarily cautious and overly protective of its own
<br />interests, we recognize that regardless of our future course, our
<br />two states must continue to live together and confront mutual
<br />problems. . . We close no doors of negotiations or cooperation
<br />with California and we report these developments more in.
<br />sorrow than in anger. However, in the light of California's
<br />refusal to go forward with the, bilI as agreed upon, we feel that
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