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bi)~5~" the Supreme Court and wound up with all the marbles." Mr. Ely replied that California lost only part of the case" i.e., exclu- sion of tributary waters from that part of the river apportioned to Arizona. He said Arizona "mousetrapped" its opponents by abruptly changing strategy in 1958 to base its case on that issue. Safar as the 4.4 question was concerned, he said, California was insisting on the guarantee as a matter of law. Otherwise his state feared that one day it would find water being taken from projects already built and in use to be committed to the Central Arizona Project. Mr. Hosmer Sees a 'Death Wish' Congressman Hosmer observed at one point in the proceed, ing that Arizonll's current bilI was "bizarre" and, he thought, derived from "some kind of morbid death wish." Mr. Hosmer was sponsoring a bill identical to the one which received Interior Committee approval the previous year, only' to die in Rules. Another Californian heard from on the first day of the hearing was Senator Kuchel, who supported the regional biII introduced by Chairman Aspinall. He' said it signified "continu- ing recognition of the regional approach" to Colorado River development. The subcommittee also received testimony from an Arizona organization formed to resist the dams-Arizonans for Water Without Waste"7'although this time the group gave, qualified approval to " damless CAP. Its witness was its chairman, Juel Rodack, who said A WWW included engineers,' economists, . scientists and others interested in preserving the Grand Canyon. "Arizona needs CAP now only because nothing else has been developed," said Mr. Rodack. "But CAP is a partial, short-term . answer to our problem. We l'lre convinced that the answer to the water problem, locl'll, regional and national, is to be found through a select national water commission." Mr. Rodack went on.to contend that the Colorado River "is already bankrupt." "Seven states," he sHid, "divided up more water than exists. Worse, the rive,r is over-developed." A Way to End the Water War: Secretary Udall Secretary Udall carne before the subcommittee on the second day of its hearing to champion the administration's "bare- bones" plan. He said it was designed to end the long controversy over Colorado River development and get CAP built. "I know of no serious opposition to the Central Arizona Project nor of any valid Question as to its justification," said Mr. Udall. He recalled that hopes were high of getting a Colorado River bill through the previous Congress, but "the issues involved proved . to be so complex thl'lt lime ran out before they could be fully resolved." Now, he sll.id, "on the foundation of agreement al- ready achiteveq, I am optimistic that, in this session, the- Congress -53-