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<br />'".-'r-'-'~' <br /> <br />ooa5~'? <br /> <br />. ':~.~ 1 ;:-"}~' " r~.. '. <br /> <br />Anot~e~ Wyoming witness was U.S. Sen. Clifford P. Han- <br />sen, who InsIsted that passage of any CAP legislation not inter- <br />fere with Wyoming's "right to the use of water allocated under <br />the Colorado River Compact." <br /> <br />Mr. Saylor said he was "saddened" by Wyoming's stand <br />on the bill, and Chllirman Aspinall urged that state to support <br />legislation equitable, to all basin states. Mr. Udall said Wyoming <br />was "demanding impossible things" and asked Governor Hatha-, <br />way if he thought it likely that Arizona congressmen would <br />support future Wyoming projects should Wyoming block a <br />project Arizona desperately needed now. The question went <br />unanswered. <br /> <br />The pending national water commission bill elicited testi- <br />mony from Northwesterners. They were united on one theme: <br />Don't link such a commission with Colorado River legislation. <br />H. Maurice Ahlquist, Washington state director of conservation, <br />and Le Sel\e E. Cole, chairmlln of the Oregon Water Resources <br />Board, presented their views in writing. Mr. Ahlquist said it <br />could be expected of a nlltionaJ commission that it would pro- <br />vide an impartial review of the nation's water problems and the <br />economic and social impact of inter-basin water transfers. Mr. <br />Cole, in his present:ltion, urged no study of possible sources for <br />supplementing the wllter supply of the Colorado River until <br />Northwestern states had completed studies of their own needs <br />and resources. Also, he said, the national commission should <br />consider all alternatives before such a study was made. Mr, <br />Cole said Oregon was making its own study and expected to <br />complete it in June, 1969. <br /> <br />Rep. Catherine' May' (R-Wash.) said an initial study of <br />Washington's water resources was made by two state univer, <br />sities. Their finding was that the state's water supply would be <br />generally adequate for the next 50 years but insufficient to <br />meet demands in about 100 years. <br /> <br />A 'Short-Fused' Bomb, Says Coloradan <br /> <br />Colorado's spokesman at the hearing was its governor, <br />John A. Love. He called Secretary Udall's truncated river plan <br />a "short-fused bomb which would lead to destructive, compe- <br />tition among the Basin states." "It proposes a piecemeal solution <br />to a part of a problem of only one state," said Governor Love, <br />"and we are appalled at the apparent abandonment of the other <br />Colorado River Bllsin states in favor of Arizona." He argued <br />that the administration proposal did not "constitute a basis for <br />solution to the many varied and complex water problems" of <br />the area. The administration's suggestion that Hilalapai Dam <br />be delayed was characterized by the chief executive as being <br />"barren of any logic." Hualapai. he said, was vital to creation <br />of a Colorado River development fund, which could be used in <br />later years to finance augmentation of the water supply in <br />the river. <br /> <br />-56- <br /> <br />L <br />