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<br />119 <br /> <br />MR. HOOVER: That statement of Director Davis is based on his <br /> <br />conclusions .as to the area of irrigable lands. Yet we have be- <br /> <br />fore us estimates of the three Upper States which exceed Director <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Davis' estimate by roughly 3,200,000 acres. I doubt whether he <br /> <br /> <br />\o/Ould form that declaration again on the basis of s11ch a claimed <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />acreage as that. <br /> <br />"'JR. CAr..P~HTER: The Southern California Edison CompanY,repre_ <br /> <br />sentative made this statement: <br /> <br />"Our investigations indicate, in agreement uith those of <br /> <br />Director Davis, that there is ,vater enough in the river, if it <br /> <br />is properly conserved, to supply all possible demands for irri- <br /> <br />gation and domestic use and still leave an abundance for pouer, <br /> <br />and that there is pouer enough to meet the need of all the States <br /> <br />tributary to the river." <br /> <br />The Southern California Edison Company representative also <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />said: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />"He are .filling that any license or permit granted us by the <br />United States Government or the States, shall contain a provision <br />that the existence and operation of our pouor structures in the <br />river at points belm, tho Utah_Arizona line shall not operate to <br />confer any preferred right to the waters of the river as against <br />full potential uses for irrigation and other beneficial purposes <br />in the upper basin. He acquiesce furthermore in principle that <br />the States within Hhich power is developed have first right to its <br />use.1I <br /> <br />MR. HOOVER: They might give some reconsideration to that <br /> <br />statement when they find that the estimates of the Reclamation <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Service are exceeded by over three million acres___in fact practi- <br /> <br />cally doubled. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />H. <br />