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<br />APPENDIX "e" <br /> <br />IN MEMORIAM TO HANS KRAMER <br /> <br />l <br />. <br />f <br /> <br />We pause this mornl11g to impose in the record a testimonial to our <br />departed colleague, Hans Kramer, Brigadier General, U. S. A. (Ret.), <br />the Representative of the Unitcu States, who departed this life February <br />16,1957. <br /> <br />Pursuant to Public Law 34, 79th Congress, 1st Session, the Presi~ <br />Jent of the United States in 1945 appointed General Kramer as the <br />Representative of the United St<lt('s to participate in negotiations <br />between the States of Colorado and Kansas for the settlement of the <br />then existing water use controversies rdating to the Arkansas River and <br />its tributaries. As a result of such negotiations a compact was entered <br />into between the two states on DcccmhLT 14, 1948, at Denver, Colorado, <br />and thereafter the I..':umpact was formally ratified by the legislature of <br />(<1l..':h St<l.t~ and by CongrLs5 <1no was <1pproved hy the President. Thl.: <br />,~l'rVl(\:5 tit Gl'l1eDI Krdmcr thrt)llghllllt the ncgotl;lti0!l of the (:Olllp:lcr <br />:md in the drafting th("r('of, as \Veil :1<: toward se(uring- its ratification, <br />were 1I1valuabk. Upon ratihc:l.tlOn at the compact by Congr...:s.5 in 1950. <br />L:ellcral Krrt.Illt'T was appointed by the Pr~~ldcnt as the Rcprefi..::nt:ln....e <br />uf dle United Sr:\tcs to serve on this Administracilll1. (tnd he p~lrtit_'ip;H~d <br />,I.'; such rcprLsellt;ltlVC. \....ith ti.Jdity :md hunur until his Jc:tth. <br /> <br />The ;lttempt to preserve any' record in writing of an individual's <br />life is ;L vain t<lsk, for in the final :malysis, no written record \vhatevcr <br />its subst.mcc can accllr:ltcly depict thL life of ;\ m:lll. The true testimonial <br />(IJnSlsts of the int.lngibks of thL hc{rt ;,nd mind rather than the inscriw <br />tions upon parchment. The brief trihute uttered today G\n give but <br />inadequate expression tu General Kramer's \.}ualities of mind and heJ.rt. <br />A memorial to him is written bLst in the he:trts anJ minds of all '\.vho <br />have benefltl'd by their fortunate association WIth him. We do \VeIl to <br />reflc(t upon the life of (lIle who h~ts enriched our lives so much. <br /> <br />A few sentences Gll1not liD justice to all that General Kr:lfficr p:l::.:ed <br />on to us, the benefactors of his pcr::;onal ;Lssociations, friendship, sincerity, <br />graciousness dnd affection. Words Jo not properly produce the effective <br />note of loss which comes when a friend and COIlC;1g11C has left \]s. Ac- <br />cordingly. we express our deL{) sorn)\V over his death, cherish the <br />memories exemplified hy his lif~, :lI1d give gr;ttcful recognition to his <br />contributions to this Administr;\tinn and to c,leh of us individually. <br /> <br />AND, NOW HE IT RESOLVED, That this memorial be entered <br />,It kng:th in the minutes of this Administration. and that the Secrec\rv <br />fmw:,;d :1 (npy hereof to the family of Gcnenl Kramer. . <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />L <br />I <br />