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<br />. <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />and others who &re not present Jltne to-day", the proper legislation <br /> <br /> <br />was ~resented to the vr.rious legiulBtvres in the Basin last year <br /> <br />and the most wOJldorful thing in ull legislation occurred at that <br /> <br /> <br />time. tVG4Y o~e of the Easin States ~ssed the necessary legis- <br /> <br />lation to cnpoint a C)ommission, giviJlg it" cert:::.in rights and oer- <br /> <br />tain duties to '",erform, and then theso same men and others went <br />to Washin~ton and presented it to the Congress therc assembled. <br /> <br />1'hey,too, in a very short time, as national legislation is <br /> <br />passed, ratified the actions of these legislators, anda~pointed <br /> <br /> <br />a Commissioner, to the end th~t the development of the Colorailo <br /> <br /> <br />,Uver Besin, from its so\:rce to its mouth mif,ht be accomplished <br /> <br />vii th ,jns tice to all of the 3tb tes in the Besin, and it is my <br /> <br />.J"~ <br />'j,"' bope, r.s it bas benn l1l,.V :Iream fer se'Tersl years "'Jast, thet each <br />of the States have selected in the person of these Commissioners" <br /> <br />and our Federal Government in the person of our Chairman, men of <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />sufficient breadth to overlook the a-elfish intere '3ts of any of <br /> <br /> <br />the States, end yet at the s&mc time protect the interests of" <br /> <br /> <br />each of those Stetes, so thet they m~y have a place in the sun <br /> <br />and enjoy the future devololllnent:3 of this wonderful natural <br /> <br />resource. <br /> <br />P. " <br /> <br />I,. <br />':~., <br />