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<br />";~~~'~ <br /> <br />0:> <br /> <br />". oj <br /> <br />c:. <br />c-: <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />greedily and hungrily grabbing for every conceivable advantage that <br /> <br />they can lay a hand to. <br /> <br />If I sound just a little bit irritated about the thing, it is <br /> <br />because 1 have just been through an ordeal in the city of Washington <br /> <br />that taught me plenty, and I will never be so genteel again as I have <br />been in the past about this matter called the Colorado, It is rather <br /> <br />unique, you know, that a State making absolutely no contribution to <br /> <br />the flow of a fundamental river should seek and secure, as has been <br /> <br />the case already, a dominant use of the resources of that river, and <br /> <br />not being satisfied with having already secured a dominant use of that <br /> <br />river, be determined that every other state connected by watershed or <br /> <br />otherwise shall hereinafter be chopped off by whatever device is <br /> <br />necessary to secure that advantage. <br /> <br />Now, California pleads to you that they are upholding the Santa <br /> <br />Fe contract. Let me tell you something. If, under the terms of <br /> <br />California's appraisal of the interpretation of the Santa Fe contract, <br /> <br />full and complete adjudication of the rights of the adjacent states to <br /> <br />the Colorado River is ever accomplished, there won't be any water for <br /> <br />the State of Utah for agricultural purposes. Why? Now I know that a <br /> <br />lot of you are inclined to think that we should go ahead with this <br /> <br />business called adjudication. It has been kicked around considerably. <br /> <br />Let's take it to the Supreme Court. Let's make the issue live and <br /> <br />let's enjoin the United States Government to engage in the suit and see <br /> <br />if there isn't something we can do about it. I had a great bounce out <br /> <br />of Aspinall's position in Washington the other day when they were at- <br /> <br />tempting to enter something in the records which was a matter of <br /> <br />. <br />