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<br />C\l <br />C) <br />i'" <br />C\l <br />o <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />Foreword <br /> <br />This booklet sets forth basic facts concnning the Colo- <br />rado Rivn, and reveals how the use of this water will affect <br />the destinies of millions of persons, <br /> <br />It points out that the people of California and their rep- <br />resentatives are not asking for or seeking to obtain !IIore <br />Colorado River water than the quantity for which they now <br />have long-standing contracts with the Federal Government. <br />To effect the delivery to California people of their contracted <br />share of water and power, these same people have invested <br />or pledged themselves to pay nearly one billion dollars <br />( S I ,000,000,(00) , <br /> <br />California's share of Colorado River water is threatened <br />by proposed .. reclamation" projects in Arizona and in the <br />Upper Basin states, This is of national interest and impor- <br />tance because these projects would saddle an added tax <br />burden of several billion dollars on the people of all the <br />states in the II nion, <br /> <br />2':[ <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER ASSOCIATION <br /> <br />306 West Third Street <br /> <br />Los Angeles 13, California <br /> <br />1955 <br />