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<br />. G0175Q <br /> <br />and I invite close examination and sharp criticism of the calcu- <br />lations I have submitted. <br /> <br />The urgency of importing additional water into the Colorado <br /> <br />River is not an exercise in expansive daydreaming, nor is it <br /> <br />indulgence in a futile series of mental gymnastics and debate. <br /> <br />It is facing, and I mean facing, the hard, stubborn facts of <br /> <br />a desperate situation. <br />"Central Arizona", representing a tragic necessity and a <br /> <br />glorious future for a great and a good state, hangs in the bal- <br /> <br /> <br />ance. If the importation of water is not feasible, if it must <br /> <br /> <br />be ruled out, then "Central Arizona" is a dead duck and the <br /> <br /> <br />soomer we remove it from the trestle board, the better for all <br /> <br />concerned. But if we agree to importation, "Central Arizona" <br /> <br />is destined to become the symbol of national togetherness and <br /> <br />international cooperation. <br /> <br />There are extravagant estimates that the Columbia River <br /> <br />dumps 160 million acre-feet of fresh water into the sea. Colo- <br /> <br />rado River Americans and Colorado River Mexicans would like to <br /> <br />borrow five million acre-feet of it until such time as our good <br /> <br />neighbors, the states of the Northwest, are ready to use this <br /> <br />priceless God-given blessing of theirs. <br /> <br />When the Northwest states are ready to use this water, the <br /> <br />southwest states in good faith promise, and with a solemn pledge, <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />