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<br />. <br /> <br />0017'51 <br /> <br />agree to import water into the Columbia River and return by re- <br /> <br />placement the water they have borrowed. 1^7e of the Southwest are <br /> <br />not asking for a gift. In our misery we are pleading for a loan <br /> <br />of water which will save our economy. T'7ithout importation the <br /> <br />Southwest faces stagnation. with it the Southwest will become <br /> <br />the envy of the world. <br />The talk about an importation of 2~ million acre-feet most <br /> <br />likely was advanced as a clever way for the Southwest to get its <br /> <br /> <br />foot in the door. If the cost of importing 2~ million acre-feet <br /> <br /> <br />would be a billion dollars, the cost of importing 5 million acre- <br /> <br /> <br />feet would be only twenty percent additional. I think any compe- <br /> <br /> <br />tent engineer would agree. But the Southwest needs 5 million <br /> <br /> <br />acre-feet and if we are going to do a job we should settle for <br /> <br /> <br />nothing less than a creditable program which is realistic and <br /> <br /> <br />absolutely sound. <br />In the Boulder Canyon project Act of December 21, 1928, <br /> <br />section 19, Congress pleaded with all seven Southwest States <br /> <br />to organize their own interstate operation in these words: <br /> <br />"The consent of Congress is hereby given to the States <br /> <br />of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, utah <br /> <br />and T'7yoming to negotiate and enter into compacts or agree- <br /> <br />ments, supplemental to and in conformity with the Colorado <br /> <br />River compact and consistent with this Act for a compre- <br /> <br />hensive plan for the development of the Colorado River <br /> <br />- 6 - <br /> <br />ll:-.", <br />