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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t\~11~~ <br />and providing for the storage, diversion, and use of the <br /> <br />waters of said river. Any such compact or agreement may <br /> <br />provide for the construction of dams, headworks, and <br /> <br />other diversion works or structures for flood control, <br /> <br />reclamation, improvement of navigation, division of water, <br /> <br />(emphasis mine), or other purposes and/or the construc- <br /> <br />tion of power houses or other structures for the purpose <br /> <br />of the development of water power and the financing of <br /> <br />the same; and for such purposes may authorize the crea- <br /> <br />tion of interstate commissions and/or the creation of <br /> <br />corporations, authorities, or other instrumentalities." <br /> <br />The Lower Division states, Arizona, California, and Nevada, <br /> <br />spurned this bold and realistic plea of congress even though they <br /> <br />were ready and anxious to get construction started. But the <br /> <br />Lower states simply had to be organized if dams, canals, and <br /> <br />reservoirs were to be managed. congress took the only step open <br /> <br />when these states refused to organize. <br /> <br />congress placed the Secretary of the Interior in complete <br /> <br /> <br />control of all of the federal operations of the Lower Basin; and <br /> <br />congress delegated to him practically all of its power and author- <br /> <br /> <br />ity to deal directly with all interstate affairs and all federal- <br /> <br /> <br />state matters. In Arizona vs. California (373 u.s. 546) three <br /> <br />Associate Justices dissented on the grounds the Secretary was <br /> <br />- 7 - <br /> <br />,Ihc,' <br />