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<br />. <br /><~ <br /> <br />Meetins of tho <br /> <br />COLORADO :lIVER INT:G"ST.AT:C C01,f.2ACT COI..iJ,iISSION <br /> <br />Cct .i-looms uf tho I..:hc,mber '.if <br />Commerce, Los Angeles, I.,;~l- <br />ifo!'ni." /;[;:,rch 20, 1922, C!t <br />two o'clock p.m, <br /> <br />The members of the Commission were welcwilled by Eresi- <br /> <br />dent John D Fredwricks, of the Ch;:mber of Commerce. <br />The moetinG wns c~lled to order by Ch~irm~n Hoover. <br /> <br />CHAIRh~N HOOVER: <br /> <br />~be prim2ry purpose of this Commission <br /> <br />\ <br />I, <br /> <br />is to determine the form, c.no. m~ke rec0mmendc.ti0D c.s to <br /> <br />the p::cCt betwcon the seven st::tes in tho Color::do River <br /> <br /> <br />b~sin ~nd tho Federr.l Gove!'nment, luoking to the p:::rtit ion <br /> <br />of the wct8::' in the bc,:sin, in such fc,shion ~s to p:reclude <br /> <br />li tig2.t ion... The 6ener::11 0b ~ ect 0:1.' the cre:c.t ion of the <br /> <br />,Cofamission w~s to prevent this &re~t nction21 resouyce from <br /> <br />being involved in ~ lonf dispute. <br />It is thu desire of the Comrnission to hee',r represent2- <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />tives of pUblic bodies, ~nd pewple who 2re interested in <br /> <br /> <br />this subject. It is not ~ p2rt of the Commission's func- <br /> <br /> <br />tion th::'.t it sh~ll determine either enLineering f~cts or <br /> <br />, <br />II <br /> <br />th2t it Sh211 determine policies of development. The pur- <br />pose of the Commission is limited solely to the erection of <br />c pect between the st~tes 2nd 'the Feder~l Government, 10vkin6 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'1 <br /> <br />,I. <br />111 <br />li\ <br /> <br />to ~n equitable divisi0n of the wcter vf the C010rcdo River. <br /> <br />I ~m theyofore in hopesth~t those who ~re here to present <br /> <br />their views to us will confine themselves to th~t ~spect of <br /> <br />\, <br />