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<br />. <br />-I." <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />POW0!' that it is possi1:Jle to a.evelop thol'(" ,~.nd, thc.t every <br /> <br />m~n in this Gudience take home to his people the thoubht <br /> <br /> <br />th~t it is tho duty of each Dnd evory loycl citizen of <br /> <br />the state of California, 2nd all thc other st2tes that Bre <br /> <br />interested in this riv0r, 2nd the water 2nd power which it <br />coot2ins, to ~et behind this Commission and this project <br />and the recommendatiuns'that thE!Y iilcke, Clnd so", th::!t they <br /> <br />go over. <br /> <br />(Appl",usu.) <br /> <br />CHAIRN~N HOO~iR: <br /> <br />I would like t~ ask a quostiun. <br /> <br />Suppose thut there should 2rise in the development of the <br /> <br />Colorado hiver, the ~uestiun vf the alternative of p~wer or <br /> <br />irrigation, ill the' <i,fe uf the IV8,ters. To which would ye,u <br /> <br />giv8 priority? <br /> <br />MR DlJAL: <br /> <br />Eriority would be worth m~ro to us in tho <br /> <br />water. We C2n continue to give the s0uth from tho north <br /> <br />a supply of power, but IVe c2.nnot is i vo them ::ll1Y IVat er. We <br /> <br />need th6 wctor to make our c.gricultural lends the garden <br />spot of the world, which they aro, and will always be,- if <br /> <br />they have the water. <br /> <br />(Applause .J <br /> <br />C K Bf.DGER, of Kern County: . <br />i\!r Chuirman, Members of the Commissi on: <br /> <br />I am from <br /> <br />Kern County, p~imarily, und will beck up whet Ncr Duel hus <br /> <br />scid. <br /> <br />I am also from the Guutemalun iost of the American <br /> <br />Legion. <br /> <br />'fie want to get solidly behind the construction <br /> <br />of this dam in the Colorado River, for the purpose of <br />