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<br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />hav~ boeo mado by the Unit~d States Reclamation Servioe show- <br /> <br />ing thot there is enough \"ote,-, in tho Color3do river for all <br />and to sparo. The S3me results have been reached by other <br />enginoers. ~xpert enginoers from the State of Colorado havc <br /> <br />st~tod in rather explicit terms the amount of water which <br /> <br />passes the borders of Colorado. Californib'is tho only state <br /> <br />which has arrivod at a fairly acour~tc estimate of the number <br /> <br />of ao:ros it desires to improvo, that can be profitably, rea- <br /> <br />sonably and p:rBoticably irrigated. Other states have made <br /> <br />some ostim2.tes. DUi"ing these he2.rings in oth"r states numer- <br /> <br />ous discussions hev" been made ooncerning tho limi~ations on <br /> <br />acreage and tho acre foot that can be used. California can <br /> <br />readily agree upon a compact of the aoreage we shall improve. <br /> <br />Colorado is not yet in that position. <br /> <br />Caliiornia would be <br /> <br />willing indeed to propose a limit of water that California can <br /> <br />utilize for il'rigation purposes. I cannot understcnd why <br />ColorCldo is not willing to do so. Will you not formulate a <br />ylan which ~ill pu:rmit us to protect ourselvos from floods 2nd <br />also to assure us of w['.tc,Jr' for our' c:rojJs? Thu c ondi tion down <br />thuro is onG of dusjCration. Wu teel confidont of the facts <br /> <br />stated in the engineers' reports, including the on[ineers of <br /> <br />ColorQdocnd.the experts of the Reclamation Service. So we <br />c~nrlOt <br />~nderstand villy you arc not willing to make seffiw limitation in <br /> <br />these discussions. Q~lifornia is glad for such J proposition <br /> <br />as this to definitely StC.t0 its limitations. Call ,ornia knows <br /> <br />no othor basis for ultimately confirmin~ the rights to the use <br /> <br />D <br />