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18 bility of getting too far afield.' On tho!other hand it may develop in the course of our inquiry that there i~.a deficiency of ,water in the Colorado River unless we assume adequ~te storage. There may ,be a surplus if storage is provided. Theref?re the solution of the whole problem may well be contingent upon storage. If that should develop in the course of the investigation, that would seem to me to necessi- tate consideration of much wider issues. ]1 also have this feeling: i We have here the unique situation of tho representatives of the seven states primarily interested in this great; problem. You comprise the seven men who are best able to speak for the seven states as to the i exclusively interstate solution of this p~oblem; you have also the full cooperation of Mr. Arthur p. Davis of the Reclamation Service who has devoted years to this matter and who is so universally esteemed by all. I It would seem to me that it would be! a ~roat misfortune if' we did not give to Congress and to the counVry a broad project fo~ ! development of the Colorado River as a wnole--that, obviously, in the nature of a suggestion of a course that ~ght rightly develop. This problem perhaps appoals to 11le ~o an unusual degree as it is , ! one of the g~eatest development problems 'in America and I dislike see- , " ing an opportunity go by for the further~nco of national development or advancement of thought up'on it' by lim~ting ourselves to a purely , legalistic setting. I do not at all con~est the notion that We are I . , under limitations as to action but at the same time those very limita- I , , tions may imply the consideration of wide! interests. I agree with Mr. Carpenter that it is unnecessary to travel further afield in our for- mal work than is necessary, but our opportuhity to advance national thought on what is one of the greatest assets of the United States should not be missed. 18 . '. . . . .