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<br />63 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />upper division. Those states are aJJarentlywilling to accept one <br />half of whatever burden may be im1)osed by a treaty - the burden <br />which is imposed by a treaty is necessarily much greater than any <br />burden which may be established by a court, because a court, in <br />fixing rights, would dcal only with existing rights. That is to <br />say, water actually appropriated, while we all assume that in a <br />treaty there will be provision not only for lands on which water <br />is now used, but a provision for water for additional lands which <br />a court would not take into consideration, so that as a practical <br />question, it seems to me if we are willing to assume half of the <br />largcr burden wo should assume half of the losser burden. I took <br />it up with Mr. McClure and he thought it would bo:alright. <br />MiL MC CLU,m: I am not at all cortain that would be tho case. <br />Those men are shrewd enough to know there must bo-a reckoning <br />some of these days and it must come through federal sources. <br />Mi(, HOOVI<:H: You will havo also all tho 1.mericans who havo <br />holdings down ~here aligned at once against th1s compact, which <br />is worth considering. I thought it was to avoid:all we can. <br />MH, DkVIS: That goes to the' first statement that we recDgni~e <br />no right in Moxico - that observation. <br />MH. Hi.MELE: It a,)lJears there might bo reasons why Congress <br />might not wish to approve a statemont of that kind. <br />Mil. HOOVEi(: Because this would be a congressional statemont. <br />Mi(. DiNIS: It is a correct statemont as it exists - the <br />method of eXl,ressing it might be improved, on. <br />Mi(, HOOVEH: What wo have here is this,: "The burden of <br />supplying water of the Colorado iUver System from the United States <br />of i.merica to the Unitecl States of Mexico ilil fulfillment of <br /> <br />'t. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />!It <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />