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<br />72 <br /> <br />government would not approve this~ If these states want this <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />navigation question swept aside, the logical way, and the proper <br /> <br />way, it seems to me, is to do it by a separate act, then the" <br /> <br />,lI' <br /> <br />~uestion can be brought on its merits and passed on fts merits. <br />If it is injected in this compact, it cannot be handled that way, <br />and would have D. tendency, as I view it, to possibly kill the <br /> <br />compact, <br /> <br />MR. CARPENTER: I am a little rusty, Mr. Hamele, on the rights <br /> <br />of the states and the United states in re"spect to' navigation. Of <br /> <br /> <br />course, I realize that the ~ights of the hation is paramount in <br /> <br />the matter of navigation, but don't the states of themselves have <br />certain control over navigation, subject always to the paramount <br />power of the United states. <br />MR. HAMEIE: That's true, <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />MR. CARPEN'rER: As to the states, have they not a right as <br /> <br /> <br />to whatever powers they may have, to contract respecting those <br /> <br /> <br />powers? <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />MR. HAMBIE: That's true. What's intended by this compact <br />is for the states to legislate to the extientthcy c'an upon that <br />point and that the approval of the United States shall complete <br /> <br />the legislation and cover the whole subject and eliminate it and <br />make the status as defined in this contract. The United states <br /> <br />could not possibly agree to it. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />MR. MC CLURE: Haven't I the right to assume, inasmuch a.s <br /> <br />Congress has taken the right to lead, practically, by consenting <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />to the construction of the Laguna Dam, therefore we may follow it <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />with this step? <br />MR. HAMELE: There isn't any speciftc consent by Congress <br />