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<br />,. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />HE;-',~'; Ire (JF 11~:rJ~ (';O~_,uE! JJ') :\ :!"v:c~ CO!.n,IIss rOil <br /> <br />C{)i!Y8neJ. at \:;,:,,',n1 J-up.ctton, roci] c:c'\do, on <br />J..I2,rc11 2Sth, 1928, at 10 !.. L;. <br />Mr. Horbe~t Hoover, G~H::-iirm:.n. <br /> <br />I'.:r. HOOYen' callud t1'19 reeeting to orJm: and i?tc:t,()(:: <br />I wish to mr:ke lo. generdl st2.t'31:Jcnt on beJv_lf oJ: t1'1e Com- <br />mission, t118t it'is the J0sire of 211 of its membeTs that we <br />shall get as free and fr~nt a presentRtion of the views of each <br />sectjon of the c01llltry a,j is p080'io10. You w,Lll 'understand <br />that the functions of this cOlll~\i"si'ln 'rC) limited :')rimarilv to <br />the dote~mination of the develo~ment of Dome 30rt of Rn inter- <br />st3.tr. pc.at coYcr ing the 8 <::l1.i tD.ble d_ivisior, of the Wetten: of the <br />Colol'ado Hiver. \,Ihi 'etj18 cOlllmissi'ln is not prinla~ily concerned <br />,in development, it is directly interesteu ins~fer as it will <br />bear on the problem of e~uitablc distribution of the wators of <br />the Color[.,do "iver. The pri::\arv Object in the creatton of tl-:e <br />com.>;]tesion ']s to sce whetJ:er some sort of a cOLYoact, can bo <br />entered into that will mate rcsort 1;0 litigation both unneces- <br />sanr anJ. impoRsible; ot;lCrwtse we are likely to eee the vJaters <br />of the Colorado River involved in the Courts for a period ex- <br />tending over a great many years, hindecing its develop~ent and <br />G.J. <br /> <br />, <br />