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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4 OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. J. Res. 225, H. J. Res. 226, H. J. Res. 227,
H. J. Res. 236, and H. R. 4097

TO AUTHORIZE COMMENCEMENT OF AN ACTION
BY THE UNITED STATES TO DETERMINE
INTERSTATE WATER RIGHTS IN

THE COLORADO RIVER

MAY 17, 20, 26, 27, 1948

Serial No. 23

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1948

87 444ST XL

10/92 53-005-00

Hon. Edward J. Devitt, Representative in Congress from the State of

Minnesota..

1, 15, 32

Hon. John Phillips, Representative in Congress from the State of

California

Hon. Norris Poulson, Representative in Congress from the State of

California.

Hon. Michael A. Feighan, Representative in Congress from the State
of Ohio.

2, 19
10

13, 14, 16, 19

Hon. Fadjo Cravens, Representative in Congress from the State of

Arkansas..

13, 15, 16

13

Hon. Clifford P. Case, Representative in Congress from the State of

New Jersey

48, 50, 51, 61, 62, 94, 95

Hon. Gordon L. McDonough, Representative in Congress from the

State of California...

Hon. Willis W. Bradley, Representative in Congress from the State of

California.

Hon. Charles K. Fletcher, Representative in Congress from the State

of California..

17

18

Hon. Cecil R. King, Representative in Congress from the State of

California

Hon. Chet Holifield, Representative in Congress from the State of

California

Hon. Richard M. Nixon, Representative in Congress from the State of

California..

Hon. Donald I.. Jackson, Representative in Congress from the State of

California.

20

21

31

31

Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., assistant attorney general, State of California__

Northcutt Ely, special counsel, Colorado River Board of California

Hon. Frank Fellows, Representative in Congress from the State of

Maine....

51, 61, 74, 77, 78

Additional and supporting documents introduced—

Letter from Gov. Earl Warren, of California, to Hon. Clifford P. Case.

Letter from Gov. Earl Warren, of California, to Gov. Sidney P.

Osborn, of Arizona, and Gov. Vail N. Pitman, of Nevada, dated

March 3, 1947.

Letter from Gov. Vail N. Pitman, of Nevada, to Gov. Earl Warren, of

California, dated March 6, 1947_.

4

5

6

Letter from Gov. Sidney P. Osborn, of Arizona, to Gov. Earl Warren

of California, dated March 12, 1947

7

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 11 of the State Legislature of Cali-

fornia.

8

Statement of G. E. Arnold, director, water department, San Diego,

Calif.

Report of the Department of the Interior_

Correspondence dated May 20, 1948, with enclosures, from the Bureau

of the Budget to Hon. Earl C. Michener, in reference to the report of

the Department of the Interior..

27

Report of the Department of Justice..

29

Preliminary cominents by California on Department of the Interior

report.

36

Additional and suporting documents introduced-Continued

Colorado River Compact----

Page

41

Presidential proclamation announcing six-State ratification of Colo-

rado River compact-----

55

63

95

145

Legislative history of section 4 (a) of the Boulder Canyon Project

Act...

Statement of Northcutt Ely, supra, with exhibits_

Memorandum in support of legislation, attorney general, State of

California

Remarks of—

May 20, 1948

Hon. Clifford P. Case, supra_
171, 175, 177, 185, 186, 189, 205, 209

Alfred Merritt Smith, State engineer of Nevada and secretary of the

Colorado River Commission of Nevada___

171

Hugh A. Shamberger, director of water development of Nevada and

assistant State engineer..

177

James H. Howard, general counsel, the Metropolitan Water District

of Southern California_

179

Hon. Frank Fellows, supra__

188, 208, 209

Hon. George W. Malone, Senator from the State of Nevada.

205-208, 210

Northcutt Ely, supra.

210

Arvin B. Shaw, Jr., supra

212

Hon. Edward J. Devitt, supra....

215

Additional and supporting documents introduced—

Typical water delivery contract, under the Boulder Canyon Project
Act_

179

Extracts from the Colorado River Development, by George W.
Malone____

211

May 26, 1948

Remarks of-

Hon. John R. Murdock, Representative in Congress from the State

of Arizona---

232, 240

Hon. Carl Hayden, Senator in Congress from the State of Arizona___ 233

Hon. Robert F. Rockwell, Representative in Congress from the State

of Colorado__

237

Hon. Frank W. Barrett, Representative in Congress from the State of

Wyoming

237

Hon. Richard F. Harless, Representative in Congress from the State of

Arizona

244

Hon. William T. Byrne, Representative in Congress from the State of

New York....

246,

252

Northcutt Ely, Esq., supra_

247

Hon. Ernest W. McFarland, Senator in Congress from the State of

Arizona.

248

Hon. Clifford P. Case, supra

252, 264, 265, 298, 303, 306–315, 320

Jean Breitenstein, attorney, Colorado Water Conservation Board... 296

J. A. Howell, legal adviser to the State engineer, State of Utah____ 265, 318

Additional and supporting documents introduced-

Statement of Hon. Charles H. Russell, Representative in Congress

from the State of Nevada__

231

Statement of W. J. Wehrli, Esq., special counsel for the State of

Wyoming.

238

Statement of Hon. Walter K. Granger, Representative in Congress

from the State of Utah..

240

Statement of Hon. John R. Murdock, supra

241

Brief of the Colorado River Basin States Committee_

265

Supplemental brief of the Colorado River Basin States Committee__

Resolution of Colorado Water Conservation Board, April 23, 1948___

Resolution of Colorado River Basin States Committee, October 1,

1947-.

290

312

318

Hon. John R. Murdock, supra-

Hon. William A. Dawson, Representative in Congress from the State

of Utah..

Page

331

333

Rex Hardy, assistant city attorney, city of Los Angeles, Calif

Charles A. Carson, chief counsel, Interstate Stream Commission of

Arizona

334

340

Fred E. Wilson, Esq., member, Colorado River Basin States Com-

mittee, representing New Mexico..

484

Resolution of twenty-ninth annual national convention of the American

Legion, held August 28-31, 1947__.

335

Resolution of American Federation of Labor at its national convention

held in San Francisco, October 1947-

335

Resolution of National Grange convention

335

Resolution of Colorado River Water Users Association_

335

Resolution of Irrigation Districts Association of California_.

336

Letter dated May 14, 1948, from Hon. Fletcher Bowron, mayor of

Los Angeles, Calif., to Hon. Clifford P. Case---

Reprinted testimony of Charles A. Carson, supra, from hearing on

H. R. 5434, Seventy-ninth Congress.

341

Reprinted testimony of Charles A. Carson et al, from hearing on S.

1175, Eightieth Congress-

411

Exchange of letters (6) between the Governors of Arizona and Cəli-

fornia

467

Letter from Governor of Arizona to Bureau of Reclamation, Depart-

ment of the Interior, April 24, 1948_.

472

Supplementary statement in behalf of Arizona at hearing on Senate

Joint Resolution 145..

475

State of Arizona Water Code_.

487

Letters from Bureau of Budget to the Departments of Justice and
Interior, to Hon. Earl C. Michener, and to Hon. Eugene D. Millikin

Exchange of letters between Bureau of Budget and Hon. Norris Poulson.

Reprinted remarks of Senator Pittman__.

493

495

498

Memorandum decision of Hon. Harold Ickes on Arizona water con-

tract_

501

Letter from Arvin B. Shaw, assistant attorney general of California,

to Hon. Eugene D. Millikin, Senate Committee on Interior and

Insular Affairs, May 24, 1948-

Letter, December 16, 1947, from Colorado Water Conservation Board, to
Hon. Earl C. Michener, with four resolutions enclosed_

Letter, May 4, 1948, San Pedro Chamber of Commerce.

Letter, May 4, 1948, Fullerton Chamber of Commerce--

Telegrams:

Huntington Park Chamber of Commerce-

Lynwood Chamber of Commerce.

South Gate Chamber of Commerce_

San Diego County Board of Supervisors..