Letter Concerning Draft of Minute No. 218

Letter: From Carl Hayden, to Stewart Udall, February 9, 1965 (thermofax), page 1CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN RICHARD ? RUSSELL. GA. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL. MASS. ALLEN J. ELLSNDER. LA. MILTON R YOUND. N. DAR. LISTER HILL ALA KARL S. MUNDY. S DAR. JOHN L MC CLELLAN. ARK. MARCAREY CHASE SHITH. HAINZ A. WILLIS ROBERTSON. VA THOMAS M. RUCHEL. CALIF. WARREN G MAGNUSON. WASH. ROMAN L. HRUSRA. NESR. SPESSARO L. HOLLAMD. PLA. CORDON ALLOTT. COLG. JOHN STENNIS. MISS. NORRIS COTTON. N.H. JOHN O. PASTORE. R. I. CLIFFORD P. CASE. N J. A. S. MIKE MONRONEY. ORLA. ALAN SISLS. NEV. ROBERT C. BYRS, W. VA. GALE W. ??C ???. WVO. MIKE MANOFIELD MONT. E. L. BARTLETT. ALASEA WILLIAM PROXNIRE. WIS. RALPH YARSOROUOH. TEX. EVERARD N. SMITH. CLERK TNONAS J. SCOTT. ASST. CLERK United States Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS February 9, 1965 The Honorable Stewart L. Udall Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: I have had an opportunity to look over the draft of Minute No. 218 of the International Boundary and Water Commission involving a proposed agreement for settlement with Mexico on the salinity problem on the Colorado River. However, I would appreciate answers to the following questions, which were not specifically dealt with in the Minute. 1. Will the implementation of the proposed Minute of January 12, 1965 require or involve the release of stored water that it would not otherwise be necessary to release? If so, what estimated quantity annually? 2. In the event of implementation of the proposed Minute of January 12, 1965, will all of the drainage waters of the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District which are to be conveyed through the proposed extension of the Wellton-Mohawk Drainage Conveyance Channel to the vicinity of Morelos Dam, and whether discharged above or below Morelos Dam, be available for use in satisfaction of the Mexican treaty obligations in, determining the "consumptive use" of the District as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Decree dated March 9, 1964 in Arizona vs. California?Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 24 bit, 1,628,473 byte