Show Downey Charges Proponents Of Water Treaty Inaccurate WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Feb 12 UP UP- UP Sen Sheridan Downey D D. Dt Cal charged Monday that proponents of the Mexican water tr aty tr-aty aty have based their case on misleading Inaccurate and false Calse statements before the senate foreign relations committee Downey made the charge as he concluded California's testimony against the treaty It was promptly prompt prompt- ly challenged by Chairman Tom Connally D D. Texas who has argued with him constantly during the thc past t tree three ree weeks an unfair statement Connally said You have cross- cross examined witnesses argued with them and consumed more time ClIne than anyone else before this com com- That's an unfair charge to make Downey said he would prove his statement if he might be permitted to continue Go ahead Connally said Go ahead Principal misleading statements Downey said have ha been made by state department witnesses who have ha maintained that much of or the acre feet of Colorado river water guaranteed Mexico by bythe bythe bythe would return return return re the treaty come from turn flow Return flow is water taken from the Colorado which returns to it downstream by pumping and seepage There Is no accurate estimate of or the amount of ot return flow Downey said Eminent engineers vary in their calculations from a figure as low as acre feet to one as high as The state department Downey said is apparently entirely oblivious oblivious oblivious ous that Mexico can consume all the return flow by pumping at atthe atthe atthe the border which would mean that the United States could not be credited with it under the thc treaty Furthermore Downey said the return flow going to Mexico might be impregnated with salts a salts a question question question ques ques- tion he said which the state department department de dc- de- de admittedly evaded when di discussing cussing the treaty with Mexico because if the Mexican senate knew it it it might refuse to ratify the treaty Strike that out of the record Connally ordered the committee reporter Theres no sense in riling up Mexico Its It's already In th the record in several era c places in state department testimony Downey informed him Well strike it out here herc then Connally said No sense in m riling them Downey asserted that the treaty If if the state department theory of ot evasion can be acc accepted is is is very ery detrimental to Mexico Under his own interpretation however howe he said It would be very detrimental to the United States Specifically he said the treaty is so loosely drawn that it does not clarify the following questions 1 1 Does the guaranteed 1500 acre feet mean water or I consumptive use tine 1 Consumptive use means all nIl water taken from the stream and actually used it does docs not include lost in inthe inthe inthe the process which Is often oHen a considerable considerable considerable con con- amount 2 2 Does Docs the treaty by emphasizing emphasizing sizing the guaranteed feet feel in all sections but one and then mentioning mentioning- an apparently additional additional additional ad ad- acre feet by byuse byuse I use mean that Mexico would actually actually ac nc ac- ac get acre feet per year 3 W What h hat a t i is s extraordinary drouth The treaty provides that I Mexico's guarantee shall be re reduced reduced reduced re- re In times of extraordinary drouth yet the treaty does not define extraordinary drouth |