Show coast B brief ri ef levels attack on river pact washington t b C the brief filed thursday of last week by the southern california a water interests Inter cuts with the S supreme ame court 0 contains n 0 t the h mo apte t bold at urk antel attack t cor by hat a t gro group u to d date on the colorado river compact signed at santa fe in 1922 the brief says that california entered the com compact ae t under duress it contents contends t that hat both california and arizona badly needed hoover dam at the time for flood and silt protection and tor for the storage of water to replace the natural low flow which was being taken away by upper basin states the compact ct in short was the price paid by the lower basin to the upper for or acquiescence in the construction of hoover dam it says flays the brief sites many legal precedents to make these ea es 11 entill points 1 I the supreme court will be unable to divide the water among the lower basin states of arizona california and nevada alo along with ith small portions of new henico and utah because it has not been as yet ascertained what quantities are legally available to the lower basin I 1 2 new mexico and utah have a dual interest on the one land hand ap as states of the upper divi sion and upper basin and on the other hand as states entitled to a portion artion ag as yet undetermined of floe the waters available to the lo 10 lower w basin as a wh whole and eff effective ecole division by the supreme court of the wafers waters available to all five states cannot be made in the absence of two of them |