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PHILIP H. parki-:r 

 this Conference and Its work up to this point the first 

 step of any real significance to be taken so far In the 

 ojatter of conserving the waters of the Puget Sound, 



We concur heartily in the findi^ngs of the 

 four-year study made by the Federal Water Pollution Control 

 Administration and we endorse emphatically the recom- 

 mendations of that report. Both the findings and the 

 recofoniendations confirm what oystermen have long known 

 and advocated. We cannot help but feel that It Is unfor- 

 tunate that It was necessary to spend four years and a 

 million and a half dollars to prove that which was already 

 a known fact, but happily that has now been done to every- 

 one's satisfaction except, of course, the polluters. 



I might aid parenthetically here, Mr. 

 Chairman, that we especially appreciate the concise 

 clarity with which the report has been submitted to the 

 public. This Is an important aspect of the understanding 

 which those people who are not technically capable of 

 understanding many of the Intricacies of the problem need 

 in order that they may take their rightful place in any 

 discussion and dialogue of a problem so basic to them. 



Up to now, oystermen have waged the battle 

 for clean water from the point of view of a relatively 

 small Industry fighting for Its very existence and out of a 



