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1 THOMAS SAUNDERS ENGLISH 



2 MR. HARRIS: I would like to ask one 



3 question. You say, you refer here to the anonymous 



4 report of March I967, Do you mean the Federal Water 



5 Pollution Control Administration report? 



6 MR. ENGLISH: You are correct, sir. 



7 MR. HARRIS: Why did you use the word 



8 "anonymous"? 



9 MR. ENGLISH: If I cited that report in 



10 the bibliography of a scientific paper, I would cite it 



11 as anonymous. There is no name of a scientist there that 



12 I recognize. 



13 MR. HARRIS: Thank you. 



14 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you. 



15 ' You know, this is a peculiar use of the 



16 word "anonymous" . I was going to raise the same ques- 



17 tlon. As a regulatory officer in the Government, this 



18 is one of the problems with which I have been faced. I 



19 guess all you fellows know that in a bureaucracy a unani- 



20 mous report is accredited to the agencies at the bottom 



21 of the cover page. Furthermore, the report was delivered 



22 and introduced by Mr. Kari, who was the head of the in- 



23 vestlgating group. 



24 I think the anonymity was disclosed by 



25 Dr. English's remark on "Dr. Berkson, extended by his colleague 



