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you the schedule so you can gauge your own time. Our 

 experience has shown that with a single reporter it be- 

 comes cruel and inhuman punishment to extend the hearing 

 much past 3 o'clock. In addition to that, the Conferees 

 and the participants tend to get testy at that time and 

 sometimes say things they regret later. As Mrs. Hough is 

 fond of pointing out, the tireder she gets after 5 o'clock 

 and the more irritable the Conferees and participants get, 

 the faster they talk. So we put an intolerable burden on 

 the stenographer as we get more tired. 



I would suggest that all speakers and 

 participants other than the Conferees making statements 

 come to the lectern and identify themselves for the 

 purposes of the record. 



Before we call on the Federal Conferee, 

 I believe that ^fr . Harris has an introduction. 



Mr . Harr is . 



MR. HARRIS: I should like at this time 

 to introduce Mr. John Moose, one of the members of the 

 Water Pollution Control Commission. John. (Applause) 



I would like to mention that additional 

 commissioners will be on hand for this afternoon's session. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you, Mr. Harris. 



At this point we would like to call on 

 Mr. Richard Poston, the Federal Conferee. Mr. Poston. 



