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CHARLES S. YENTSCH 



luck. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you, Mr. Yentsch. 



Are there any coratnents or questions? 



MR. HARRIS: I am lost here. (Laughter) 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: Well, I think we can work 

 this through and I think he knows what he is saying. 



Mr. Yentsch, I am a little surprised, par- 

 ticularly on the recounting of the history of the oyster 

 and duck operation. I know your scientific work wouldn't 

 permit omissions like that, but in accounting chat you 

 didn't talk about the water pollution control ageocies or 

 our agency. 



As a matter of fact, and I think the record 

 will show this, the way the oyster and duck people got 

 together was precisely at a Conference like this. The 

 first time they sat down together--and I think the Oyster 

 Growers Association and Mr. Gruble are aware of the 

 situation--the first time they sat down together was when 

 we met with each of them together and separately and per- 

 suaded them to get on a technical committee and sit down 

 and work out a program. Now we have the program to go 

 forward and it was precisely in a conference like this 

 where it was successful. 



The Corps of Engineers role in this operation 



