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MAX KATZ 



point out that there is no conflict of Interest between 



the pulp mills and the fish people. 



I think Dr. Tom English convincingly 

 demonstrated yesterday there was no conflict of Interest 

 between the pulp mills and the English sole. Dr. Salo, 

 I think, demonstrated that the chances of conflict between 

 the salm.on fisheries and the pulp mills was very slight. 

 I am going to produce som.e more evidence along that line. 



And in justice to the people here, you may 

 pick up an Im.plicatlon that I believe that this Federal 

 report is having the effect of creating a conflict of 

 interest between the fish people and the pulping people 

 when the evidence does not indicate such. 



I was asked by Mr. Don Benson of the North- 

 west Pulp and Paper Association to look over the publication 

 of the Water Pollution Control Administration, and the Pol- 

 lution Control Commission, under discussion and to make a 

 statement if I chose to. I have read the portion of the 

 report dealing with the salmon and trout in Port Gardner, 

 Port Susan and Bellingham Bay, and I would like to make some 

 comments regarding this section of the report. 



I remember the first time I heard about this 

 Investigation in any detail. At a seminar on our campus, 

 a high official of the Public Health Service outlined the 



