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2 officials, with the city officials, and they have been 



3 working with us in concert for the past year and the 



4 technical committee developing a program. 



5 While we might not be as meticulous, say, as 



6 other nations--notably the Germans and the Japanese--in 



7 keeping records, we have a system in the United States where 



8 the bureaucracy keeps records. We have records of all these 



9 meetings, verbatim transcripts of many of the meetings, and 



10 before we say that the duck farmers didn't give a darn about 



11 the bay or anything of that kind, let's not rewrite history at 



12 a 3j,000-mile distance without at least going to the record. 



13 Do you want to say anything else? 



14 MR. YENTSCH: No. 



15 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Thank you. 



16 MR. YENTSCH: Yes, I would. 



17 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Go ahead. 



18 MR. YENTSCH: Why weren't up-to-date methods 



19 applied to the study of phytoplankton? 



20 CHAIRMAN STEIN: Well, here, you have an 



21 assumption. If you want to engage in a colloquy like that, 



22 we will be glad to call a biologist. 



23 This is a Conference and not a court. 



24 When you ask the question why were not up-to-date methods 



25 used, you know, that is like when did you stop beating your 



