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STATEMENT OF EDWARD J. GRUBLE, PRESIDENT 



OF THE 



OYSTER INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA 



MR. GRUBLE: Mr. Chairman, members of the 

 Conference . 



My name Is Edward J. Gruble. I am President 

 of the Oyster Institute of North America and speak today on 

 behalf of the shellfish Industry of the United States. 



Before going Into my prepared statement, I 

 would like to take a few minutes to run a movie which speaks 

 eloquently of the pollution conditions in Belllngham Bay and 

 shows the conditions much better than can be expressed by word^ 

 in these reams of testimony we have heard. So If I can have 

 your Indulgence for just a few minutes, I will run the movie. 



We will make copies available for the record. 



CHAIRMAN STEIN: All right. The movie will be 

 an exhibit on record at the State office in Olympia, Washing- 

 ton, and Federal offices in Portland and in Washington, D. C. 



(The movie referred to Is marked Exhibit 6 

 and is on file at the PWPCA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., 

 with copies on file at the FWPCA Regional Office in Portland, 

 Oregon, and the State of Washington WPCC office in Olympia, 

 Washington. ) 



(The following commentary accompanied the 

 showing of the movie:) 



MR. GRUBLE: This is the Belllngham mill, 

 Belllngham, Washington, producing at the present time 



