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WILLIAM J. DITTRICH 

 since the watercourse which interests us most does empty 

 into Bellingham Bay between municipal and industrial waste 

 discharge points.)" 



And we have seen today in movies what they 

 are like. 



"In the light of this statement, consider 

 now Exhibit 18. The picture shows the Health Department 

 sanitarian with a county commissioner standing on a 

 garbage dump located within a domestic watershed (in which 

 pulp and paper interests have large holdings). The cap- 

 tion beneath the photo calls attention to the water- 

 dampened ground in the upper right of the picture. (Wet 



even in the driest summer in Washington in years). 



"We have no reason to question honest 

 reporting so let us examine what responsible public ser- 

 vants are saying to the public via the press. The citizenry 

 is led to believe "new procedures" of maintaining garbage 

 dumps solve pollution and fire problems. On what evidence 

 is this based? If it is true, the world awaits the announce- 

 ment of this new technique. 



"The article accompanying the picture then 

 goes on to say east lakeshore residents 'charge' that water 

 from the dump empties into Lake Whatcom. Then it continues 



they 'claim' this adds to pollution problems. (Do health 



