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 involved, and reworded to overcome their objections." 



A letter from one pulp company to the then 

 acting Director of the Commission, November 21, 1962: 



"Following the recent discussions involving 

 the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic 

 Development, final agreement has been reached upon the 

 wording of the basic provisions of the permits which the 

 Commission will issue to the various mills. We have pre- 

 pared, and enclose herewith, drafts of the permits which 

 will be issued to our pulp mills." 



The evening before these permits were 

 adopted unanimously one member of the Commission stated 

 to me, "I have to vote in favor of the permits or jump 

 out the window. " 



We have noted in the past the extreme 

 sensitivity of pulp mill personnel to any mention of dis- 

 posal construction. Such mention usually elicits cries 

 of shut-down, more research, consideration of the findings 

 of pulp-employed biologists and submission of long columns 

 of figures showing the great cost of what already has been 

 done. These figures are presented self -righteously, as if 

 creating a cesspool and then cleaning up part of it were 

 an act of great value to the public. The fact that monies 

 spent for control of wastes are usually more than recovered 



