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WILLIAM J. DITTRICH 

 "The Federal Governtnent has recently 

 allocated some 1.3 million dollars in support of a water 

 system improvement and a filtration plant costing roughly 

 3 million dollars. The plant is to filter water with- 

 drawn from a water supply which has a garbage dump within 

 the watershed. 



"The situation is so ludicrous, one is 

 prompted to say no more, but that does not solve the 

 problem. If we were to investigate the situation to try 

 to bring about a change we would probably find that: 



"a health department spokesman might say 

 'the dump is unauthorized'; 



"a city spokesman might say, 'it is not in 

 our jurisdiction'; 



"a county spokesman might say, 'Are they 

 really dumping there?' 



"and so the circle of confusion continues." 



(Laughter) 



"Means should be found to delegate authority 

 and assign responsibility more precisely." 



And paraphrasing, "As the saying goes, 

 'actions speak louder than words,' a situation such as 

 this cries sham and makes mockery of the support program. 

 State and Federal agencies should seek means of avoiding 



