1 ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PULP AND PAPER WORKERS 



2 study. However, their initial investment in this industry 



3 was made by someone other than themselves, and certainly any 



4 large expenditure by the pulp and paper industry in the 



5 area of further pollution control either necessary or un- 

 g necessary, will yield a much greater boon to the oyster 

 7 grower J if what they say is true, than it ever could yield 

 g to the public interest 

 9 "it would seem to me as a layman and an 



10 observer, that if they are so interested in the public welfare 



11 and have so much more to gain than anyone else in pollution 



12 control, that they should then be willing to share sub- 



13 stantially in the costs of any further pollution control, 



14 and certainly it would seem that they could themselves then 



15 pay at least half of any additional expenses necessary by 

 Ig the pulp mills, unless their outcries are completely selfishly 

 ly motivated. 



Ig "I must point out to the conferees that I 



15 am very concerned about the pulp and paper industry being 



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treated in an unfair manner because this has become an issue 



21 between the shellfish growers and the pulp and paper industry, 



22 rather than an issue in the interests of public safety, public 



23 health and public welfare. 



24 "I sincerely hope that all of our interests are 



25 devoted to the public welfare without regard for private 



