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1 ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PULP AND PAPER WORKERS 



2 distated by outside pressures which would very much like to 



3 impose what might very well be unnecessary restrictions on 



4 the pulp and paper industry. 



g "In conclusion, gentlemen, I wish to state 



g that as a private citizen and a member of the community and 

 » also as a labor representative, we want to work with you in 

 g the Government and with your Commission in an effort to pro- 

 g tect the general welfare of the people in the State of Wash- 

 ington and everywhere in the United States. We must and 

 J, will insist that our desires be motivated by what is just 

 12 and right, based on the best possible information, rather 



than based on the outcries of self-interest groups who con- 

 .. tend their primary interest is the public welfare, while, 

 -_ through the many years of their history, they have indicated 

 that their primary concern was for their own self-interest. 

 "Once again, I ask you to give consideration 

 to the large expenditures that have been spent by the pulp 

 mills and certainly the testimony indicates that the pulp and 

 paper industry is willing to spend a great deal more money 

 and a great deal more time and a great deal more study in an 

 effort to cooperate and do what is necessary to guarantee that 

 they will not destroy our natural resources or deny our 

 natural resources to other water users. 



"I am certain that the conferees will study thiife 



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