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The September 20 vote climaxed some furious lobbying on both 

 sides — the White House, the nuclear industry and its allies, environ- 

 mentalists and internationalists. One supporter of the CRBR estimated 

 that 75 to 100 lobbyists from the White House and various Federal 

 agencies were on hand, opposed by an impressive array of nuclear 

 advocates and representatives of those concerns manufacturing com- 

 ponents for the CRBR. It was the first time in history that a President 

 had openly and personally taken a strong stand against a nuclear 

 measure. 



WHY DID THE CRBR WIN? 



Why did a majority of the Science Committee win? Some observers 

 attributed the victory over the President to the fact that House 

 Members had grown tired of the old Joint Committee on Atomic 

 Energy. A majority of the House seemed to welcome the thorough 

 fashion the Science Committee had employed through field trips and 

 hearings to examine the issue afresh. An industry lobbyist made this 

 statement after the battle: 



