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people arc going to be left just as people were left with the heritage of the Sahara 

 Desert. Do not blame it on the goats. No, blame it on the people. 



Following the 1969 and 1970 meetings, the committee maintained 

 continuing contacts with their Canadian friends. For example, a 

 featured speaker at the committee's 1971 Panel was Senator Grofart, 

 who delivered a paper on "The Legislative Role in Science Policy." 

 In discussing the work of the Senate Committee on Science Policy, 

 Senator Grosart made these delightful remarks about the American 

 system: 



We have of course looked at the very, very complex mechanism which you have 

 ;r country for the control of science, and with great complexity, but with great 

 admiration. We ascribe it to that well-known American genius in developing checks 

 and balances and coming up with a system which in theory makes absolutely no sense, 

 but usually works much better than some of the theoretical structures that on paper 

 make more sense. 



Senator Grosart provided the answer to a committee's dream on how 

 to prevent witnesses from overburdening and overstuffing members 

 with excessively long statements. Noting that he had been instructed 

 to provide 100 copies of his statement on short notice, Senator Grosart 

 added that he had to carry the copies with him during three plane 

 changes. He proceeded to elaborate on what a wonderful discipline it 

 would be for every witness to be forced to do the same. 



Representative Richard L. Roudebush (Republican of Indiana), right, reviews the Apollo 

 and Saturn programs with Dr. Wernher von Braun. 



