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Mr. Chainnan, I want to express deep appreciation on behalf of NASULGC for your initiative 

 to address the serious problem of eroding agricultural research facilities. To be sure, there are 

 creative ways to approach this situation other than those that 1 proposed here today. But the 

 important point is that it is in the nation's interest to act quickly to correct the current 

 practice of random congressional initiatives and get onto a pUmned program based on long- 

 range national plaiming and priority-setting. Thank you for giving me this time before you 

 today. 



