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ing solutions to a problem that is nationwide, there are responsibilities 

 also at other levels of government. 



The automobile junk problem must also be attacked at the com- 

 munity level, and we will doubtless hear of such actions from some 

 of our other panel members. 



Mr. HAAR. In a letter written by Mr. Justice Holmes to Byron 

 Pollock, he once said, "Two philosophers can tell each other all they 

 know in half an hour." You have heard from a panel of five philos- 

 ophers in only a little more time than that. 



I wonder if at this time I could summarize very quickly what 

 seemed to emerge as the concensus of the recommendations that this 

 panel would like to make. They don't bind anyone individually, 

 and some of them were supported more strongly than others. 



Our panel said, first, that private industry should be given added 

 impetus through tax credit and other subventions, to invest in new 

 equipment and technology, such as the new shredders and flatteners. 

 To be more specific, it suggested that the Small Business Administra- 

 tion should authorize and set aside a special fund allowance of $25 

 million in order to help finance the purchase of equipment or 

 screening. 



Our second recommendation went to the ICG in terms of their 

 adjusting their rates for the transportation of automobile scrap to 

 remove inequities, if any. 



Third, we recommended the development of a series of model 

 laws which should be developed, a special certificate of title laws 

 to shorten the time needed for investigating titles to abandoned 

 vehicles within a shorter period of time than is now possible. 



Fourth, we recommended a variety of State grants-in-aid pro- 

 grams from the Federal Government in order first to acquire and set 

 aside depots for the concentration and storage of processed hulks; 

 second, to assist in financing screening and other aesthetic devices; 

 and third, as part of the general solid waste disposal program now 

 being carried on, which would assist in the pickup and disposal of 

 abandoned automobiles. 



Next we thought the Federal Government had a special area of 

 concern, where direct and indirect Federal expenditures were 

 involved. 



One of these was the unscreened wrecking yards along the limited 

 access interstate highway system, and the ABC system. Second was 

 the policing of approaches to national parks and monuments to 



