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Travelers Corp., that that broad-scale basic fundamental effort to 
better understand the environment and its reaction to the pressures 
put upon it deserved more than just a part in a larger corporation. It 
deserved a corporate vehicle of its own. 
Therefore, at the same time that we established the applied research 
activity as a subsidiary of the Travelers Corp., we established a third 
corporation, nonstock, independent, not for profit, and we hope tax 
exempt, called the Center for Environment and Man. 
This corporate vehicle will be the agency carrying on the basic re- 
search portion of the family of environment studies that we had 
always pursued. 
Mr. Prxiy. Have you had any Federal! grants or assistance in your 
research activity ? 
Mr. Brooks. Yes, indeed. The bulk of our support has come from 
Government organizations. ESSA has provided us with some support, 
the Department of the Interior with support, the AEC with support. 
NASA has supported us. 
Our support is spread across quite a wide spectrum of Government 
agencies. The environment as you are aware touches almost every 
function that Government is interested in, including housing, trans- 
portation, waste management, and the like. 
Mr. Petry. Does your program contemplate at all actually perform- 
ing construction work in improving the environment or is it limited 
to research and planning and advising ? 
Mr. Brooxs. We limit ourselves quite consciously to these latter 
functions, Mr. Pelly. We feel that this has two advantages. One, it 
makes it easier for us to maintain our stock in trade, which is objec- 
tivity, since we have no hardware or engineering interests to serve. 
Secondly since it does call for quite a different cast of characters to 
carry system design—for example, into the engineering and implemen- 
tation phase—we are spared the problem of integrating such people 
into an already rather diversified staff. 
We are quite satisfied with doing effective work in the planning, 
system design, and advisory role. That has been our role and will 
continue to be our role. 
Mr. Petry. I must say that I think it very encouraging to know 
taking these steps that Travelers has taken to try to meet something 
is Important to them and to the people they do business with and are 
taking t hese steps that Travelers has taken to try to meet something 
of the problem that exists. 
I think your presence here today is most encouraging. I was not 
aware of the work that is being done in this field. IT can see that you 
have read this long Commission report very carefully and you have 
confined your comments to the areas in which you feel that you can 
contribute. 
T have enjoyed your testimony and I wish that it were true and 
maybe it is that more segments of private industry are interesting 
themselves in improving the conditions that, after all, civilization 
and the population explosion and industrialization are creating. 
I want to personally thank you for your very fine statement and 
your presence here today. 
Mr. Brooxs. You are very kind. Thank you. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you very much. 
