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1 Frederick's renown began with the lyrics of Francis 
2 Scott Key, and the courage of Barbara Fritchie. It 
3 took a more infamous turn as the biological warfare 
4 center of the country, and now waits with hope and 
5 dread the new National Center for Recombinant DNA 
6 Research. Decisions made as a result of this hearing 
7 may well affect Frederick more seriously than any 
8 other locality. That brings me to the first reason 
9 for this testimony as a citizen of the Frederick 
10 area. 
11 The nature of this hearing and the decision- 
12 making process of the National Institutes of Health 
13 betray an incredibly serious bias against the democratic 
14 process. It has been clear since Frederick was announced 
15 as the future location of the new facility that the 
16 decision had been made by a federal governmental scientific 
17 elite, that any community concern or questioning would 
18 eventually be met by patience, payrolls, and good PR. 
19 It has been one more example of government pursuing its 
20 own self-interest to the exclusion of the larger public 
21 it was designed to serve. 
22 1 am here to suggest today that the prior 
23 question still remains: Should recombinant DNA research 
24 be conducted in Frederick, Maryland, at all? Through what 
25 process has the public there given its authorization or 
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