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to. I think that this area we are talking about here, with the effort that 
has already been started by the people three years ago or however long it 
has been, should become a new standard of ethics for not only things in the 
scientific community, but in other aspects as well. 
DR. FREDRICKSON: Mrs. Peterson? 
MRS. PETERSON: I think what I can say after his and after Peter Hutt's, 
is Amen, because they have touched, certainly, as around the room, on so 
many of the things that I feel very strongly about. I would like to just 
underline a couple of those points. 
I think maybe I would like to start off with maybe an item that should 
cheer us, and that is that maybe the young, as you said, the nay-sayers, and 
I can speak of this because I belong to the gray-haired generation, are the 
ones that are giving us a new social and moral commitment to these things, 
and I think that should cheer us. I for one welcome it, and welcome that 
type of participation. 
In the whole question that Mr. Ladwig raised about participatory democ- 
racy, as we go around and feel the mood of the country, people want to know 
what the trade-offs are. They want to know what our priorities are, and 
many of them are asking these questions: Well, how much is this going to 
cost? And is that from the public point of view a legitimate expenditure in 
relation to other kinds of priorities that we may have? 
I think along with the many good questions that have been raised, I 
would just like to touch on a couple of them, because I have checked most of 
them off. 
But I want to be absolutely sure that the guidelines and whatever de- 
velops, which I know will be well in balance, do cover as wide a range as we 
can. I have had some experience with the granting of Federal contracts, and 
I know grants, you have a rather tight control, and I want to be sure, Peter, 
that in the guidelines that you are working on that this goes as broadly 
as it can. I know many areas where we have let them out, and we don't 
have the controls on that. 
I would like to be sure that the authority that has developed somewhat 
along the lines that you describe is extended. You talk about the Defense 
Department. Well, what about the Department of Agriculture? What about all 
the others that are there? 
The part that I am really concerned about is getting into the private 
sector. What kinds of guidelines and controls can we get there, as well as 
Defense, industry, and these areas? 
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