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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	TDecember 23, 1975




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Hans Bethe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Physics
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Cornell University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Ithaca, New York 14850

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Bethe:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈α∞you␈α
may␈α∞recall,␈α
when␈α∞you␈α
were␈α∞at␈α
Stanford␈α∞in␈α
the␈α∞Spring,␈α
we␈α∞took␈α
advantage␈α∞of␈α
your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓presence␈α⊂to␈α⊂launch␈α⊂a␈α⊂Stanford␈α⊂chapter␈α⊂of␈α⊂SENSE.␈α⊂ It␈α⊂was␈α⊂dormant␈α⊂over␈α⊂the␈α⊂summer,␈α⊂but␈α⊂we
␈↓ ↓H␈↓managed␈α⊂our␈α⊂≡rst␈α⊂public␈α⊃meeting␈α⊂in␈α⊂November␈α⊂attended␈α⊃by␈α⊂about␈α⊂50␈α⊂people.␈α⊃ Tom␈α⊂Connolly
␈↓ ↓H␈↓talked␈α
about␈αwaste␈α
disposal,␈α
Richard␈αRudman␈α
from␈α
Electric␈αPower␈α
Research␈α
Institute␈αtalked␈α
about
␈↓ ↓H␈↓electric␈α∞power␈α∞requirements,␈α
and␈α∞Terry␈α∞Trumbull␈α
of␈α∞GE␈α∞talked␈α
about␈α∞the␈α∞legal␈α∞consequences␈α
of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α⊃California␈α∩initiative.␈α⊃ Connolly␈α⊃did␈α∩a␈α⊃pretty␈α⊃good␈α∩job,␈α⊃but␈α⊃the␈α∩two␈α⊃others␈α⊃were␈α∩not␈α⊃well
␈↓ ↓H␈↓prepared;␈α∂Rudman␈α∞had␈α∂the␈α∂usual␈α∞kind␈α∂of␈α∂statistics␈α∞of␈α∂exponential␈α∂growth␈α∞(far␈α∂inferior␈α∂to␈α∞your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓impressive␈α∪charts␈α∪of␈α∪decline␈α∪of␈α∪other␈α∪energy␈α∪sources),␈α∪and␈α∪Trumbull␈α∪merely␈α∪spluttered␈α∩with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓indignation.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Tentatively␈α∞we␈α∞are␈α∞considering␈α
concentrating␈α∞on␈α∞the␈α∞technical␈α
community.␈α∞ Our␈α∞idea␈α∞is␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓challenge␈αthe␈αpro-initiative␈αpeople␈αto␈αa␈αdebate␈αon␈αthe␈αtechnical␈αissues␈αbefore␈αa␈αtechnical␈αaudience
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with␈αan␈αobjective␈αpanel␈αor␈α
something␈αand␈αto␈αget␈αas␈αmuch␈α
publicity␈αas␈αpossible␈αfor␈αthis.␈α
 We␈αalso
␈↓ ↓H␈↓are planning an anti-initiative general poster.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Please put me on your mailing list for any general information SENSE puts out.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science



␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc. Connolly, Bloch, Wilson