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Dear Dr. Dworkin:

	This is a conditional invitation to take part in a symposium
at the AAAS meeting in New York in the Regency ballroom of the Americana
Hotel on the morning of Tuesday January 28.  As you may know, annual
meetings of the AAAS consist mainly of a collection of symposia, and
this one is on the third session of a symposium on the Longterm Future
of Cars,.  The session is devoted to regulatory questions, and two speakers
who are rather definite are Earnest Starkman of General Motors and Eric
Stork of EPA.  There will probably also be Frank Grad of Columbia Law
School who has worked on regulatory problems.

	The question I was hoping you might cover and in connection with
which John Kaplan suggested you, is the legal and philosophical of what
constitutes consent of the governed in regulating people for their own
good and the good of the community.  Of course, if you decide to talk
you will choose the topics yourself, but I had the following in mind:

	Was the legal way in which the seatbelt interlock was put in
legitimate and appropriate or should
there have been some more direct expression of public opinion in the
decision process?  What about the rights of minorities?  To what extent
is the question of whether there should be local parking restrictions
to improve the local air a matter for local decision?
There has been much talk recently of a need to change people's values.
To what extent can the government legitimately undertake to do this?

	My motive in trying to get a speaker to cover these points is
to make the scientific community more aware that there are serious
issues of public consent involved in getting one's Utopias accepted.

	I enclose the general announcement of the symposium.  When
you have decided, please phone me ate (415)497-4430.  I need a prompt
decision, especially if the answer is no.

				Sincerely,