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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	oOctober 11, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Hearing Clerk
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Food and Drug Administration
␈↓ ↓H␈↓5600 Fishers Lane
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Rockville, Maryland 20852

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Gentlemen:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈α⊃is␈α⊃to␈α⊃oppose␈α⊂the␈α⊃proposal␈α⊃to␈α⊃pay␈α⊃attorney's␈α⊂fees␈α⊃for␈α⊃lawyers␈α⊃who␈α⊃represent␈α⊂public
␈↓ ↓H␈↓interest␈αgroups.␈α It␈αcreates␈αa␈α
vested␈αinterest␈αgroup␈αin␈αlitigation.␈α
 Moreover,␈αalthough␈αI␈αhave␈αbeen␈α
a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓member␈αof␈αConsumer's␈α
Union␈αfor␈αalmost␈α
20␈αyears,␈αit␈α
doesn't␈αrepresent␈αmy␈α
opinion␈αon␈αmany␈α
issues,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓e.g.␈αmicrowave␈αovens.␈α In␈αfact,␈αI␈αthink␈αits␈αsta≥␈αrepresents␈αa␈αcertain␈αideological␈αinterest␈αrather␈αthan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓precisely␈α∂a␈α∂consumer␈α∂interest,␈α∂and␈α∂the␈α∂same␈α∂holds␈α∂true␈α∂of␈α∂so-called␈α∂public␈α∂interest␈α∂law␈α∂≡rms␈α∂in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓general.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        In␈α
my␈αsmall␈α
contact␈αwith␈α
"public␈αinterest␈α
lawyers"␈α
(at␈αa␈α
meeting␈αof␈α
the␈αAmerican␈α
Association
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for␈αthe␈αAdvancement␈α
of␈αScience),␈αI␈αhave␈α
found␈αthem␈αan␈αarrogant␈α
and␈αideological␈αlot␈α
who␈αwould
␈↓ ↓H␈↓cheerfully order the public around in the guise of protecting it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αhave␈αno␈αcontact␈αwith␈αany␈αregulated␈αindustry,␈αhave␈αnothing␈αto␈αgain␈αeither␈αway␈αexcept␈αas␈αa
␈↓ ↓H␈↓citizen.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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