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%June 9, 1977 

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ αnNOTES FOR NLCPI ACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Suggestions:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1.␈αEnlarge␈αcouncil␈αgreatly.␈α There␈αare␈αseveral␈αStanford␈αprofessors␈αit␈αwould␈αbe␈αgood␈αto␈αhave.␈α If␈αit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓gets␈α∂unwieldy,␈α∞there␈α∂could␈α∞be␈α∂an␈α∞executive␈α∂committee.␈α∞ Disadvantage:␈α∂at␈α∞some␈α∂point␈α∂paying␈α∞for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓meeting␈αattendance␈αis␈αtoo␈αexpensive.␈α Holding␈αa␈αmeeting␈αat␈αAAAS␈αmeeting.␈α This␈αmeeting␈αis␈αone
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of the main interesections of science with public policy.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈α∞The␈α∞issue␈α
is␈α∞the␈α∞people␈α
who␈α∞want␈α∞prosperity␈α∞vs.␈α
people␈α∞who␈α∞don't␈α
-␈α∞not␈α∞corporations␈α∞vs.␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓environment.␈α
 We␈α
will␈α
probably␈αwin␈α
on␈α
saccharin,␈α
because␈α
the␈αissue␈α
is␈α
perceived␈α
as␈α
between␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓users␈αand␈αthe␈αgovernment␈αand␈αnot␈αas␈αbetween␈αthe␈αmakers␈αand␈αthe␈αgovernment.␈α There␈αare␈αmany
␈↓ ↓H␈↓cases␈α
in␈α∞which␈α
we␈α
can␈α∞do␈α
much␈α
better␈α∞if␈α
the␈α
issue␈α∞is␈α
seen␈α
as␈α∞one␈α
of␈α
which␈α∞policy␈α
do␈α∞you␈α
favor
␈↓ ↓H␈↓rather than whose side are you on.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_3.␈α∞In␈α
order␈α∞to␈α
emphasize␈α∞this,␈α∞there␈α
should␈α∞be␈α
citizen␈α∞intervenors.␈α
 For␈α∞example,␈α∞a␈α
person
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with␈α∂emphysema␈α⊂downwind␈α∂from␈α∂a␈α⊂coal␈α∂or␈α∂oil␈α⊂powered␈α∂plant,␈α∂could␈α⊂intervene␈α∂on␈α∂behalf␈α⊂of␈α∂a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓nuclear␈αplant␈αthat␈αwould␈αpermit␈αless␈αSO␈↓β2␈↓␈αto␈αbe␈αemitted␈αin␈αhis␈αdirection.␈α Such␈αa␈αperson␈αcould␈αsue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sierra Club or NRDC if they have delayed the cleaning of his air.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓4.␈α⊃We␈α∩need␈α⊃a␈α⊃publication␈α∩called␈α⊃(say),␈α⊃␈↓↓Science,␈α∩Technology␈α⊃and␈α⊃Politics␈↓␈α∩-␈α⊃an␈α⊃obverse␈α∩of␈α⊃the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Bulletin␈α
of␈α
the␈α
Atomic␈α∞Scientists␈↓.␈α
 Perhaps␈α
it␈α
should␈α
be␈α∞oriented␈α
more␈α
towards␈α
engineers.␈α∞ I␈α
find
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓Commentary␈↓␈α∞a␈α∞source␈α∞of␈α
encouragement,␈α∞but␈α∞it␈α∞never␈α∞discusses␈α
science␈α∞or␈α∞technology␈α∞and␈α∞it␈α
isn't
␈↓ ↓H␈↓read by people whose main interests are scientific and technological.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓5.␈α∩We␈α⊃need␈α∩to␈α⊃build␈α∩up␈α∩the␈α⊃moral␈α∩self-confidence␈α⊃of␈α∩Americans.␈α⊃ The␈α∩Arabs␈α∩violated␈α⊃their
␈↓ ↓H␈↓agreements␈α
with␈α∞the␈α
American␈α∞companies␈α
who␈α∞provided␈α
technology␈α∞developed␈α
by␈α∞the␈α
American
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people.␈α In␈αthe␈αfuture,␈αAmerican␈αresource␈αinvestments␈αabroad␈αshould␈αbe␈αprotected␈αby␈αtreaties␈αwith
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈αAmerican␈αgovernment␈α
(in␈αreturn␈αfor␈αa␈α
consideration)␈αundertaking␈αto␈α
defend␈αthem.␈α We␈αare␈α
all
␈↓ ↓H␈↓suffering,␈αbecause␈αour␈αinvestments␈αwere␈αstolen.␈α Thus␈αthe␈αmagazine␈αmight␈αwell␈αhave␈αan␈αexplicitly
␈↓ ↓H␈↓patriotic␈α∞and␈α∞even␈α∞nationalist␈α∞theme.␈α∞ Perhaps␈α∂the␈α∞U.S.␈α∞should␈α∞be␈α∞as␈α∞nationalist␈α∞as␈α∂De␈α∞Gaulle's
␈↓ ↓H␈↓France.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓6.␈α⊃We␈α∩should␈α⊃consider␈α⊃a␈α∩very␈α⊃sharp␈α⊃statement␈α∩about␈α⊃the␈α⊃Carter␈α∩non-energy␈α⊃policy␈α∩which␈α⊃is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓admirably␈α∞suited␈α∞to␈α∞compromising␈α
the␈α∞political␈α∞interests␈α∞within␈α
the␈α∞Democratic␈α∞Party␈α∞but␈α
which
␈↓ ↓H␈↓has␈α
no␈α
relation␈α
to␈αthe␈α
needs␈α
of␈α
the␈α
country.␈α In␈α
particular,␈α
it␈α
has␈αno␈α
energy␈α
budget␈α
-␈α
only␈αpious
␈↓ ↓H␈↓hopes.␈α⊃ One␈α⊃such␈α∩sharp␈α⊃challenge␈α⊃would␈α⊃congratulate␈α∩West␈α⊃Germany,␈α⊃France␈α⊃and␈α∩Japan␈α⊃for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓refusing␈α∩to␈α∩give␈α∩into␈α∩to␈α∩Carter's␈α∩violation␈α⊃of␈α∩the␈α∩Peaceful␈α∩Atom␈α∩Treaty␈α∩by␈α∩giving␈α∩up␈α⊃their
␈↓ ↓H␈↓reprocessing plans.