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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	nFebruary 2, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Miro M. Todorovich
␈↓ ↓H␈↓410 Riverside Drive
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Apartment 82A
␈↓ ↓H␈↓New York, N.Y. 10025

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Todorovich:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αagree␈αwith␈α
the␈αpurposes␈αof␈α
the␈α␈↓αNational␈αLegal␈α
Center␈αfor␈αthe␈α
Public␈αInterest␈↓␈αand␈αwill␈α
be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓happy␈αto␈αbe␈αa␈αmember␈αof␈αits␈α␈↓↓Academic␈αAdvisory␈αCouncil␈↓.␈α I␈αtrust␈αthat␈αthe␈αCouncil␈αwill␈αfunction␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓some␈αway␈αand␈αwill␈αnot␈αjust␈αbe␈αa␈αlist␈α
of␈αnames␈αon␈αa␈αletterhead.␈α One␈αof␈αmy␈αparticular␈α
concerns␈αis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓that␈αthe␈αpublic␈αneed␈αfor␈αenergy␈αshould␈αnot␈αbe␈αrepresented␈αin␈αregulatory␈αproceedings␈αonly␈αby␈αthose
␈↓ ↓H␈↓who␈α
want␈α
to␈α
"␈↓↓seize␈α
upon␈α
the␈α
energy␈α
crisis␈α
as␈α
a␈α
good␈α
excuse␈α
and␈α
a␈α
great␈α
opportunity␈α
for␈αmaking␈α
some
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓very␈αfundamental␈αchanges␈αthat␈αwe␈αought␈αto␈αbe␈αmaking␈αanyway␈αfor␈αother␈αreasons␈↓"␈α-␈αto␈αquote␈αRussell
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Train.␈α∀ The␈α∀energy␈α∀companies␈α∪are␈α∀considered␈α∀to␈α∀have␈α∀a␈α∪con∨ict␈α∀of␈α∀interest␈α∀and␈α∀are␈α∪often
␈↓ ↓H␈↓surprisingly inept.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I look forward to hearing how I can help.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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