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




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Nicholas C. Yost
␈↓ ↓H␈↓6000 State Building
␈↓ ↓H␈↓350 McAllister Street
␈↓ ↓H␈↓San Francisco, California 94102

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Yost:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Professor␈αFelix␈αBloch␈α
of␈αStanford␈αhas␈αreferred␈α
to␈αme␈αa␈αletter␈α
from␈αJohn␈αMalone␈αreplying␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓a␈αletter␈αfrom␈α
Professor␈αRichard␈αWilson␈αof␈α
Harvard␈αconcerning␈αthe␈αCalifornia␈α
Nuclear␈αInitiative.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αam␈αnow␈αchairman␈αof␈αthe␈αStanford␈αChapter␈αof␈αSENSE␈α(Scientists␈αfor␈αEnlightenment␈αon␈αNuclear
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sources␈α
of␈α
Energy),␈α
and␈α
we␈α∞would␈α
like␈α
any␈α
opportunity␈α
to␈α
try␈α∞to␈α
persuade␈α
the␈α
State␈α
Bar␈α∞or␈α
any
␈↓ ↓H␈↓other organization to take a position against the initiative.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α∪believe␈α∪that␈α∪nuclear␈α∀energy␈α∪is␈α∪safe␈α∪enough␈α∀and␈α∪necessary␈α∪for␈α∪California␈α∀to␈α∪even
␈↓ ↓H␈↓maintain␈αits␈αstandard␈αof␈αliving␈αgiven␈αthe␈αimpending␈αexhaustion␈αof␈αoil␈αand␈αgas␈αsupplies.␈α We␈αalso
␈↓ ↓H␈↓believe␈α
that␈αthe␈α
life␈αstyle␈α
is␈α
a␈αmatter␈α
of␈αindividual␈α
choice␈α
and␈αshould␈α
not␈αbe␈α
determined␈αruling␈α
out
␈↓ ↓H␈↓each source of energy individually without public awareness of consequences.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Finally,␈α∞we␈α∞think␈α∞that␈α∞nuclear␈α∞energy␈α∞is␈α
best␈α∞regulated␈α∞at␈α∞the␈α∞federal␈α∞level␈α∞because␈α∞of␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓large␈αcosts␈α
incurred␈αin␈α
meeting␈αregulations,␈α
and␈αit␈α
is␈αespecially␈α
bad␈αto␈α
regulate␈αit␈α
by␈αinitiatives␈α
that
␈↓ ↓H␈↓cannot be amended except by new initiatives with there attendant delay and imprecision.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We look forward to any opportunity to explain our reasons for these beliefs.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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



␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc. Bloch, Wilson, Bethe