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understood this area was covered by federal, not state, regulations and guessed that meat packing industry giants, like Smith and Armour, were behind the legislation.
Someone in the audience asked how the fuel adjustment clause was passed.
The clause is there to prevent erratic price increases, Davies answered, but asked where the incentive was for utilities to find cheaper fossil fuels if increased costs can be automatically passed on to the consumer.
Mrs. Harris asked if the legislature was making an effort to investigate possibilities of composing sludge as an alternative to constructing sewage treatment plants.
Discussion was interrupted by efforts to open windowsjh the vcbhrttdo'm. Air cot- * ditioning had been turned off earlier so the audience could hear the delegate candidates. Since the windows weri stuck, room temperature had climbed sharply and someone suggested turning the air conditioning on again.
“This is really typical, sitting and talkiag about conservation and running the air conditioning,” commented Mrs. Harris. Apparently spurred by her remarks, Roger Batchelder finally managed to get one window opened and the air condition units stayed off.
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