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Exhibit B Public Interest Law Firms Since the late 1960's "public interest law firms" have challenged government's actions in many areas. Some 75 of these have been established including Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Litigation Groups, National Resources Defense Coun cil, and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. Together these firms employ about 300 full-time lawyers. Their budgets ex ceed $10 million a year. Much of the effort seems to result in impeding business activities in the name of environmental protection. The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) was established in 1973, in Sacramento, California, to counteract the activi ties of the above firms by supporting the free enterprise system and the traditional concepts of private property and competition. It has had many successes. The National Legal Center for the Public Interest (NLCPI) was established in Washington, D. C. , in 1975. It has four principal objectives: (1) To help establish independent regional legal foundations dedicated to a balanced view of the role of law in achieving economic and social progress; (2) To research national legal issues from a litigation point of view and develop strategies to achieve the foundation's objectives in the areas of energy, environment, land use, and government regulations of the private sector; (3) To act as a resource center for regional litigation foundations in obtaining qualified researchers and ex perts on particular issues; and (4) To identify legislative, ad ministrative and judicial trends likely to result in future litiga tion. Under the auspices of the NLCPI, many other regional foundations have been organized, patterned after the forerunner PLF. These foundations will support in the courts the tenets of free enterprise which nobody else appears to be doing in the area of public interest law. Following a review of the activities of these organizations, the Legal Advisory Committee recommends that MCA adopt the attached resolution endorsing these concepts and their implemen tation by the NLCPI and the regional foundations. MCA EC - 2/8/77 BD - 3/8/77 CMA037212 RESOLUTION Whereas, it is essential to the fair administration of justice in public interest cases that the American judicial system receive all relevant facts presented in an objective and professional manner before reaching a determination; and Whereas, within the framework of our federal-state judicial system, it is desirable for effective representation from the private sector in public interest cases to have the greatest degree of participation in the decision-making process at the state and regional-level where the litigation must take place; and Whereas, for the benefit of all citizens of this country the free enter prise system and the traditional concepts of private property and competition merit advocacy; and Whereas, the National Legal Center for the Public Interest and the regional foundations it is assisting are^ dedicated to the above prin ciples Resolved; That MCA endorse these concepts and their.implementation by the NLCFI and the regional foundations in order that the interest and welfare of the American public may be served fully through respon sible spokesmanship in the judicial system. MCA EC - 2/8/77 BD - 3/8/77 CMA 037213 Exhibit C APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS (a) Economic Policy Review Committee Richard C. O'Sullivan, Monsanto Company (b) Industrial Relations Advisory Committee Joseph P. Matturro, M&T Chemicals Inc. (c) Solid Wastes Management Committee "J. D. Underwood, Celanese Corporation -- As Chairman* P. A. Palmer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company - -As Vice Chairman* (d) Technical Information Retrieval Committee Paul L. Garwig, FMC Corporation - -As Chairman Patrick O'Leary, Gulf Oil Chemicals Corporation --As Vice Chairman (e) Transportation and Distribution Committee Alton Good, Hercules Incorporated R. J. Kreps, Chevron Chemical Company W. H. Kuenne, Mobay Chemical Corporation D. A. Robertson, Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation James J. Russell, American Cyanamid Company R. L. Stillwell, Jr. , Phillips Petroleum Company R. C. Wintle, Jefferson Chemical Company, A Subsidiary of Texaco Inc. (f) Water Resources Committee R. R. Balmer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company -- As Chairman* E. C. Ladd, FMC Corporation -- As Vice Chairman* Effective June 1, 1977 MCA BD-3/8/77 CMA 037214