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(Drislane - Purcell) 76 1 Raybestos-Manhattan again and that he had, in addition to 2 being a former president of the FMSI and serving on its board 3 of directors, he had involvement in establishing meetings 4 with regulatory personnel in Washington during the period 5 1968. Could you tell me what you mean by that? 6 A He was a friend of senator from Connecticut, 7 arranged for us or for these people -- this is before my time 8 again -- to go and meet down in Washington so that they 9 didn't throw us out of the office. 10 Q What do you mean throw us out of the office? 11 A Well, it's hard to get appointments with all these 12 bureaucrats and all that thing and it was nice to have some 13 kind of and a lead-in through Mr. McGovern so he worked it 14 through I believe it was Ribicoff or some -- some big wheel 15 over in Connecticut. 16 Q When you say Mr. McGovern of Raybestos-Manhattan 17 assisted in establishing meetings with regulatory personnel 18 in Washington, what types of regulatory personnel are you 19 referencing? 20 A What became the National Highway Traffic Safety ~21 Administration^ I don't know what it was called before thatl 22 Q And why would Mr. McGovern be interested in 23 establishing meetings on behalf of the FMSI with that outfit? A.S.E. Reporting Service (518) 458-1091