Jun 2 1968
From The Space Library
New York Times editorial criticized Administration's failure to support International Biological Program's proposal to conduct five-year worldwide study of spoilage and near exhaustion of earth's resources by chemical pollution. "One would think that the urgency and importance of these matters would quickly rally general support to these and related efforts to meet the worldwide challenge . . . [but] Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology, opposed congressional appropriation of $5 million . . . for American participation . .. during fiscal 1969. The parochial priorities implied . . . must deepen concern as to whether Spaceship Earth can be saved for its proliferating cargo of fragile organisms whose increasingly ravenous demands steadily deplete and damage the ecological basis of life on this planet." (NYT, 6/2/68)
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