Let me cite two examples of this kind of democracy in action. First, the proposal of P. G. & E. to erect a nuclear plant at Bodega Bay. For a two-year period P. G. & E. won every round through the State Public Utilities Commission and the A. E. C. It answered every attack with scientific experts. Yet in the end it lost the battle when the metal of the A. E. C. finally melted before the sustained heat of the opposition. We know that there are those who wish to deter any progress by the U.S. in the nuclear field and undoubtedly they were present but never so identified Rather in the forefront were the conservationists, the Sierra Club, a local property owner, a waitress, some 150 in all. The arguments -shifted as the occasion demanded - the project would destroy marine life, wild life, wild flowers, areas of historical importance, areas of recreational value and great natural beauty. The last was really something, for ever one of our leading newspapers described Bodega Bay as a rural slum. Next, it was that nuclear plants were unsafe and endangered the life of those around them. And then they discovered the San Andreas fault! Finally, it seemed to be the lonely voice of P. G. & E. against all the sportsmen and lovers of all that flourishes in the sea, on land, and in the air, and those who feared for their safety despite all the evidence to the contrary. P. G. & E. went down to defeat before an opposition headed by a 30-year old fly fisherman, forester, and budding attorney, whose practice was apparently of a size that by his own admission he could spend 60 hours a week for two years fighting P. G. & E. -3-