2- INJURY AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA TO THE INSTITUTE'S EMPLOYEES BY DENYING THEM SUCH BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AS FIRST-CLASS AIR TRAVEL, CARPETED OFFICES, SALARIES COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND LIFE STYLES, AND SIMILAR ESSENTIALS. ONCE AGAIN THE DEFENDANT HAS ELECTED TO APPEAL THE CASE AND NOW THE MATTER COMES BEFORE THE COURT OF LAST RESORT - THE KEY MEMBERS OF SRI'S MANAGEMENT, ITS DIRECTORS, THE RESIDENT MEMBERS OF SRI'S COUNCIL AND THEIR SPOUSES HERE ASSEMBLED. YOU WILL FIND THE DECISION TO TAKE THE CASE TO FURTHER APPEAL THE MORE SURPRISING WHEN YOU HEAR FROM OUR FIRST WITNESS THIS EVENING, THE DEFENSE COUNSEL. IN FAIRNESS TO THE LEARNED GENTLEMAN, I MUST TELL YOU HE DID NOT VOLUNTEER FOR THE ASSIGNMENT BUT WAS APPOINTED BY THE COURT AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER WHEN THE ACCUSED WAS UNWILLING TO HIRE COUNSEL AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. HE WAS RECOMMENDED BY IVA PODBILSKI WHO WAS TRYING TO SHOW THAT THE POLES STAND