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The State and local governments should also be the pacesetters in

every comprehensive air quality control program. We must first police
ourselves and faithfully observe rigid standards to control the pollu-
tion spewing from the furnaces and air conditioners and smoke stacks
of public institutions.

The United States Department of Health has a major role to play
and a vital function to perform if an all-out attack on pollution is to
be successful. A national master plan for the abatement and preven-
tion of air pollution is imperative, for air pollution is singularly the

least conducive domestic problem to State or regional interstate con-
trol. The massive research projects, particularly those emanating from
further exploration and experimentation on the science of ecology,
will by virtue of their scope and duration have to be financed by
Federal grants. Priority should be given to those particular research
projects, for even if a nation as prosperous as ours can afford guns
and butter, both are meaningless if we lack pure air.

Private industry which is investing in extensive research programs
to reduce air pollution should be provided with tax incentives by the
Federal government to pursue bona fide research in this area.

Finally, the individual citizen must be prepared to bear a share of
this burden. Devices to assure complete combustion in motor vehicles,
furnaces and other fuel powered machines will be necessary in the
immediate future. Individuals must expect to pay additional costs for
these improvements and inevitably higher taxes to sustain govern-
mental investment in abatement equipment projects. State leadership
in developing effective public information programs will be required
to clarify the urgency of such measures. While the additional per
capita investment is imperative, our citizens should be thoughtfully
and carefully informed that it is simply another form of health in-
surance A guarantee that present and future generations will not be
plagued by chronic bronchial illness, and humanity will not be sub-
jected to mental and physical deterioration as a result of air pollution.

In the last analysis, the State's function must be primarily one of
responsible and responsive leadership. Flexible and farsighted legis-
lation should provide the framework for the development, supervision
and enforcement of air quality standards which will authorize and
facilitate all necessary action at the local level. Diversified State De-
partments should be involved in assisting local governments to evolve,
finance and expedite creative and practical solutions to combat air
pollution. The State has a major role to play in the procurement and