Among the speakers who urged that the sand dunes be preserve( as a national reservation were many men and women prominent ii educational, art, literary, scientific, and business circles of severa States. The hearing, therefore, did not proceed as a gathering 0: local citizens expressing convictions based on purely local considera tions, but gave me an opportunity to gain the benefit of the though and serious study of broadgauge minds which were not influenced b) selfish motives. The complete transcript of the proceedings of Lht hearing will be found attached hereto as Appendix A.
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