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how do you do? I'd like to spend the next four or five minutes with you talking about the subject of smog after a preliminary screening by the Committee on Public health and Welfare. A proposed ordinance to ban open dump burning in SAn Francisco is now before

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the SAN Francisco board of supervisors. It is to be considered by the board at its meeting on monday november the 10th. This proposed ordinance bears on the important problem of smog. And if the people of SAn Francisco are determined to protect themselves from this evil nuisance,

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they will urge, as does KPI X that the matter received prompt and favorable consideration by the board of supervisors. Such an ordinance is needed if we are to safeguard our health, protect property values, reduce the cost of maintaining buildings and property and ensure the scenic beauty

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of the bay area. What is smog and why has it now reached such alarming proportions well under certain weather conditions. A blanket of relatively warm air hangs over us and keeps the ground air from cooling as it rises. And this holds the air quiet over our

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bay cities. This is called temperature inversion. Yeah, we are concerned with the pollution and gasses being poured into the atmosphere and held there by the motionless air caused by this inversion. There has been an increased concentration of industry in the bay area, increased population and many

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more homes with problems of rubbish disposal and more dumps to burn the rubbish and of course a tremendous increase in commercial and private motor transportation. The pollution Comes from four basic sources the burning of rubbish and waste material. Smoke from industrial installations, gasses from residential and

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commercial furnaces and from the exhaust of combustion engines. Every working day in San Francisco we put into the Air 145 tons of microscopic dust and droplets And 1600 tons of gasses which on days of temperature inversion, irritate our eyes, make us cough and possibly cause or

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aggravate respiratory illness. And this pollution reduces visibility, damages agricultural products, props that is and painted surfaces including those on your automobile and your home. Now, just as we cannot entirely blame smog on nature, we can't quarrel with growth, but growth alone is no excuse for the

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way we are polluting the air, which is vital to our good health. Smog can be controlled until recently. We ignored the problem and preferred to make jokes about Los Angeles calling it Smallville, but the problem will not be ignored and it will not go away. It

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has steadily become more intensified. And unless we take prompt remedial action, we may find ourselves in the same desperate situation as Los Angeles where smog has certainly reached the stage of crisis In 1955, 6, Bay counties facing the problem set up the Bay Area air pollution

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control District. That agency took the first step in March of 1957 when it adopted regulation number one, Which with some minor exceptions outlawed open burning within the 66 county district, it has helped tremendously evidenced by the fact that since it went into effect visibility at the

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SAN Francisco airport on smoggy days has increased by two miles, but the operators of dumps, some dumps have been uncooperative and continue to create smog by open burning stand on twin peaks any weekday afternoon and see for yourself the origin of this nuisance to support and

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back up the air pollution control authorities and to give real teeth to the regulation. A city ordinance is needed that will make open dump burning in SAn Francisco a misdemeanor. There is opposition to such an ordinance just as there was resistance to the controlled districts regulation

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and it comes principally from some dump operators, building records and others who dispose of waste material by burning. They claim that the cost of dumping, demolition and clearing of building sites will increase sharply without some burning of debris. There never has been an ordinance of any

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kind that didn't step on someone's toes, but the welfare and health of thousands and the public interest in general must take precedence over the business interests of a few. The board of supervisors representing all of the people of SAn Francisco and recognizing the presence of this

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creeping menace should come to grips with the issue and adopt this ordinance that can help the air pollution control district do the job expected of it as citizens concerned with irritated eyes, respiratory annoyances, the beauty of your city and the value of your property. You can

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do much to convince the supervisors that the public needs and wants such an ordinance. The control district is now preparing to establish new regulations to stop pollution from industrial smokes and will eventually come up with recommendations to abate the flow of poisonous gasses from automobiles and

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residential furnaces. But the first things must come first and for the present all effort is directed toward abating the most obvious source of pollution. Open dump burning KPI. It strongly urges the prompt adoption by the board of supervisors of the proposed ordinance. And for your information.

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The board will meet monday november the 10th at two o'clock in the afternoon in the border supervisors chambers at the City Hall. If you agree or for that matter, disagree with us. We'd like to hear your views, write a note or card to Editorial station K.

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P. I. X. San Francisco and thank you