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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. SARGENT: <br /> <br />.!.q,:).) <br /> <br />involved in this whole matter and that you will <br />be patient with those of us who are trying to <br />get the facts. <br /> <br />One of the members of this Board said that <br />I must be losing my buttons. Maybe I am. When <br />that member was appointed to this Board some of <br />his neighbors said that Ed Johnson must be losing <br />his buttons. So it does look as though I didn't <br />have all of my buttons on one side or the other. <br />However that may be, there is one thing that this <br />Board member said that I can't forgive because <br />it's the first time in my life that I've ever <br />been wrongfully accused to the extent that he <br />has accused me. He said that I had sold out to <br />the private utilities. Now the private utilities - <br />all five of them - haven't got money enough to buy <br />the finger nail on that small finger of mine. I <br />.2!!! not for sale and anyone tha t says that I am <br />for sale, or that I have sold out, simply because <br />he may disagree with some of the things that I <br />say, is making a great mistake. <br /> <br />I thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the <br />Board, for permitting me to express some thoughts <br />here today. I appreciate the opportunity of being <br />here and having a chance to hear the argument pro <br />and con. I've tried to read; tried to figure; <br />and tried to evaluate all of the figures here. <br />I've spent hours and hours and hours doing it and <br />I still need more information. Thank you very <br />much." <br /> <br />"Thank you, Governor Johnson. I think we are <br />in this position, that we obviously are not going <br />to finish by the noon hour. The Board members <br />will meet at 12:15 at the Argonaut for lunch and <br />we will go as far as we can until approximately <br />noon or five minutes thereafter and then we'll <br />recess during the lunch period. <br /> <br />I'll call on Mr. Ralph Sargent of the Public <br />Service Company of Colorado who states that he'll <br />take approximately a half an hour to present his <br />views. Mr. Sargent." <br /> <br />"I've got some material I'd like to hand out <br />