----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Bruce Babbitt, in a speech to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, on Feb 14, equated the move to kill USGS and other science agencies to 'book burning.' The article describing this is in today's New York Times, p. A-16. I have a call in to his office, dont know his email, to obtain a copy of this paper, and any other position statements he has on USGS. Alice Hudson Map Division, NYPL