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    ROBERT A. MAHEU SPEECH, (Contd: 11/1/67) P. 3 6. IT IS MY INTENT THIS EVENING, THEREFORE, TO MEET OUR OBLIGATION TO ALL OF YOU IN NEVADA IN AN ATTEMPT TO CALL TO A SCREECHING HALT ONCE AND FOR ALL THE INNUMERABLE, AND ILL-TIMED RUMORS FOR WHICH WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AND WHICH IF NOT CURTAILED, COULD EASILY CAUSE ECONOMIC CHAOS IN AN AREA THE SIZE OF LAS VEGAS WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BUILDING ADDITIONAL CLASS ROOMS AT THE TAX-PAYERS EXPENSE WHEN IN TRUTH IT MAY BE A LONG TIME BEFORE ANY OF OUR OPERATIONS HERE MATURE TO THE POINT OF MAKING AN APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS. WE WOULD BE SHIRKING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IF WE DID NOT DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING INVESTMENTS IN LAND ADJACENT TO PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT WHEN IN FACT. . . WE MAY NOT USE THAT LAND FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME. I HAVE A LARGE-SIZED PICTURE OF MR. HUGHES BEING INFORMED THAT SOME ELDERLY WOMAN HAD USED HER LIFE-TIME SAVINGS TO SPECULATE ON SOME ILL-FOUNDED RUMOR BASED UPON ANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES HERE. 7. WE ARE ONLY SEVEN MONTHS OLD IN THE BUSINESS WORLD OF NEVADA! WE BEG OF YOU TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE WITHIN THE REALM OF SOUND BUSINESS PROCEDURES I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL INCLINED TO BE A LITTLE IMPATIENT BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THE ENTIRE HUGHES ORGANIZATION, PLEASE BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH MANY PROJECTS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AS AMERICANS! WE CONTINUE TO EMPLOY APPROXIMATELY 50, 000 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. I AM SURE YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPOSSIBILITY AND THE IMPRACTICABILITY OF DISREGARDING GRAVE OBLIGATIONS ELSEWHERE PLEASE ALLOW ME TO RELATE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION DURING THE J?7