STATEMENT OF MR. THEODORE A. LEISEN,
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATERWORKS OF THE CITY OF DETROIT.
Mr. Tawney. Mr. Leisen, you are the president of the Great Lakes Pure Water Association, are you not?
Mr. Leisen. No, sir.
Mr. Tawney. Are you connected with that association?
Mr. Leisen. I have a letter from the secretary asking me to represent the association at this meeting.
Mr. Tawney. Have you examined this report of the consulting engineer of the commission?
Mr. Leisen. I regret to say that I did not see that report until yesterday at noon, and I think you can realize that I have not. While I had endeavored to read over a part of it I have not been able to digest it.
Mr. Tawney. What are the functions of your organization?
Mr. Leisen. The functions are largely the questions from the sanitary point of view of preserving the purity of the waters of the Great Lakes.
Mr. Tawney. It is a voluntary organization?