California condor Eban McNillan 13 June 1964 Mr. Hansen was standing on the balcony that surrounds the lookout tower. The others were still at the base of the Tower excepting Phil Orr of the Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara and Mr. Mansfield of the Forest Service who were down near where the cars were parked, talking with Jan. As I walked up Mr. Hansen greeted me with a hello! He was in camping clothes and was wearing a hat and I did not recognize him until after he had spoken to me. I returned the greeting while continuing on under the base of the Tower to get relief from the sun that was shining down quite warm. One of the men that came with Mr. Hansen asked what I was doing. I replied that presently I was looking for some shade to get out of the warm sun. As I sat under the lookout Tower, in the shade, talking with different members of the party who just arrived with supervisor Hansen, I could not help but overhear him lecturing members of his party who remained down on the ground below, regarding the virtues of the Be-Boy- Program that was being promoted along the Sierra Madre ridge near Montgomey and Salisbury and Santa Barbara Potreros and the values of widening and opening the Sierra Madre Ridge Road. There was no doubt about it. Supervisor Hansen had these people here for the purpose of gaining support for those two projects. Phil Orr soon came up from where the cars were parked and greeted me as a long lost friend. Mr. Orr looked a bit on the worn side he having not shaved and his shirt—