- The debate was held in Fairchild Hall Auditorium at U.S.A.F.A. on April 22, 1974. Coaches of the two teams were Mark Arnold of Harvard and Dan Bozik of Augustana. The sixteen teams qualifying for the elimination rounds were from Augustana College, Catholic University, Eastern Illinois University, Harvard University, Sanford University, Southeast Missouri State University, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Houston, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky (2 teams), University of North Carolina, University of Redlands (2 teams), University of Southern California, and University of Wyoming. The tournament director was Professor Merwyn Hayes of Wake Forest University and the tournament host was Major David C. Whitlock of U.S.A.F.A.
- Judges for the debate were Professors Harry Howell, University of California at Los Angeles; Tom Kane, University of Pittsburgh; Jim Klumpp, Wayne State University; Jim Unger, Georgetown University; and David Zarefsky, Northwestern University. The decision was 3–2 for the affirmative.
- The debate was edited from a tape recording. Except for the correction of obviously unintended errors, this is as close to a verbatim transcript as was possible to obtain from the recording. Quotations and sources of evidence used in the debate were provided by the participating debaters, thus: (a) quotations are taken from materials supplied by the debaters, and (b) footnotes indicate any more specific information beyond that supplied in the text citation on the source of the evidence from materials supplied by the debaters. An outline of arguments developed in the debate is included in the Editorial Analysis section at the end of the debate, and indications of the place of an argument in this outline (e.g., I, A, 1, etcetera), where not supplied by the debaters, have been inserted in the debate text for clarity.
- Lester Lave and Eugene Seskin.
- pp. 21–2.
- P. 275.
- P. 359.
- P. 271.
- Vital Speeches, p. 649.
- P. 96.
- P. 73.
- P. 22.
- P. 32.
- P. 401.
- P. 66
- P. 100.
- P. 32.
- P. 401.
- P. 401.
- May, 1973, p. 401.
- May, 1973, p. 401.
- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, p. 12.
- Staff study from Office of Emergency Preparedness, p. 38.
- P. 28.
- A flow sheet is a written outline of arguments advanced in the debate usually maintained by judges and participating debaters.
- October 1, 1973, p. 3.
- Environmental Science and Technology, June, 1973, p. 481.
- Hearings of Senate Interior Committee, March 22, 1973.
- Michigan Law Review, 1972, p. 1008.
- Vital Speeches, September 18, 1969.
- P. 928
- May, 1973, p. 536.
- December 14, 1973.
- December 18, 1973.
- May 1, 1971.
- Spring, 1973.
- Environmental Science and Technology, May, 1973.
- p. 100.
- November 7, 1973.
- August, 1970.
- P. 17.
- P. 16.
- P. 17.
- P. A-3.
- P. 305.
- October 1, 1973.
- October 15, 1973.
- P. 66.
- April 1, 1974.
- January 28, 1974.
- Scientific American, June, 1973.
- Edward R. Friedet al, Setting National Priorities: The 1974 Budget (Washington: Brookings Institution, 1973), p. 105.
- Martin Frey, Texas Tech Law Review, 1972, p. 310.
- Martin Frey, p. 310.
- January, 1973.
- The Economic Impact of Pollution Control.
The Journal of the American Forensic Association
Volume 11, 1974 - Issue 1