"Too many members of the business community believe this can be solved by a tree planting ceremony on the front lawn." Lufkin said. "I don't thinkindustry is moving as fast as it should. It has in general looked at ways to postpone action," he added.

All three speakers were critical of industry's past neglect of the environment, but they agreed that it is now changing its policies. "The important thing is that industry is paying more attention than it did five and ten years ago," Luce said "The trend is altogether in the right direction,"

Lufkin, who recently formed an environmental consulting firm. empha sized it is possible for industry to combine a concern for social problems with a beliet in the profit system.

Train said that he felt certain the federal government will increase its regulation of business practices but that, "short of a police state, government regulation cannot do everything."

He also denied charges that President Nixon is not making a total commitment to the environment "The Administration has recommended 27 specific proposals. I don't think this is lip service at all," he said. He added that the Council on Environmental Quality will set forth an overall program in July