The subcommittee in its report referred to the fact that "in the case of the Du Pont family. the names of over 900 members of the family were checked against the list of contributors" (p. 65). There are 900 members of the family because it is one of Americas oldest families. Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours. a refugee from a French dictatorship. established a factory to make gunpowder in this country in 1802. I might add that the first Du Pont to settle in the United States was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson. who many regard as founder of the Democratic party. Since the Du Pont family has been mentioned so prominently in the subcommittees report and in the subsequent remarks by the junior Senator from Tennessee. may I also add that members of this family have served in this body.