I feel strongly that the pending amendment would be a step backward aid would not come anywhere near the concept of helping a city that has been totally washedout. Some 30.000 jobs were eliminated. The business district of WilkesBarre. the central area. was 10 feet under water. I went up there at the" height of the flood and saw a refugee operation. people coming up in motorboats. elderly people. being rescued. TAe driver of one of the motorboats happened to be the president of Wilkes College. I asked -him about his college and he told me that it was wiped out. the laboratory and the library were under water. that $10 million worth of damage had been done by the flood. .