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be more interaction and conferring between the Regents and the Legislature?

The members of the Education Committee of the Assembly and the Senate, we entertained them once a year. You know, we'd have them to dinner and we'd talk with them. No serious discussions at the reception and dinner, but I guess the Chancellor and the Commissioner-- and we do have a member of the Commissioner's staff who is a legislative liaison, who talks with us.

The last Regents' meeting, last week, the Chancellor and I spoke with a member of the Governor's staff in terms of keeping the Museum of the American Indian in New York State. We're trying to persuade the vernor that everything that can possibly be done, in terms of appropriations and what not, to keep that extraordinary collection in New York State that should be guarded. And that we shouldn't permit Texas--

Don't want Ross Perot to get it?

That's right. Well, that's the kind of thing, you know, that is a cooperative thing. I don't know whether he's going to pay any attention to us or not.

And, of course, isn't the issue there not only that you would like to keep it in New York and not let Texas get it, but you get a place ere so many of these artifacts can be displayed? As I understand it,