NAVAL MESSAGE
                       (NAVY DEPARTMENT)
                                
                                
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     "THE MODERATOR IS CHOSEN BY THE COMMON AGREEMENT OF
 
THOSE WHOM HE SERVES. THE MODERATOR HAS NO SPECIAL POWER
 
OR SUPREMACY OVER HIS ASSOCIATES BUT IS HONORED AND HIS
 
WORD CARRIES WEIGHT AS LATIN PHRASE- PRIMUS INTER PARES-
 
MEANING FIRST AMONG EQUALS'. THOSE WHOM THE MODERATOR
 
SERVES HAVE NO JURISDICTION OVER THE MODERATOR. IT IS THE
 
DUTY OF THE MODERATOR TO SEE THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE MEETING
 
OR CONFERENCE OVER WHICH HE PRESIDES IS TRANSACTED IN
 
ACCORDANCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY DEFINED AND ACCEPTED SET OF
 
PRINCIPLES. THE MODERATOR'S METHODS OF EXECUTING HIS
 
FUNCTION IS NOT BY MAKING FINAL DECISIONS AS AN ARBITRATOR
 
NOR BY CASTING A DECISIVE VOTE IN THE EVENT OF BALANCED
 
OPOSING VIEWS. THESE POWERS ARE NOT INHERENT IN THE MODERATOR'S
 
OFFICE. INSTEAD IT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MODERATOR TO EST-
 
ABLISH THE MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTER OF THE AREAS OF DIFFERENCE
 
BETWEEN OPPOSING VIEWS AND TO ATTEMPT BY ALL MEANS AT HIS