mr. samuel allen. who is chairman and ceo of deere & company. i must tell you, mr. allen, as you already know, when i was in russia not long ago, i visited within of your plants there, assembly operations just outside of moscow. and was very impressed with the people and the products that you're selling to russians and helping russian agriculture. i very much appreciate that opportunity. next we have mr. ron pollett. good to see you again, ron. we talked with you over there in russia, moscow not long ago. mr. pollett is president and ceo of ge russia. thanks very much again, mr. pollett. next mr. watty taylor. watty is one of our guys. he is from montana. he is president of the mountain stock grow association, second generation family rancher from kirby, montana. thank you, watty, very much for coming to join us. next we have mr. paul williams, president, chairman of the board, american society of composers, authors, and publishers. thank you very much, mr. williams. senator hatch sends his special regards to you. he could not be here today. but he wanted me to tell