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Son Francisco File $62-2812 , , Respondents had misconceived their onse and hed brought their plons in Piecemenl, thus confusing the issue. He stated that if they had brought oll thoir plans in ot the first hecsring so thet he sould sea them as he .a@i@ upon the conclusion of the hearing, that the entire project of the easino, hotcl ani shops was conecivec an? started prior to March 26, 1946, he would have ruled in favor of the Respondents at tho time of the first hearings He stated that the Respondents apparently thought that they hed tp show the basic plan of January 12, 1946 in ordor to prove thet they were engage] on o projedt embracing the casino, hotel and shops from the be- gimnins, rather than from sometime in March. It wos notei that tho Commissioner was wmable to point out the testimony on which he had based his findinge and it was apparent that ho ccnsizered the chief issue os to whether or nct there was’ one or mre than one building. It was furthor o ent thot on this point he had delegato’t the docisiin al: architect whom he had appointed to sive him indopeniont t¢ al advices From the interview it was obvious that he gave chicf weirht fron the testimony of inlividuals rogarded bx by hin as being indcpendont, maoinl the architect appointed © by hin, and! subject anc associates, whe was callel to te y nse Lis fapporently felt that, unicr the CPA Regulati ons, a croup of practically independerit buildings arvenes coulé constitute one buildins, sinec ho geve os an example of ono build- : . ins that group cf buildin-s mown as Rockefeller Cantcr in New York City. Y ae: that he hed not been spproached by anyono during the entire Hearing an? stated that he had purposely given... oe his dcocision immediately on the conclusion of the last day's testimony rathor thin to reserve it, since hc folt that if anyone were going to approach him they would do so durins the tine he had reserved his opinions