JOSHUA LEDERBERG
1464 PITMAN AVENUE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94301

Area Code 415
Tel, 321-2764

July 11, 1969
Dear Mr. Bodi

My respect and affection for you are such
that I would hope you would never print such
an inflammatory letter as the one I wrote you.
I would not put my name end address on that
contribution out of concern for my family's
safety: why should I plant a dangerous sasso~-
ciation in a psychotic mind. And the same
considerations ought to influence your judg-
ment in printing such material.

I understand your point about the public
interest in knowing what the police ere up WO
ogainst. My complaint was only thet you went ©
into such factuol detail in spreading the re-
cipes for violence. You are right that the —
dedicated guerillas have their own information.
But your story does spresed it far wider than

that; perhaps you do not share my pessinisn

about how many of your potential readers are
paychotic juveniles.

I hope I am wrong in predicting that we
are going to experience a wave of imitations
of that article in juvenile'pranks'with spiked
cherry bombs. And please do not print my
letter=-- really I don't want them tossed your
wey. s

Would you be interested in pursuing this
question over a Luncheon discussion? I think
I could recruit some of my psychietrist friends
(who will have more expert knowledge than I pre-

tend to) te join us. #,
Sincerely,