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STEWART &, MC CLURE, CHIEF CLERK COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

Montgomery, Alabama
November 25, 1958

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Medical Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

My dear Dr. Lederberg:

I am just in receipt of your letter of the 19th, which
has been forwarded to me from my Washington office, and want to
thank you for your kind personal references to me regarding my
work in behalf of our Science, Education and Medical Research
Programse

I deeply appreciate your generous words with reference
to the Hill-Elliott Defense Education Act. I am glad to have
your suggestion for broadening the program, and I have read your
proposal with much interest. I hope you will let me have the
benefit of any further thinking you may have in connection with

the program.

7 ‘yt

It is so gratifying to know of your interest in our
International Medical Research Program. As you say, medical
programs in other countries will profit the citisens of our
country incalculably. Your letter strengthens and encourages
me in my efforts and you my be assured that I will work for
expeditious passage of the bill in the next session of Congress.

I do hope you will find your new duties at Stanford
University interesting and stimlating, and I send you my best
wishes for continued success in your future endeavors. I have
been glad to make the necessary arrangements for you to continue
to receive mailings from my Senate Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare at Stanford after February 1, 1959.

With kindest regards and best wishes, I am

Very sincere

LH: mdm