March 8, 1961

Or. Jereme Wiesner

President's Scientific Advisory Caunci |
The White House

Washington, 0.¢.

Dear Dector Wiesner:

Thank you for your Invitation to serve as a consultant to your
Commlttee. As | heave discussed with fr. Harderinger, | would be
delighted to offer whatever services | can within the limitations
of my other responsibilities. At the moment, these would limit
the extent to which i could usefully cammute from Stanford to
Washington. However, the telephone may help meke up for this.

Yours sincerely,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics
Or. Wiesner, cont. 2 March 8, 1961

P.S. Thank you also for your reply to my letter on the exploitation

of byproducts of military research. { certainly will remember your
Invitation te call on you In Washington. | did not have an elaborate
program In mind, so auch as a directive that contributions to clvl!
economy wore a legitimate though subsidiary concern of military develop-
ment work.