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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720

April 8, 1969

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Genetics Department
Stanford Medical Center
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you for sending me a copy of your Washington Post piece on my
article in the HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW. It is certainly the most intelli-
gent discussion of it I've seen anywhere and I greatly appreciate the fact
that you have made this constructive contribution to the press and to the
public discussion of my article. Part of my purpose in writing the article
(solicited by HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW) was to provoke discussion of these
issues among qualified persons. The account in NEWSWEEK (March 28) was the
worst imaginable.

I will send you a reprint of the article, if possible. Unfortunately,
HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW is not permitting me to order reprints, even
though I am willing to pay for them. This is unprecedented. I may have to
duplicate it myself in order to meet requests, but I would first have to
check on the possible consequences of copyright violation under these
peculiar circumstances.

I have made no public statements since the HARVARD EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
was published. News reporters have called me, but I restrict my comments to
reiterating the contents of my article and to giving them whatever personal
biographical data they may want. Having been badly misquoted in the past,

I am wary of news reporters,

A lot of new data related to this topic is now in analysis and will be
written up in the coming months. I will, of course, send you reprints of
items that might be of interest to you or members of your Department.

Sincerely,

ALi. K

Arthur R, Jense
Professor

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