NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION
FOR THE CONQUEST OF CANCER
(NCACC)

December 15, 1969

Dear Colleagues:

The National Collegiate Association for the Conquest of Cancer (NCACC) has been
established for the purpose of urging the President and Congress of the

United States to initiate a national program: an intensive research effort aimed
at the conquest of cancer. The program envisioned would be of a scope and magni-
tude similar to the national effort that put man on the moon within a decade of
its inception. -

This aim will be accomplished initially through the medium of letter writing to
the President and Congressmen. These letters are to be written not only by the
members of the Association themselves, but also by their relatives and friends.
The resultant magnifying effect will demonstrate a clear mandate for action.
Subsequently other suitable steps may be taken to further the aims of the
Association.

The membership of the NCACC shall consist of both regular and active members.
Regular members shall merely fill out a membership form and lend their moral sup-
port to the cause. Active members shall pledge to write a letter to President Nixon
urging him to initiate a national program for the conquest of cancer and shail
further pledge to ensure that at least seven friends or relatives of voting age
write similar letters. ,

Each college in the nation is invited to form a local chapter of NCACC. Each local
chapter shall consist of two independent divisions, the Faculty and Student Groups,
the executive officers of which will have joint meetings to coordinate their
activities. The executives of each division shall consist of a Chairman and such
other executive officers as the local chapter shall deem desirable.

Sample membership forms and pledges are enclosed. Each should be filled out in
duplicate, and one copy sent to the central chapter:

Dr. Alvin Silverstein, Chairman

National Collegiate Association for the Conquest of Cancer
Staten Island Community College

715 Ocean Terrace

Staten Island, N,¥. 10301

Sample public-service advertisements for school newspapers and sample resolutions for
adoption by faculty and student body are also enclosed.

We hope that you will join us in this crusade against cancer.

Sincerely yours,

Alvin Silverstein, Ph.D.
Chairman, NCACC