STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER 300 PASTEUR DRIVE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304 DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS Professor Joshua Lederberg Senator Gaylord Nelson, Washington, 9.C. Dear Gaylord: This is the column you urged me to write; perhaps it did not come across as either of us might have preferred; I can't help but be ironic and bitter about the way the ruling Establishment neglects to attend to our real needs. ‘This mood is not always the best way to achieve useful results. Cordially, Lr. JosepH P. KENNeEpy, JR. Laporarories FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE dedicated to the study of mental retardation Molecular Biology Heredity Neurobiology Developmental Medicine