DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SOONSU MER PROVEAIGKAND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE Insect and Rodent Control Branch Room 313, 3384 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30326 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ADMINISTRATION April 6, 1970 Dr. Joshua Lederberg Department of Genetics School of Medicine, Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 Dear Dr. Lederberg: Thank you so much for sending us the two clippings from your columns with your note of March 31. We are indeed pleased to have such a constructive article on the Aedes aegypti Eradication Program as you have written. We wish there were more columnists with your broad understanding of the problems involved in Aedes aegypti, vaccinations, quarantine, and eradication programs. Sincerely yours, > x . /, ee Harry D. Pratt Chief, Insect and Rodent Control Branch