597 Dover Road
Oceanside, L.I.,11572
March 18, 1971

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Prof. of Genetics, Stanford Univ.
Stanford, Calif.

Dear Dr. Lederberg,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Rockville
Center Conquest of Cancer Committee. We need your help.
Our group was formed primarily to act as a catalyst to
the voting public; our aim is to promote the passage
of the Conquest of Cancer Act, and we are urging each
and every citizen to make his voice heard during this
critical campaign before the bill is defeated.

If this Act is passed, there shall be established
a@ sole authority set up to investigate cancer alone. This
authority shall be named the National Cancer Authority,
and it shall receive adequate resources of manpower,
facilities and funds needed to do the job in accordance
with the provisions of a coordinated national program
plan.

There exists certain areas of special promise, which
must be aggressively pursued, and first on the list is the
identification and study of the chemical, physical and
other environmental factors that cause cancer, (food add-
itives, air pollutants, etc).

We write to you because we have learned of your inter-

ests along these lines. We urge your support and weloome your

recommendations as soon as possible. Time is of the essence
since this proposal is set to appear before the Congress

sometime in the latter month of April. A full scale crusade
is going on now and we need every intérested party to do
what he can with whomever he can to urge passage of the
proposal,

We anxiously await your response.

Thank-you so much

Sincerely,

(Mrs.) Sally G. Shelowitz