APR 1 2 1971

J. W. FULBRIGHT, ARK., CHAIRMAN

JOHN SPARKMAN, ALA.

GEORGE D. AIKEN, VT.

MIKE MANSFIELD, MONT. KARL E. MUNDT, S. DAK.

FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO

CLIFFORD P. CASE, NJ.

STUART SYMINGTON, MQ. JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, KY.

CLAIBORNE PELL, R.!.
GALE w. Mc GEE, Wyo.

WucH scorn, pa. Wnited DStates Henate

EDMUND 5S. MUSKIE, MAINE JAMES B. PEARSON, KANS.

WILLIAM B. SPONG, JR.,

VA.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

CARL MARCY, CHIEF OF STAFF
ARTHUR M. KUHL, CHIEF CLERK WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

April 8, 1971

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you for your letter of March 16 enclosing
a copy of your article for the Washington Post.

Your suggestion regarding a way of handling
tear gas and herbicides in the ratification process
is a very interesting one. When the Committee
addresses itself to this question I intend to
explore it further.

In the meanwhile I would like to ask whether
you would have any objection to my including your
letter, excluding paragraphs three and four, in the
record of our hearings. It was already my intention
to include your article as it appeared in the Post,
but I would like also to include the letter because
of the specific suggestion which it contains.

It was good of you to give the Committee the
benefit of your views on this subject.

Sincerely yours,

a ~ Leys an ? Ses ger aff I"
J. W. Fulbright
Chairman