December 23, 1950.

Dre Warren Woover,
Director, Natural Sciencep,
Reckefeller Fourtation,
New York, NeY.

Dear Dre Weaver:

You will recall that our program of research on the genotios of
bacteria is operated with tho vory welcome asoletance of a thres~-year
grant-in~aid, to the amount of $7500, fron the Rockefeller Foundation.
This gront ic due to expire Kay 1, 1951. The purpose of my letter is
to open a question relative to this eaplration date.

Sines the time at which this grant-in-ald was initiated, we have
been fortimate in obtaining conciderable finanolal assistance in support
of specific projects miertaken in our laberatery, so that it has not
been neooasary to exhauct the crant-in-aid fron the Rookefellr Pounda-
t4o. To date, I believe that somewhat more than half the funde allotted -
unier this erent hevo boen spent. The sourcoo of the efditional support
just. mentioned are prinotpally the National Institutes of Health (Project:
Genotice of Snimenslla), Aemy Chomical Corpa (Projects Latent bacterial
vrusoe}» and the Univorsity Ressarch Camittee, WARP funda, (apslotentship
stipends}. '

‘Te lettor in which I made forzal application for the Reeksfeller
Foundation's gront-ineald specified a budget which divided the allocation
into expandable supplies and enocial oquipmant. That letter was written
when I hed hod no practical expo rience in adminictering a laboratory; I have
sinoe found it rathor difficult to intorprot the phrase “opecial equipment",
as distinguished fron the variety of durable equipment and apparagua items
- essential to the operation of a laboratory. With throe years of such ox-
perience nov behind, I should like to open the question of revioing the
terns of the grunt-in-aid co that the most oxpeditious fico ean bo made
of these funds in the light of our particular neods, experience, and other
etpport.
The to proposals vhich I should like to ask you te concider are:
1¢ An extension of the tern of tho grant to March 1, 1952.

2s Modification of tho bulget statazent to allow romoining
fimis to ba wsod to purchase laboratory apparatus, equipment,
glaseware and supplies, Juet 02 in the eviginel preporel, the
funie will not bo available for ealeries, travol, omotruction
or other unspecified uses. \

The axteneiem of term is requested in order to allow ue to take
pdventage of the Mebrder tems of the budget, but primrdly becavee
the leter dete will mark a more sultable milestone in the physical
development of ovr recearch facilities. Shifts made poseiblo by new
oometxuction ere expected to leave the Genotics Department in full
occupancy of our present building (now shored), by late 1951 or early
1952, For that occasion, it will be necessary to review ow finances.
Unt nev orrengements covering our exapnded scopo (about twice ac much
. gpaco will bo availeble for bacterial gonotics rosearch) oan bo canoluded,
I have hoped we covld co. om. with the ot4ll meemitted funds fran
the Rockofoller Foundation's pront. Frea my point of vicow, it is tes
soon to disouss our 1952 needa, Int sero olght or ton nonths hence I
. hope to be able to begin to do co. In the meantins, the security of the
continuing prant will be vory pratifying. If your accomting procedures
roquivo, however, the tora of extonoien cowld woll be varied by two monthe
ar 60.

Since this account 1a undoubtedly ecketchy, please do n ot rerard
thie letter as a formal petition to put the indicated proposals inte
effoot. However, I would croatlyappreotate a word from you 20 to the
potontial feasibility of these suggestims, or altornativoly, of
altemative courses of notion. Y will, of eewr'os, hssten to send any
addétioial information that may be required, as well as to cast thio
applicntion in a more formal molds I have diccussed this nattor briefly
with Profosser Brink, Departmont Chairman, with his assent.

Sinoo no firvianontal changes are involved, T have nos yot consulted
mur deans cr proeident, but will bo pleased to soni the matter through
. ghannele if indicated.

Yours sincorely,

, Joohua Lodorborg,
Ascodinte Profosser of Genotics