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DENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS.

ALLEN J, ELLENDER, LA. MILTON R. YOUNG, N. DAK.

LISTER HILL, ALA, KARL E. MUNDT, 5S. DAK.

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JOHN STENNIS, MISS. GORDON ALLOTT, COLO. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

LYNDON B, JOHNSON, TEX,

JOHN ©. PASTORE, R.t.

ESTES KEFAUVER, TENN.

A. 8. MIKE MONRONEY, OKLA, June 30, 1959
ALAN SIBLE, NEV.

ROBERT GC, BYRD, W. VA.

THOMAS J. DODD, CONN,

GALE W. MC GEE, Wyo.

EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK
THOMAS J. SCOTT, ASST. CLERK

Mr, Joshua Lederberg
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Dear Mr. Lederberg:

Thank you for your telegram regarding the ceiling
on indirect costs of research toward which the Federal Government
makes financial grants. This is an important item and I appreciate
the need for greater flexibility than the House would have allowed,

I was glad to join my colleagues on the Senate Appropri-~
ations Committee in recommending more funds so that up to 25 percent
of the overhead might be financed from the Federal grants. I agree
with your position and I will do my utmost to see that this partial
rectification of the stringent House provision is included in the final
version of the Labor-Health, Education and Welfare Appropriations Bill.

With kind regards, I am