August 12, 1971

Honorable Warren G. Magnuson
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Senator Magnuson,

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I am sure that you are relieved to be haved the arduous work
of the HEW appropriation act. I apologize that I did not find the
time in the appropriate interval to communicate with you prior to
the passage of the bill through your committee. But your good work
speaks for itself and I am not sure that I could have added very
much to what you already knew and felt,

May I, however, take the occasion to send you a remarkable
example of life-protecting advance that has materialized rather
unexpectedly from very basic research in genetics. I know that
this aspect of health research has had your special attention
during the last two years. Not so many people are aware, in a way
that the hepatitis story illustretes, of the very broad ramifications
of what sometimes seem to be highly esoteric studies.

Sincerely yours,

Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Genetics

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