RALPH YARBOROUGH, TEX., CHAIRMAN
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, W. VA. JACOB K, JAVITS, N.Y.

HARRISON A, WILLIAMS, JR.,N.J. WINSTON L, PROUTY, VT.
CLAIBORNE PELL, ft.1. PETER H. DOMINICK, COLO,

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, MASS. GEORGE MURPHY, CALIF.

GAYLORD NELSON, WIS, RICHARD S, SCHWEIKER, PA, 2 e

WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN. WILLIAM B. SAXBE, OHIO C t 2 Dt f & {.
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, MO. RALPH T. SMITH, ILL. +VILle ales emate
ALAN CRANSTON, CALIF.

HAROLD E. HUGHES, IOWA COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

ROBERT 0. HARRIS, STAFF DIRECTOR
JOHN S, FORSYTHE, GENERAL COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

July 3, 1970

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Professor of Genetics

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Dr. Lederberg:
I regret very much that I was unable to attend

the meeting of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare
Committee with the outstanding group of laymen and

scientists that had been invited by Chairman Yarborough _

to discuss the study of the committee with respect to
the causes and cures of cancer.

As you probably know, I have a deep interest in
this subject and was one of the co-authors of S. Res.
376, which authorized the committee study. I want to
assure you that I am vitally interested in this subject
and wish I could have been present at this important
meeting.

Sincerely,

Guy 4] yh

George Murphy

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