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MARTHA W. GRIFFITHS, MICH. ALBERT W. WATSON, S.C.

ROBERT N.C. NIX, PA.

CHARLES E. WIGGINS, CALIF,

ICHARD W. KURRUS
CHIEF COUNSEL

THOMAS F. MC BRIDE

DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL

JEROME R. WALDIE, CALIF. ROBERT V. DENNEY, NEBR. Select Committee on Crime LARRY REIDA

ASSOCIATE CHIEF COUNSEL,

House of Representatives ARTHUR E. CAMERON

Congress of the Anited States

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

September 12, 1969

My dear Professor Lederberg:

Your kind letter of September 8 was most welcome. I am
delighted to learn that we share like views as to the need
for an immediate government inquiry to settle conflicting
claims concerning the use of marijuana.

As an avid reader of the "Washington Post," I consider
your excellent column timely, relevant and a complementary
feature to this outstanding newspaper.

You will want to know that the initial reaction to our
statement requesting a marijuana report has been most favor-
able. Judges, newspaper editors, prosecutors, and parents
who don't know what to tell their children want such a find-
ing. I hope, as you do, that such a study will be objective
and free from pressures.

Enclosed with this letter you will find voluminous ma-
terials concerning the Committee, its hearings and statements
of witnesses. We are in the process of editing the testimony
so do not, as yet, have a bound volume of our hearings pre-
pared.

In addition, you will find my statements concerning the
marijuana controversy, the need for a National Institute of
Corrections, comments on the theatre production entitled "The
Cage," and position papers outlining the scope and direction
of our inquiries.

ASSOCIATE COUNSEL, AND
ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN
We expect to be holding hearings on the West Coast in
the near future and, if your schedule permits, I would be

honored to meet with you to discuss the Committee's plans
and future.

Kindest regards, and

4) Very sincer ;
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Claude Pepper
Chairman

Believe me,

Professor Joshua Lederberg

Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California 94305