October 21, 1958
Dear George:
The substance of your letter of September 19th has been brought to the attention 
of Dr. Shannon and his staff at the National Institutes of Health. They inform me 
that a recent memorandum concerning the status of leukemia research was prepared 
by Dr. Heller, Director of the National Cancer Institute, for the Surgeon General 
of the Public Health Service for transmission and it seems to me to set forth the 
current situation as viewed by the National Institutes of Health.
As you are aware, I am intensely interested in accelerating research in cancer and 
from all I learn, there is real hope in the next few years for a breakthrough in 
knowledge of the cause and treatment of leukemia. At the same time however, we 
must be prepared to expect that research in this area will require the utmost in 
patience, effort and imagination before we can expect to have answers which can be 
translated in terms of saving human lives.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely yours,
John E. Fogarty