DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Dear Mr. Fogarty: You sent to me in April a copy of a letter which you had received from Mr. Robert P. Clark, a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, in which he raised questions about the Federal support of medical research. Enclosed are copies of replies made by several people to similar letters from Mr. Clark, including one from me. { have let this lie in my pending file inadvertently for far too long, which I very much regret. Sincerely yours, olsf¢@uillet Jones Special Assistant to the Secretary (Health and Medical Affairs) Hon. John E. Fogarty House of Representatives Washington, D. €. Enclosure