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• . SHOOK, HARDY, MITCHELL ~,. O N CH~RL{~ L. BACON TELEPHONE 474"~550 March i, 1972 Thomas F. Ahrensfeld, Esq. DeBaun Bryantt Esq. { Frederick P. Haas, Esq. Cyril F. Hetsko, Esq. Henry C. Roemer, Esq. Arthur J. Stevens, Esq. Addison Yeaman, Esq. now received a copy of Dr. Yerushalmy's reply and I think" /;~ you will be extremely interested in his observationS. I ~particularly refer you to the comments commencing with the ~]~'last paragraph on page 4. -. .. ~you may it from some her source, Whilei also enclose have alreadYa copy of receiveda February 1 article from Internal Medicine News on the AAAS program held in Phil during December of last year. ~- ' Senator Marlow Cook sent a letter on February 9 " inviting Dr. Yerushalmy to react to criticisms of his work .... " '<~:: contained in the annual Surgeon General's reports. We have • be work wh±ch #r. ~heodor Sterling has been doing - in connection with air pollution became unusually valuable following the President's transmission on January 31 of an air pollution message to Congress " ~ " , which you nave receive~, that attempted to implicate cigarette smoking in 95% of lung cancer and 90% of chronic obstructive lung disease. Dr. Sterling has consulted with us in connection with this message and has also, at Jack Mills request, at- tended meetings in Washington. We would like for him to have every opportunity to continue his work in this area and he has recently submitted a request to us to help fund a

HOOK, HARDY, MITCHELL ~. BACON General Counsel March i, 1972 Page 2 panel on "Effects of Pollutants on Human Health." This panel will meet in connection with an International Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science in Tel Aviv, Israel, during June. A copy of the program is enclosed. Dr. Sterling is requesting a grant to the ALEPH - Foundation, which will administer the funds. Copies of both the letter from Dr. Sterling requesting support and the ALEPH Foundation's letter to Dr. Sterling are also enclosed. We recommend a grant of $5,000 as a special project (non-CTR) and would appreciate your letting us know your views by March 10. ~ I have just received, and also enclose, a copy of Dr. Sterling's latest published article, "The Incidence of Lung Cancer in the U. S. Since 1955 in Relation to the Etiology of the Disease." WWS/r Enclosures Lester Pollack, Esq. Alexander Holtzman, Esq. WILLIAM W. SHINN cc: