Bliley Lorillard
[Letter Regarding Joint Industry Funded Research]
Abstract
Encloses Dr. Yerushalmy's criticisms of Senator Marlow Cook's contribution in the annual Surgeon General's reports. References enclosed article on the AAAS program. Comments on the importance of Dr. Theodor Sterling's work on pollution in light of the President's recent message to Congress which implicates cigarette smoking with disease. Discusses continued support of Dr. Sterling's work. Recommends a "grant of $5,000 as a special project (non-CTR)." Duplicates Bates 91017984. (attachments missing)
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- Type
- LETTER
- Author
- Shinn, William W. (TI Communications; Shook, Hardy, CTR Attorney)TI Communications Committee and was also a lawyer for CTR. William W. Shinn worked for Shook, Hardy & Bacon.
- Author (Organization)
- Shook, Hardy, Mitchell & Bacon
- Recipient
- Haas, F.P.
- Hetsko, Cyril F. (VP of ATC; CTR Director)Vice President and General Counsel for American Tobacco. Served on the Executive Committee as a CTR Director.
- Roemer, Henry C. (Jack) (RJR VP; CTR Director)RJR in 1958. He served as Vice President & General Counsel of RJR Legal Dept. in 1970, Senior Vice President & General Counsel of their Legal Dept. 1972-1983, and retired in 1986. Board of Directors 1972-1983; as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from 1982 to the present, as RJR Tobacco Secretary & Director 1958-1970; and as Vice President and General Counsel in 1970.
- Stevens, Arthur Joseph (LOR Sr. VP '89-95 and TI Communications)Served on Lorillard Board of Directors 1985-92, was Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1995, served as General Counsel for Lorillard '93-95. Served on Tobacco Institute Communications Committee.
- Yeaman, A.Y.
- Ahrensfeld, Thomas F. (PM General Counsel & Sr. VP, TI Executive Committee)TI Executive committee
- Bryant, H.D.
- Copied
- Holtzman, A.
- Pollack, L.
- Named Person
- Sterling, T. Dr.
- Yerushalmy, Dr.
- Cook, M. Sen.
- Mills, J.
- Named Organization
- ALEPH Foundation
- CTR
- Surgeon General
- Internal Medicine News
- AAAS
- Congress
- Keyword
- International Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Effects of Pollultants on Human Health
- The Incidence of Lung Cancer in the U.S. Since 1955 in Relation to the Etiology of the Disease
- Thesaurus Term
- Pollution
- Industry sponsored research
- Research activity
- Funding
- Respiratory disease
- Lung cancer
- Tobacco use
- Government agency
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SHooR, HARDY, MITCHELL ~BACON
915 GF~ANID AVENUE
I~ANSAS CITY~ MISSOUI~I 64106
March i, 1972
RUSSELL S. NOBLETI
LEE E, STANFORD
DAVID ~. HARDY
Thomas F. Ahrensfeld, Esq.
DeBaun Bryant, Esq.
Frederick P. Ha~as, Esq.
Cyril F. Hetsko, Esq.
Henry C. Roemer, Esq.
Arthur J. Stevens, Esq.
Addison Yeaman, Esq.
Senator Ma~rlow Cook sent a letter on February 9
inviting Dr. Yerushalmy to react to criticisms oE his work
con£ained in the annual Surgeon General's reports. We have
now~received a copy of Dr. Yeru.shalmy's reply and I think
you will be extremely interested in his observation,s.
particu,larly refer you. to the commen,ts commencing with the
last paragraph on, pagle 4.
Wh,ile you may have, already received it from some
other source, I also enclose a copy of a February 1 article
from, In.ternal Medlicine News on the A/hAS program held in
Philad~elphia during December of last year.
The work which Dr. Theodor Sterling has been doing
in connection with, air pollution, became un,u,sua~lly valuable
following the President's transmission on January 31 of an
air pollution, message to. Congress, which you ha~e received,
that attempted to implicate cigarette smoking.in 95% o6
lung can:cer and 90% of chron,ic obstructive lung disease.
Dr. Sterling has consulted with u~s in connection~
with this. message and has a:iso, at Jiack Mills request, at-
tended mee£in,gs in Wash,ington. We wou,ld 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
SHOOK, HARDY, MITCHELL ~. BACON
Genera:l Counsel
March i, 1972
Page 2
panel on "Effects of Pollu,tants 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 a:nd the
ALEPH: Foundation,'s letter to Dr. Sterling are also enclosed~.
W.e recommend a grant of $5,000 as a special project
(non-CTR) and would appreciate your letting u,s know. your
views by March i0.
I ha~e just received, and also enclose, a copy of
Dr. Sterling's latest published a~rticle, "The Incidence of.
Lung Cancer in the U~. S. Since 1955 in Relation to the
Etiology of the Disease."
WILLIAM W. SHINN ~
~{S/r
Enclosures
co:
Lester Pollack, Esq.
Alexander Holtzman,, Esq.
