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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO 37 • ILLINOIS • 0 Sincerely, r DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY 1126 BAST 59TH STREET Dr. Robert C. Hockett The Council For Tobacco Research.U.S.A. 150 East Forty-Second Street New York, N. Y. 10017 Dear Dr. Hockett: October 8, 1964 I must apologize for the delay in turning in our final report (TIRC GRANT No. 354). A short assignment as an exchange consultant with the Mexican Government disrupted my work schedule. The final draft is not completed and awaits typing. After this draft is sent to Professors Elihu Katz (who is still on leave of absence to Israel) and Robert Crain for their final approval, a final copy (or copies) will be sent to the Council. This new draft is substantially improved from the first draft which you received. Because of my haste to clear up my affairs before leaving for Mexico, the first draft was written in too much hurry, and then typed by a typist who didntt fulfill her obligation to proof the report. The major changes in the new draft are reorganization of the material to facilitate reading, exclusion of much of the theoretical material from the main text, a more thorough analysis of the data, and a multivariate analysis of some of the important variables. The only thing that is holding us back now is lack of funds. The last statement from the Office of the,Comptroller showed a18.80 left in this account. Since I am still a graduate student, I have no secretarial service or other way to have this done free. Since Professor Crain only too~~overseeing this study as a favor to Professor Katz and myself, I don't believe that he should be held responsible for the remaining typing. Therefore, I am writing to the Council for the small additional amount that we need for typing. I believe that this request is justified for several reasons; (1) initially the grant request was much lower than the going rate for survey work of this magnitude, (2) I have worked without reimbursement for the last 9 months on this project, and (3) I have allocated some of my free graduate computer time to analysis of this study. In fact, the costs of the computer time and set7up costs probably amount to more than is being requested to finish typing the final report. The enclosed sheet indicates the estimated amount of money that we K3N ?~eed. Last time you requested 30 copies of the preliminary report. Therefore, I estimated 50 copies of the final report: 30 for the Council and 20 for our own use. I have been exchaging information with several researchers on smoking, and would like to send them copies of the final report. I will be most happy to answer any questions that you may have concerning this request. cc: R. Crain J C~~ ,~ Ca Bruce C. Straits