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I TOIILCCO IN-DUSTItT RESLARCL COYMfITLL CONFIDE?1TIAL R,F r'" OgT * THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AU1 20W 6c;1N • DISSEIIINATION ORDER IN RDGFRS AND WKE CASES. TOBACCO IlnUSnY RESEARCH COMQT':'r= D4"TLNG "" RovEvBm 6, 1958 ' Attendance Timothy V. F.a.-tnett, Chairraa Paul M. Eahn William S. Cutchiris Albert Clay Paul D. Goddard J. R. Eutson Jr. W. T. Reed Jr. Levis Gruber Sacuel C. Linton Joseph F. Cull=an 3rd Bavnan Gray W1lliam P. Scweitzer C. S. Stept:ano J. B. Hutson Freema.n J. Dar.iels John Vance Aevitt John W. fiill Richard W. Da.^cv Carl G. T}o.^^rson Jr. C. C. Little, Scientific Director R. C. Eockett, Associate Scientific W. T. Hoyt, Executive Secretary 6.ycA,. # The American Tobacco Cocpany, Inc. Brovn & Willir..mson Tobacco Corporatio:, Burley Auction 'darehouse Associatior. Burley Stabilization Corporation The Imperial Tobacco Compar.y, Ltd. Larus & Brother Co---,)any, Inc. P. Loriller d Cor.;a:.y, Inc. Maryland Tobacco Growers Association Philip Morris, Inc. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.~^pany Peter J. Schweitzer, Inc. Stephano Brothers, Inc. Tobacco Associates, Inc. Perkins, Daniels, McCor-.-P-ck & Co'_li:.s Conboy, Fievitt, O'Brien & Boe.•3..:An Bill and Knowlton, Inc. n n n n n n n n Director 1. Yx. xartnett opened the meeting and explained that since the last meeting the Scientific Adv:sory Board had co=pleted its plans for reorganization. He asked the Ececutivb Secretary to outline the Board's action, which was done as follows: Members of the Scientific Advisory Board shall be appointed for a period of three years. One-third of the members' terms shall expire each year, but each one shall be subject to reappointment on nomination by remaining me=bers of the Board. The actual appoint--ent of members is to be made by the TIRC upon reco=endation of the Board. These appointments and rotation of terms vill be made at the Ms.rch meeting of the Board. In future the sprir.g meeting of the Board will be considered its annual meeting. No expiration of ne=bership will become effective prior to the spring reetir.g in 1960. In order to relieve the Scientific Director of the T??C of his additional duties as Chaizman of the Scientific Advisory Board, CTR 6337 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA '-TOBACCO LITIGATION C~'R HN 00~~~~

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20, . 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION IN ROGERS !.',L 'uJriE t,,,,L.)• , it was decided that a nev Chairman should be chosen by the Board to conduct its meetings. The Chairman is to be elected each year at the time of the Board's annual meeting. Dr. Kenneth Id. Lynch was chosen as Chairman to succeed Dr. Little. Tbe Scientific Director of TIRC vill remain an active mem~er of the Board at all times. ' 2 Dr. Little supplemented this by saying he felt this revamping would prove very beneficial to both the Advisory Board a.nd the T'-RC. It vill create a means by which replacements can more easily be made on the Advisory Boe_:c -- an action vhich zuat become inevitable as tiZe goes on. Re also expressed t::e view that his usefulness as Scientific Director vould be enhanced by lesse^ec~ responsibilities aa Chairran of the Board. 2. The Cash Statement and Recapitulation of the Committee, as attached, - vere presented by tLr. Ea.-tnett. (Attachment fl.) Be also put before the Co=zittee the Proposed 1959 Budget (AttacYl--ent #2), and explained that it had been approved in principle by the Executive Coxasittee. The Budget was adopted as presented. ~. Grant awards by the Scientific Advisory Board since the May 8th meeting of "_-ZRC save totaled $.261,074.97. Upon subrr4ssion by the Chairman, these additioLS.l grants were approved, bringing the total grants outstanding from $2,147,6_6.70, as approved at the Ysy 8th meeting of the Comaittee, to $2,1+08, 691.61 currently. k. Mr. DLrrov of Fiil.l and K-.ovlton, Inc. gave a thorough resume of the public relations program, and described what had happened since the last meeting of the TZRC. A brief outline of his statement is enclosed. (Attachment #3.) ~. The Chairaar, called upon Dr. Robert Hockett to discuss results being obtained by grantees. Dr. Bockett highligated the more interesting anc pertinent developaents which have taken place recently, and told of various papers which have been published by TIRC grantees in scientific journals. The total of these stands today at 55. 6. Dr. Little, the Scientific Director, talked on Advisory Board policy, - and described the methods of approach being used by the Board in its quest for answers. He confirsed that Dr. Bing had accepted membership on the Board, and told of various plans the Board hs.s for strengthening its vork in specific fields. This includes more scientific conferences such as have been held in the cardiovascular, psycho•p'aysiological, bioassay and tissue culture fields. Be further stated that, in order to get the best thinking from competent people outside the Board, informal advisory groups were beir.g organized to consult on specific topics. CTR 6338 atts. (3) COhF(U:;I+l/AL: IY,/M1h'E,JUTA r-,~=~ ~~ r ~~3[' TOBACCO LITlGATIO L~ ~ `{ r'1 =~'N

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 2~7,Iac~^~* Tou.cco Jvnrsrict REsr..RC.. Co~rru 1"C •,-..,_~.--c'sjNATION ORDER `'~' T~ CASH STATEMENT CASH FORECAST TO DECEMBER 31, 1958 Cash on hand 9/30/58 (net of taxes) $335, 156. Due from members to 12/31/58 193, 192. Disbursements (Actual) Due Hill and Knowlton, Inc. for Sept. services $528, 348. 14,558. Disbursements (Estimated) Scientific Advisory Board Research Grants $78, 300. Other 23,000. $101, 300. Administration 25, 300. General 20,700. Hill and Knowlton, Inc. 23,800. 171, 100. Total disbursernents - actual & estimated $185, 658. Estimated cash balance at 12/31 /58 Note: Contingent liability for unpaid but approved . research grants and pension. RECAPITULATION $342, 690. $135, 700. Received or Due from Contributor s Budget Expenditures 1954 ;1, 240, 672. $1, 230, 00 0. $ 746, 342. 1955 801, 000. 1, 061, 50 0. 953, 163. 1956 (1) 1,028 , 625. 994, 00 0. 1, 089, 501. 1957 (Z) 1, 078, 469. 1,087, 50 0. 1, 060, 674. 1958 (Estimated) 885, 099. 882, 53 7. 841, 495. $5,033,865. $5, 255, 53 7. $4, 691, 175. (1) Including supplementary $200, 250. 00 . (2) Including supplementary $210, 343. 75 W........1.... d 1 OSA CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION CTR 6339 CTR HN 0 03 -' 9 -3 1- A -1

Toa.cco p'nvsrttT RLST.LRCII Coinurrrs AT^ACL'^^' =2 THIS DOCUMENT SUBIER T0 AUG. 20, 1985 NON-DISSEMINATIbN ORDER Y1ADGER AND kM CASES, 1958 ADJUSTED BUTG~.'r A?+'D 1959 PROPOSED BUDGET 1958 AD,SUSTFD BUDGET FSctended to 1959 9 Months 12 Months BtTOG Scientific Advisory Board $+33,500• 578,000. 573,000• TrxtC Adainictration 69,338• 92,k50• 95,750. TIRC Gene-al 35,700. 47,600. h5,100• Eill and Knovlton, Inc. Staff Charges 37,l.24. 49,500• 58,300. Out-of-Pocket Expe:ses 6,0C0. 8,000. 6,000. Fee . 22 500. 30,000. 30,000. Total >,b2w. T 07,500• C~ Z . ,..GO. Cp :tinger.cies 3,750• 5,000. I+,OOG. Supple=entary Ite:s 13,125. 17,500. GRAND.TOTAL $621,037. 828,050 812,150. CIR 634 0 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOlACCO LITIGATION ~,` TR HN 0031935

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20, 1985 NON •DISSEMINATION ORDER fiILL wND KNOWLTON, Ixc. (N."GERS AND = CASES. CONFIDEyTIAL AT*`.ACI~.^:T =3 PLBLIC REfATIONS 2t.~i"PORT to the .. TOBACCO I11I7USZ4Y RFSEARCH COI*'STT£E Thursday, Nover.•ber 6, 1958 A review of the public relations situation regarding tobacco for the past six months shows a conti.:uin3 public interest in the health question. Hovever, there is evidence of soaae abatement in the press presentatio.^n c° one-sided attacks on tobacco. Recognition is being given to major quest:crs that rive been raised concerning efforts to iz^plicate tobacco use as a fac:or in major health proble=z. Continuir.g reports on rest aajor news developments have been rtde to the Co-=ittee since its last meeting. No effort, therefore, vill be r.ade here to review those ites on which infor-sation has already been given. Forthcoming or recent items of inte.rest include: 1. POPUTAR SC=- ~CE. The Decerber issue will ca_-ry an article by Herbert Ya.~raes. Ee consulted with Dr. Hockett, Dr. Cattell of the Scientific Advisory Board, and Dr. FfcArthur, a:'LRC grantee, aYc:.; others. T.`.e published article shows considerable revision from an original draft, correcting inaccurate i=plicat:os concerning tobaccc and health. 2. ARGOSY Magazine is considering an article on "Jokers" in recent statistical work, with special ee:p'•.asis on statistics relat:ng to smoking and death rates. The editors have rdde contact with Derrell Huff, author of ."Hov to Lie With Statistics," to do the piece. 3. LIFE Magazine for November 17 is ca.rrying an article on a "non-srsoking" weekend in T`sgland. The piece is largely ironical in its treatment of the anti-tobacco zealots who sponsored the meeting. b. pAG£ANT Magazine in its December issue runs a story by Hovard Cohn which is critical of many phases of the tobacco industry, but questions some of the health charges that have been made against tobacco use. 5. MODERN YM?CI:::,, a magazine that goes to all U.S. doctors, carried an interviev with Dr. Little in its October 1 issue. A Scripps-Howard feature story by John Troan based on this story was syndicated and has been seen in many papers. CTR 6341 CONFID>iNT1AL: PdIhNESOTA XTOBACCO LITICATION ~~¢~ '' H~•~ 00~~r~`~

2 11M DDWMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20, 1Z MOAI•DISSEMINATION G!'~L-,Att. ~ M1 ROGERS AND DUKE CA;;a 6. FRID IiODGSON, a freelance vriter, has submitted chapters of his planned book to the publishers, St. t4artin's Press. This is to cover various aspects of the tobacco industry,as:d xill not deal solely vi:h :;e smoking-bealth issue. Hodgson generally is skeptical of the anti-tobacco attacks that have been rsde on the basis of health claims. 7. TEE WALL STRE.'iT JOURMAL vil2 carry a lead story on the general theme of "Why People Smoke" in its November 11 issue._ Some material was furnished from the TItC research library. 8. ZVBACCO A2PD H£ALT$, now being published by The Tobacco Institute, Inc., but deriving most editorial material from T-'tC repo^ s and scientific libra..ry, is now being distributed to about 550,000, including doctors and dentists in the cvint.ry. The September-October issue received wide press notice on its report concerning inhalation experiments with laboratory ani=als without resulting in lung cancers. 9. C'ONS'a*L"it REFORTS for Dece_ber, piblished by Consumers Unicr., vill feature a aa-4or story about tests of cigarettes for "tars and nicotine" content and a review of V=at We Know About S=ok'.3 and aeal:::." The review is not favorable to snoking ar.d contains some inaccuracies, but it also recognizes that the "knowledge of the cause of lung car.ce: is still incomplete and ... envircrrental factors other than cigarette smoking are undoub•.edly associated vith the disease." 10. ASSOCIATID PSrSS carried a storr by Arthur F•dson based on a scientific paper published by Drs. Silvette, Haag and Larson on "Medical Uses of Tobacco, Past and Present," supported by TL:C. Re,::-:::s of the paper were distributed to a ntmber of science and other writers. 11. TSE RFADFR'S DIGEST ca_-ried another article entitled "The Cigarette Industry Chp-r.ges Its Mind" in its July issue. An answer tc this piece was made by President James Richards of The Tobacco Institute and received newspaper attention. The aa.gaz:ne carried anet'ner ar-yic:e on smoking, in August, "The Case of t1he Wise Abstainers," based on Dr. Wynder's study of Seventh Day Adventists. 12. PRIr71`ytS' T..NK, an advertisir.g trade psblicat:cn, ca_:ied a roundup of the tobacco-health question in its September 12 iss::e. Material used vas highly selective and was handled in a critical rs.n:.er. Other mattera of current or future interest include: 1. STATE FffALT'E DE.°ART`~. Two state health depa.-tmer.ts -- 1Vev York and Texas -- are known to have taken anti-tobacco star.ds in recent months. On August 22, New York State Health Co==Lissioner Pe: ~n Hilleboe issued a le^e ay statener.t on ''Szoking and Health" in which he concluded that smoking is haraful and that persons who give up the custom have less chance of getting lung cancer. Dr. Eilleboe's statement also urged the tobacco conpanies to counsel moderation in smoking. CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION rTR CTR ~#~~ (:~0~9~'{

- 3- 'H'S DOCUMENT SUB1ECi TO AUG. 20, 1985 NON • DISSEAMINATION ORDER IN ROGERS AND DUKE CASE& Press attention to Dr. Hilleboe's statement vas mostly in New York State. A statement by Mr. Eartnett was issued si=lta_eously and also appeared in most news stories. A letter to'Dr. Eilleboe, containing certain scientific excerpts and material, has been drafted for dis:.ribu:ion to those to whoa he sent his statement: new York State regior.al,district, county and city health officers. The Texas State Department of Health came out against smoking in the August issue of the Texas See.:•.h Bulletin, a.:cntnly publication of the department's Division of Puolic Heaita Education. A one-page article titled "Smckis:g and ... CA2iC:~'," said t_e British Ministry of Eeslth has been ws.rn_:g against the dangers of smokin$ for some time and now the U. S. Public Health Service :.as began a similar campaign. "The Texas State Department of Heal:.h will support such a drive to the fullest," the article said. 2. AM--iICA]P CA1CCrt SOCIF.'T_'. Ti:e 1958 annual meeting of the American Cancer Society, held in late October in New York, gave only minor and passing attention to the qsestion of tobacco use. The scientific session was devoted to carcinoma of tse colon and rect:.::, and no papers relating tobacco to these car.ce.- s_tes were given. It vas the first Ame_-ican Cancer Society general meeting in at least five years that did not festi:.~e somewhere in the proe:ar a discussior. highlighar.g tobacco use and cancer. However, tnere were references to the subject in some of t:e reports and talks. The Society's Board of Directors postponed for a yea- approval of the He.^ond-proposed survey of one million Americans o.^n their living habits incl•,idir.g smoking. Tae survey plan was referred to the Statistical Coaz=ittee to work out :zrther details. In September, Mr. Richards of 7tt Tobacco _r.stit.te met with Governor Kohler, chai.rman of the board of the Ax-e-rican Cancer Soci: -%y, and later sent him a long letter, tellir.g of the work of the ar.c discussing the Society's attitude on the smoking question. Copies of this letter we=e sent, a ccr.:ple of weeks nrior to the ACS annaal meeting, to national, regional and district directors and officials of the Society. 3. 11ATIONAI. CORr --SM1CE CN AIR FCL:;.'T_JN, scheduled for November 18-20 in Washington, D. C., was expected to e~.^p:ssize the relationship between air pollutants and disease, especially lung cancer. Ameng participants on the Conference progrem were Drs. Kotin and Co=oe of the Scier.tific Advisory Board. A repor-; of this Conference is to te made when it takes place. CONFIDENTIAL: PAINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION ,-,, TR ,, „N 00,,.;. 93e

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20, - k- 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER At_ . U1 IN,OGERS AND UKE CASES, L. ?r:~t1ATI0NAI. CA?:CER CONGR~'rSS in London during July resulte3 in relatively little attention to snoking in the press. A report has previously been made on the attention given to the paper by Dr. Dorn on the Veterans AdWinistration study. At Zhe Congress itself, several * ~cr papers involving tobacco use -- not just sa:oking -- were delivered. It is believed that the subject of tobacco ar.d cancer received minor press attention because little new information was reported in the scientific meetings. 5. YXE.TING WIZ3 SE2AZCRS. A report previously has been made on the discussion by Mr. Eartnett and Drs. Little and Eockett before a g;o,:p of Senators in Washir.gton, May 22. 6. DR. HOCI~.'ZT's TALKS were well received by the Tobacco Growers Informtion Coaittee meeting in Richmond, Va., Septe=ber 18, and t: e New mgland Chemistry Teachers Conference in Kingston, R. I., August 18. Newspaper stories ve.re carried on both talks. 7. TIRC E?CEI3IT. Add.itior.al panels were prepared to rakke this exhibit nore flexible a:.d adaptable and to bring it up to date. The exhibit has been shown, or is definitely scheduled, at the following 1$;8 meetings: March 24-27 May k-7 May 12-16 June 22-24 August 11-14 August 17-21 September k-13 October 27-30 December 2-5 December 26-31 America.n Acade=y of General Pr actice, Dallas, Texas Medical Society of North Cesoli na, Asheville, North Carol. na Medical Society o.' the State of New York, Nev York, New York Maine Medical Association, Rockland, Maine National Medical Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Annual Eealth Conference, Pennsylvania Depa.--t- ment of Eealth, Pen.^.sylvania State Lniver s::y, University Pa.rk, Pennsylvania Kentucky State Fair, :rouisville, Kent.:cky American Public Eealth Association, St. Louis, Missouri American Medical Association (Clin_cal Meetins',, Minneapolis, Mir.nesota American Association for the Advancement of Science, i7ashington, D. C. , CTR 634 4 CONFIDENTIAL: tY.INNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION CTR_ /~( 1;J 00~"',j~ 9r'„js ~'j