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w R,EVM OF RECENT EYEN'!'S liev Asaociate Scientific Director J. M. Brady, M.D. has been added to the staff of the Conmittee to provide supplementary ability on a full•time basis in the medical field. Dr. Bra4y came to the TIRC from The National Found,ation (Polio) vhere be served as Medical Director. He is vell acquainted in the medical field vhere be vill cover meetings and appear on platforms, in addition to assisting in supervising the research program. Resignation from the Scientific Advisor~ Board The resignation of Dr. J1:lius H. Coen•oe Jr. from the 8cientific Advisory Board vaa accepted vith regret at its anra,al meeting in may 1960. Dr. Comroe had been a member of the Board since 1954. He found it necessary to relinquish this post due to a change in affiliation from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine to the University of California Medical Center. In his present post he found the pressure of business such that he vaa unable to give the time he felt vas required as a member of the Advisory Board. In resigning be bas, bovever, agreed to serve iaformal.l,y in a consulting capacity for the Board. This represents the first resignation from the Board in the six and a half years since its inception. Punds Granted by TIRC r Since its inception, the TIRC has approved 311 grants, aaounting to $3,515,034. Of these, =597,797 vere approved in 1960. Supplementary 5300,000 for Research Dr. Little presented a request to the Executive Coaatittee on April 27, 1960, for supplementary funds to extend the research program. C This vaa approved as follow : i 0 i .-j! ~.....,,. .. •::- ~ . :. !., TR ! tN 02G7+4 16

I• i . . 8 Public Relations ...-~ ~_ _ ML ~ ;NrtD;1- 'he sta,ff of '!'IIRC is constantly in touch xith liill and Knoti+lton, Inc., aad consults on evsry phase of activity rslatin; to bealtb matters. tor eaaae:ple, it,provides speakers for platforms, helps s.naly:e both scientific papers and charges against smoking vbich appear in the public press, and consults on statements which are issued to inform the public.. Looking Ahead f lrom the contents of this memorandum, you vill note that•the scope of the vark of TIRC is wide and varied. We plan to continue all present activities in the year ahead and, at the sams time, put increased emphasis on our two main purposes by: ~ 1. Tigtrtening up and expan~,iiag the research pcrogram in line vith the supplementary iunds pvrovided Dr. Little for that purpose. 2. Using every means at husd to provide factual inform.tion to the press, both lay and scientific, in order that all the facts on health matters are thoroughly presented. Xoc . /1t CTR H~~ c~284~~

• : . National Tuberculosis Association Statement . • In early Me,y, the National Tuberculosis Association, for the first time, issued a varning against cigarette smoking u"a major cause of lung cancer," and called for a national educational campaign to varn young people about the hazards of the smoking habit. Follaving this stateaent by the Directors of th:'liational Tuberculosis Association, its aanual-maeting vaa held in Los Angeles assd a session vas devoted to smoking and lualth, at vhich American Cancer Society speakers Daniel 8orn aad Walter James appeared in support of the resolution of the Association regarding an anti-smoking program among teenagers. Shortly thereafter the name of the American RSrudeau Society, the medical s,ction of the National Tuberculosis A.asocia- tion, vaa changed to The American Thoracic Society in recognition of the fact that the organization intended to chanael its activities into areas tf other diseases than Just tubarculosis. New York Academy of Medicine Symposium " 6 In December 1959, a syssposium on tobacco and health vaa proposed to the Nw York Academy of Y*dicine by the llev York Acadeay of Preventive Medicine, vhich organiution ultimately eo-sponsored it vith the Rev York Acadeay of MedScine, to be financed by the folloving: Rockefeller Fou.ndation, Nev York Caacer Society, American Cancer Society and the Nev York Acsdemy of }6edicine. The initial concept ve:s a very one-sided affair, the proposed participa.nts all being aati-tobacco. Folloving man,y conferences and discussions on the subject, the yrogram vas ultimately revised several tiz:es and the symposium took place on September 26-2T, 1960 in Nev York. In its final alignment the program vas reaa onably vell balanced and scientific, •although a strong anti-tobacco note vaa evident throughout. Th. meeting vas closed to all except ssembars of the sponsoring orgs.n•izations. It therefore did not receire press attention. Journal of the American Medical Association Diitorial ._. Dr. Johnn. Talbott, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association published an ed.itorial in that ournal taking issue vith the conc usions o the Surgeon General on smoking, saying there vaa ' insufficie•nt eridence "to warrant the assumption" that cigarette smoking vas the principal factor in the increase of lung cancer. Shortly thereafter, the Journal published a letter from Dr. Joseph Berkson in vh.ich he further - questioned in detail the conclusions arrived at in the Surgeon General's statement. • •C- C C N O .j Z'iae Magazine (,'; Q A conference vith representatives of TIME Magazine vas held on N Jamisry 8, 1960. Your Chairmaa, Dr. Little and Dr. Hockett met with Messrs. H R Luce (Publisberl Albert L Furth (Executive Vice President) 'Ro e csrY • • , µ•lexander (Kana•ging Editor), Otto Fuerbringer (Assistant MLnagi a Yditor , . C~_ R i i i~ 0264 ~.. r-+

.. . ~... '-` "5on.cco IrrDvsrRr Riszaxca Comnarrms WNt Ks. vLI71~j OCT~ l:z;:'.Wd Ylafs Met.orandi±r from* `l. V. F?~~°tnett, Chairman -rr2cc::7 . xovember 7, 1960 Zb: Members of Zbbacco Industry Research Co®mittee r - - --=---~ v r vf~t W~~ , .~ ' Tor your convenience, I am sending you in advance of our November 15th meeting the attached review of highlights of events since our last general meeting. As a preface, I would like to make a general comment on the current status of the tobacco and health situation. The hard core of anti-tobacco people, both lay and scientific, . have maintained the tempo of their attacks. This is despite the fact that _ no new scientific findings have substantiated the very limited basis for the claims against tobacco. This is also despite the fact that there is indeed a tendency on the part of an increasing number of scientists to look at the overall picture of lung cancer causation rather than merely accept a single simple tobacco cause theory. The attitude and program of the TIRC has not wavered since its inception, based upon advice and guidance from the distinguished Bon.-d of scientists, vbo coaopose the Scientific Adrisory Board. It has mLintained that such mare knowledge is necessary before the cause or causes of lung cancer a.n!A heart disease can be enunciated. It has provided such funds aa the Board bas requested. It has maintained a public position of dignity and integrity. We can hssdly expect an iamediate breakthrough to the ansvers of the complex diseases involved, nor can we expect the propaganda activi- ties carried on by the anti-tobacco group to subside in the absence of slach information. It is our purpose and intention to proceed in future as ve have in the past -- to seek the truth s.ari to present the facts at all times. KJ1NT1fF E)Q*(T W .. ~- .,..~.+. ~.~..~,.~• m CTR ~N 02641 . E~"

. ' w . r. ~ j CONr1DM71AL ~ 2 ..~..~.,, ., Category of Research •Additior.al for Nev Program Xajor Virus, Previous Infections .~ 75,000. lines Bioassay, Carcinogenesis and Tissue Culture 60,000. of Lung Physiology 75,000. ..: . ~ .. =- .ffors • Epidmiolo6Yr Stat.istics and Psychosomatic • $2'65,'0~0~0, Central office additional appointee & expense . - 35,000. $300,000. •-The figures are for a 12-mpnth period and represent an amount not to be exceeded. It is not possible to make a firm estimate of expense, aad it is entirely possible that a saving ma,y be arde in one or more items. The Lxecutive Coa®ittee al.so approved a supplementary budget of $30,000 to defray anticipated costs in conneation vith addStional staff personnel related to the esaployment of Dr. Brady. 1959 Annual Report of the Scientific Director This Report vas issued by Dr. Little early in 1960, and has been extremely vell received. Copies of it have received a broad distribution, a.nd • excerpts bave been picked up in maqy scientific and lay documents. Scientific Advisory Board Report to the T1TtC At the annual aeeting in liay 1960, the Advisory Board approved u*antmou!ly the first formal report to the companies vhich finance its activitiu .* Zhka vss subsequently tendered to kr. Sartnett, Chairaan of TIFtC, by Dr. Lynch, Chairman of the Advisory Boerd. It is expected that this vill be t.he basis of Dr. Little's Annual Report for 1960. ~ ~ Scientific Papers Published by Crantees a : C A " One hundred tventy•eight paperi have been published in scientific journals, since th. inception of the program by T'IItC, by grantees on vork .j approved by the Scientific Advisory Board. Tventy-tvo have been published ttrw far in 1960. Abstracts of these vill be included in the Annual Report, or which are in the course of preparation. as vell as other abstracts vhich have been submitted and not yet published '. ., _ .~. :' • ~': ' , • ~ • . .. , `. ; .. . I , V • ..•.; .~.'..K : v~. _ I CTR HN 02-8419

. . - -t-L , . 0 R I ~ ~ COWD[N71A1. ~_.-..~. __._.._... ... I -5 recommended statement in December 1959, vhich waa rejected by the Board of Directors of the Heart Association. This statement vas revised and presented to the Board of Directors again in June 1960. Again, the statement presented by the ad boc' subcommittee vas revised and, vhen finall,y issued, vsxned heavy cigarette smokers of the reported statistical association and "called for more research to determine the exact relationship betveen heavy smoking and coronary heart disease." This received some press attention; hovever, statements by the TIRC Chairman pointing out inconsistencies in the Heart Association statemant s.lso received good coverage. . Heart. The American Heart Association haa reprinted its statement in its official public}tion, CircuLtion, and in its nevs bulletin, The American Liaison vith American Heart Association the future. Dr. Iynch recently addressed Dr. Irnstene, the President of the American Heart Association, and suggested that it vould be sutual.l,y adran- tage" to the ressarch efforts of both groups if Dr. Lrnstene aM/or his representatives coul4 attend subsequent meetings of the Advisory Board during the period vben that body bad ita cardiovascular deliberations. Dr. Ernstene graciously accepted and, at the lait meeting of the Advisory Board, Dr. George Z. Wakerlin, Medical Director of the Amsrican Heart Association, and Dr. Jerome 0. 2Cautman, a member of the Board of Directors of the Association, met vith tbe Advisory Board for an entire half-day. Zbe i.aeaediate impression is that much good came from this liaison. It is planned to be contlaued in .American Casicer Society Lducational_CaMign The Society has continued to proa~ote its anti-smoking campaign in th. schools, directed to teenagers. This is mainly carried out by state and local chapters, and the intensity of effort varies from state to state. Science Writers' Sesalaar T!u Society held a veek-long ses¢inar in Louisvll.le, Kentucky, in keeping vith its ansmal procedure of indoctrinatiag tha science vriters. Among the panels on cancer vu one devoted to lung cancer and smolcing, the composition of vhich vas entirely anti-tobacco. The results of this vere tvo nevs stories. Altbougb the treatment of the stories varied considerably from paper to paper across the country, they did receive a great deal of attebtion. Comments by TIRC and The Zbbacco Institute vere picked up by the vire services sisultazeousl,y. • C C ~ C C Statement of the Board of Dir ectors •, . In l4arch, the Journal of the American Medical Association published in full a statement by the Board o Directors Cancer Society condesmiag tobacco. .P ''- I --'PWI . + ~: . . r~. ..r TE~. t =i ~ 0284212

0 • ' . Sanford Parker (FORTZJn Statistician), Albert Rubin (Medical Consultant), a•d Gilbert Cant (Medical Editor). - The maeting vu arranged to see if a more open-minded attitude could not be expressed by TDM in its reporting on tobacco and health. 7:= Chairman,posed tvo questions to Mr. Luce: , 1. Does TLIM Magazine have a closed mind on this subject? 2. Does TIME Magazine believe in the induatry'a sincerity' follovs during 1960: February 21-24 April 11-15 April 13-15 ma.y 16-19 June 19-21 July 17-20 August 8-11 August 14-18 Seyteaber 9-17 Seqtember 26-29 October 20-22 i(ovambar 28-December DeA*er 26-30 Liaison vith 4bbacco s Texas Public Health Aasociation,•Galves•r: s Federation of Amarican Societies for Lr~e-1- aental Biolo®, Chicago : Southern Branch, American Public Heal•: Association, ltemphis s Hations.l Tuberculosis Association, Lcs Angeles s Maine Medical Association, Brunsvick : Postgraduate Medical Assesably of Sou•-` Texas, 8ouston : National Kedical Association, Pittsbti-;: s ifi.nth Annual Pennsylvania Health Conterer:e, State College s lCentucly State Fair, Lou.isville : American Society of Clinical Patholog:eu, Chicago s Southvestern Ked.ical Association, L1 Pu: 1: Amarican Kedical Association Clinical Meeting, Washington s American Association for the Advance:.ent :' Science, lfev York Manufacturers' Stard.in$ Cocaaittee • A close vorking relationahiy is maintained vith the Tobacco c Manufacturers' Staading Committee in England, vhich organization pars1le s the TIRC. Although methods of operation are considerably different our C; cooperation, both in research and public relationa, has proven very valua::e. W nevsvorth,y. Mr. Luce said their.mind vas not closed and, further, that they do believe industry is sixsce.rely trying to get auvers to the problem. He exyresse= TI1-M's villiWess to consider any suv scientific material that might be TIRC Exhibit Tbe TIRC acientific exhibit has been disDlayed aad scheduled as - f(COflDIL,N- oJ ti. , I t., TR 11"IN 028"r24

. N .: - 4 _ auspices o The Nev York Academy of Sciences, eld March 24, 25, M, 1960. This vas the first conference of its kind in vhich the cardiovucular effects of nicotine and smoking vere considered. It has proved to be a tremendous contribution to the subject, and has done asuch to create a.bslanced impression ~ ~~~~ ; j ~ CO&M ...!~I~e/A ~i Cardiovascular Effects of Nicotine and Smoki .~Under the scientific comounity. -•.. . ••'in the scientific vorld vhich, hitherto, has beess distorted as a result of premature statistical conclusions. It also received quite a bit of press attention. .A monograph covering the entire conference is being published. It vi11 receive vide distribution and vill serve u the first textbook of its kind for the •.1 Dr. Little's Keetings vith Science Writers Lrly in September, Dr. Little met in tvo informal luncheon mntings vith leading science vriters in Hev York. It provided Dr. Little, Dr. Hockett and the Chairman aa opportunity to discuss the TIRC program, the smoking and health situation, and to aniver questions of the vriters. Tolloving these diseussions, Dr. Hockatt met vith science vriters on the Pacific Coast on two occasions thus supplementina the ea.stern meetings. The meetings vere for baekground purposes only and not to g.t across any specific piece of nevs. The general concensus, folloving the meetiags, is that they produced a great deal of good vill vhich should facilitate continuing contactsvith these incportant members of the press. ?ourth hational Cancer Congress • -Tdis Congress vas held in Ki.aneapolis•ia September 1960. It vas orgxnised by the American Cancer Society and the Natioaal Cancer Institute. Mich of the program vas very b&dly slanted anti-tobacco. Considerable effort vas'arde to present the results of the smokixr aspects of the Congress to tha press, ineluding the cal.liag of a press conference. Actually, attention to tobacco vas slight and limited s»stly to the adverse opening remarks kLJDar. llichael 8. Shlmkin, the eo-chairman of the Congress. In the press treatment, our offsetting statement received good attention. . Soma of the key vriters at the Congress had attended the { informa3l conferences vhich Dr. Little hnQ vith science vriters only a fev days earlier. - Amer'ican See.rt Ascociation Statement C - G C .3 l6 Ever since the issuance of the preliminary Bamaiond-Horn C stntistical figures in 1954, the Amarican Heart Association has been under _ pressure by the American Cancer Society and other supporters of the Society's -~ vievpoint to take a stand against tobacco use. Th• Heart Association, as a ~ concequence, appointed a subcoa.mittee to look into the facts concerning . ••obacco use and cardiovascular disease. .. Zhe subcccaittee paresented•a,; . -i • . i'C'r.~. . . . . ,. . . • . . .-.., _. e i C• . '.'. l • { S 026421

Scientific Library I corvrroMAL ~ -3 - The regular and thorough screening of scientific literature relating to tobacco aad health matters continues to be basic to research, public relations and related activities. The CURRIIiT DIGPST is a regular by-product of this program that has proved useful to research development, to research departments of costpany members, and to legal departments !n the conduct of their affairs. Access to the library of material is•availLble on reQuest to all responsible parties -- including press, scientists a.ad attorneys vho are vorking vith companies in their individual lav suits. In - the latter situation, there bas been considerable demand during the past year for references, duplicates of mataial, ssA the unearthing of specific research that has proved of assistance. This program is also basic to the ~ issuance of TU Zbbacco Institute's publicatioII, TOBACCO A2m SAL29, aad to the TIRC's recently inaugurated serrice to science vriters of items in the : form of Nevs Briefs from Scientific Research Reports. It provides anterial for consideration of research arants, talk,s by the Scientific Director aad =; Associate Scientific Director, and for meeting requests for aaterisl from '.. • science vriters. It vu also the source of iafo.rmation for. the nev Scientific Perspeetive vhieh is being considered by The Tobacco Institute. The project c.alls for receiving and rea,dinA regularly all important U.S. scientific publications aari for follovinS all published vork of scores of scientists aad, in addition, tha screening of all scientific publications, both here and abroad, for possible articles of interest vhich, vhen flagged, are then read for significance. Prom this program also comes the anticipation of meeting programs that mr prove to be publicity trouble spots. Conferences Sponsored by the Scientific Advisory Board In addition to its regular meetings, the Scientific Advisory Board has held ths follovia` closed conferences vbere specialists havv been free to discuss informall,y their rievs arsd vork. These have bean invaluable in serving as a guide to the Board on specific topics: Cccmmittee on Psycho-Pk~ysioloaical AspQCts of Smoktns • April 1, 1960 ' Ca),l.i Tissue Culture Conference • Kay 24, 1960 ViroloSy Conference - May 2s, 1960 Subcomaittee on Psycho-PtLysiolodical Aspects x of SmokiaS Sept. 23, 1960 As a result of this sort of closed conference, tvo public -C conferences have been sponsored and fisunced by the Advisory Board: C ' Man and Sis Lnvironment: TheAir We Breathe. Under the r~ auspices of the University of California School of Hedicins and ~ University Dctension • Department of Continuing Education in C liedicine and Healtb 8ciences, 2ield January 16, 17, 19, 1960. This ft'] 011 COnfeS'ence vas de8igAed to point Cut al,l the environS.antal factors vhich should be considered in diseases of the lung. It received considerable publicity in the press and vill be yublished in toto Ibb ~• in book form by the Charles C. TnorLs Press. ,• . ,f ti ii. •iY•# ~~~.~•'i'c; 4 n, ! • _ .. . . . G S. l..r t R t tN 02L.i"C 20