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June 18, 1974 I~RAIJDU[vI . - - Horace Kornegay FHCr'l: Fred Panzer Attached is a copy of the National Cancer-Advisorry Board resolution oai srrokir.g and health. approved June- 17, 1974. It was -almost essentially the same language as the resolution approved by the NCAB at its Nove~,~r 27, 1973 mzeting. Addi.tions -are showri -in brackets and -deletions are indicated by crossing out. Dr. Shubik led a-very short discussion-of the resolution pointing-out that neither the FI'C nor the Consumer Product Safety CatTussion nor aay - other gbvernTren tagency for that matter,. aould set mandatory tar and. -nieotine levels and that therefore legislation was necessary. Therefore the Board agreed that Dr. Rauscher and the hlational Cancer Institute could play no role in the resolution and it was decided that the Board itself, under cover letter signed by Jonathan Hhoads, would send_the resolution to Senator Kennedy and Representative Rogers. Mary Lasker proposed that it also be sent to Senator moss- which was accepted. There was no discussion of-timing and no discussion of publicity or- press conference as had been previously urged on Rauscher. Follcwirg are the new and reappointed msnters of the National Cancer Advisory Board: Dr. -Lae.rner Her.le - Mrs. Mary Lasker (Reappointed) Professor of Virology President University of Pennsylvania Alhert and Mary Lasker Found._ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 29-Bee.lanan Place New York, N.Y. 10022 Associate Dean - Professor and Head School of Medicine Dept. of Otolaryngology University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, Cal: 90033 Washington University St. Louis, Mo. 63110 Dr. G. Denanan Hantmnd Dr. Joseph H. Ocrara (Rea~ Dr. William E. Powers Director, Radiation Therapy Mallinckrodt Institute e Washington University School of Medicine p St. Louis, Mo. - 63110 rA C!i 00

NEMORA3DUM HK frcan FP 6/19/74 p. 2 Jonathan Rhoads was also reappointed as oYiainman. Dr, Wescoe resigned which ieaves- one iracancy on the Board for a layman, I airr told. f Ysxx may want to -have a rmet5ng to discuss steps that might be taken ~ to deal with this resolution. As one possibility, we might want to ! produce a written rebuttal or a written- statert-ei:t and grovide it to sam of the nmbers of - the Kennedy aubccsnuttee, e. g. , Williams, - Fagletor, Hughes, Schweiker, Beall, Taft or t. Rogers S~a~SCoErrriittee, e.g. Preyer and=Satterfield. ~