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C January 29, 1973 H'. Henry i.aTMm , ~,su. Council for iobacco Research-USA 110 East 75tb SLreef: IYn:q YC3r~:, 1.ror'i DLUr honry: i" oli cT... _:sg t11e s.:.cUti ny of i:he Council on January 2Gth, Al~~~~x, Spears, t,ir~~lur Stevens and Iimyt witI1 I?o^ and ' .`s_n:is_zer to di:,cu:. ss i_l detai"sl the Council's pi:cp oc•yd pro~rGr,,i ard. b.zdgct ror 1573. DLLrinj that t~er.~inc~ we wore ae:viser:i that, in the opinion o~ the Crii; scient.i.ffic st4i:f, i.'Iae Council's a?.;`a.cii,-ai,ed rC_se :rc h for each of~ i.h^ years 1974 and 10175 coul, and t•.oald' re.::ais.i at substc.z`.ially C>1c lntrE:l pro poJFd ~.or 1973, :that is lv'3, 2'0J, 009. it was noted, o~ course, th~zt such a lcv: l;zavc to be increased slightly to respond ::o ii1il<:tior:ary xactc,r.s, I~ ~:S ZiyS'D r'.D;.'•3~i- ~G~~i-~G~ cut by Dr. G=C'.1Pr and his associates iia C'v,: Yli:. ol a"::a]or scientific 9.n thW area o.r: smo'-:inq and health, L±:e Council tvou:ld no c«ra°zLt have to re-evaluaLe the entire prog?raF e at that 't".:Li;.E:, and could r easona b_ly be L'-n_p:cc.`d to p2: oj]ose c"~ sub;'i11.di1L1ally 7.T:'crer.ZsrnCi :ullti~n't`?S x':oL?ld C-'na',.le the Council to eillc.a~,;~C,'L and conccrted "S11 C:1 S i~1rOi1C~i1. " research n;ro;za:«' in t:-ic arca oC the i~«vin,; now had the ti::.e and a;~ciitional in~ori_:ation we re quired in order to evaluate Llrie p-roposed 1D73 b?d~;E?::, o?1el :Iii'.'.>'L the we- havE.' of th` current p~r:.r_s ol : t?ic sca.4.3ti~iU staZii for 1~7~:: a.zd 1975,

t7 c3.Q_ n II-Wo 1i'. Henry P~~.m.mt, E~sq~. January 29, 1972 L'o:Lillard i, pleased to approve the 1973 Council's t bucaget of ~4,190, 00C. Lorill ard hG:s ior sameti.z;~-_ been seefKi.ng idlenti- f1.cc'Ltion by the C;1'~~ scieii'L".iiic s.;".afi o1= th~ status of the prioriti^s of t:iw Council's research program, as N•.,t:ll as so_:.,) poosible redirection ol: its goals. j•7e were, ther`fore, pleased to learn oi the progress oi the identi~~.cution of ~he so-called "'gaps in 1cnowleage" reported on by Lr. :;c :ett. :Laz addition, ~,,7o strongly endorse the ax)oarent direction o~ the o-~rerall resnarcn proararz presently being coni:em;;z~,ted by Dr. GareinLr fa,, t.'.re ne.:~ L-wo to th-:ee yra..s. We wish to exzend to Dr. Gardner our appreciation ior tha effort and t.,.e cc-m.etence he has thus iar con;rihutea to t?ic Coiancil. Vie loo'c ior~t*ard vdth eagerness to the ac?.c.;itional ben.eLits we t re cert4 in C:zi, wi ll reali<;e ixo:tt Ihis Lul1--i:i.;E.c stc:.;as:dshap. Very truly yours, Curcis 1_-1. Judge CIi•J: RC cc: i:r. J. F. Cu11:-t3n t:r. J. Ddens I:-'. i ilZch L3. Gal]io.Ja~~'. P_r. : . ;:. Hoi.,,anuz t?il I i~, a Garcdner, t Ph. D. bc: Mr. Tisch Mr. Pol l ack Dr. Sp°ars Mr. S teven s