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14 fi;.1 ~ jlifi,~ t .a'- ' THE COU; iCI L FOR TOBACCO RESE.4RCH--U. S. A. , INC. Grant Application No. 1010 Carl G. Becker, M.D., Cornell University . I I already have made a site visit, and my letter is enclosed in which I suggest to the Council that we either approve it as is or wait for other preliminary experiments, in which it can be shown that there exists a close relationship between hypersensitivity _ to tobacco in coronary artery disease. ' In their application they write a good deal about the immunological aspects of tobacco and the agent which could cause allergic phenomenon. However, as far as I can see they have yet not proven that there exists ani interrelationship between tob acco allergy and coronary lesions. This is paEt of their application as illustrated on page 7. On page 12 they write, in general, of how they want to go about it, as far as general participation of the heart in tobacco allergy is concerned. What I said in my letter still stands. I think a few experiments would be very helpful prior to committing ourselves. In general, however, this is good work. Relevance 1, scientific merit 1; but I would like to see a few more data. '.i.111 R. J. Bing, Af.D. RJB;cc cc! Drs. Feldman, Liebow ancLNbrdsiek bcc C~r c''T~; ~rs 1cIc:t( s ~