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LEADE~ xa;w~u _~39 Richmond, Virginia J~me 16, 1962 - (, eAcAS' MORE STUDY ( Abbift': .Leaf-Cancer ' , ''Rehash` Report ~~Only Rep. Watkins Abbitt today termedi as a"se-hash" recent statements of English doctors on obaccw and cancer, and he cited an American research director on the need for further study. The- $ri.tlshi gpw"ment is pushing an anti-charged eam- paie^ri based on a repott issued "What are the basic causes _arlier this year by the Royal of, lung cancer? College of Physicians. has there been con- A'bbit,_ chairman of the House sistent and'universall failure in agricuiture- c%mrnitte,e's sub- every effort to induce lung bommittee bn tobacco, saidi he cancer in animals by having sought a review of the ques- them inhale tobacco smoke tion: from : Dr. , Clarence Cook during, their entfire lifetime!! Little, scientific director-of the tobaceo industry research com- ROLE Or VIRUSES? mittee: "VsFhat,, if any, is the role: of viruses in lung cancer? hE1TER rNRECORD "How . much lung cancer Earlier this month Abbitt; arises as a result, or in areas, filed in the Congressional of previous lung damage from Record a letter frorn Dr. Cook such bacterial diseases as tuber- tvhich %concludes: "Much re- culosis and pneumonia? search reported in the past few "If smoking does have a role years has tended to weaken„ in the development of lung can4 rather than to support, the cer, by what mechanisrn~ does hyothesis -that cigaret smoking this occur? Most theories ioa caukatiire factor in lung originally advanced on this~ cancer."' question have been either Dr. Littlk,- former president abcandonedi or extremely modi- of the Universities of' VIichiganl fied. and, Maine and founder of the "Why do pathologists ... Jackson Memorial Laboratory disagree on such basic question .in Viaine; listed 15 furrdamental' ag how much Increase there has questions about lung cancer been In: cancer? that he said are unansweredl. "What kinds of' lung, cancer andi need further research. are the predominant prebiem? ~ Among the unanswered ques- tiQns. he-includpd these: "Where do lung c9nCerss ori,ginate? 'A number of recent studies, either ornikted from or given: scant attention in the Royal C.ollege of' Physicians' report„ havr demonstrated that the an- swers even to such fnwdk- mental questions as these are not known, and may well nott be as previously supposed," said Dr: Little. 'If'even the nature and'.the ordgtn of the p'roblem ars not known, how is it possible to dMftne, much liesa td be pteeis., about a role or any sinQle factor or cornbinatlon of' factors? "Why is It, as the Royal. Coll.gre of Physicians' report states, that tobacco Is, some- thing Yqast samokers enjoy without injury to their health?" "We need to learnimore about ft differences between those people, Includin=, the majority of smokers, who do not appear to innir s risk of certAin diseases and those who, ac- cording to statistical studies, apparently Incur a greater health risk for those diseasss." Dr. l.ittle said' that the to- bacco: industry research cotn- mittee has madk ibsearch grants to independent scientists of rtsoce thani nve mlllion do1- lan. TAiE WASHINGTON LAILY NEWS Washington, D.C. Jutly 18, 1962 Advice From Heart~ Specialist CONCORD, 111: H., July 18 (UPI) - Famed' heart -,i)- cialist Dr. Paul Dudley White says the best way to rcla.. iis to.quit smoking and to exercise. "Tobacco doesn't do anybody any good; " Dr. «?hitr tn`ctY a Rotary Club meeting here yesterday. "The bi•st tr:ui- quilizer is exercise. Walking helps emotional sU:aia," Dr. White, who treated former President Eisenhotrc-r when he suffered a heart attack, said' tao, rr-utch N% eight is bad also. "A person should be lighter when he is 50 ycalis old than when he is 25;"he said. In. M the oonunfttee'ti. sat- entifk advisory board agreed unanimausly that' the "most significant development has been the general recapsit.ion that we do not yet have the answer, that an association be- thveen the extent of' tobacco use an& the,lncidencr of lun~ cancer, does not prove a o~suti' , relationehip, that experimientd •ezdfioation is essential, and tbat there! are a number of' other factors which need to be oansidered. "This position has not been chanQed,"' said Dr. Little. "Reviews such as :that Issued by the Royal College of Pfiri sicians may help to bolster opinira, but they do not add .cientific facts.