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6? C COLUNIBIA FILTER ~ ALLED AVERAGE I . TV `Report Says Cioarette Yests Are Completed I ------ I WALTER SULLIVAN : , T#Sting of the Strickman cig-~ aret~e filter by Columbia Uni-' vers,ly report~ly has shown. thatlit is not: substanti: tl'y morei efec;ive than other filters. , , Chet Huntley and David Brint-ley said on their National; Broailcasting Company news' tel'et'st last nioht that ai first' lookf at the results of the test,i ing t howed that the filter wasi not ; evolutionarv. "IE is not much beter-if any' -tht n commercial filters now' in use,"' they said. j' Raniors to this effect hcrve" beeri circulating in the aca-il demic community. I Iowever" the f inal report is not expected:; to be availablee for another wee~ or two. Columbia, which took over' the ' filter from its inventor,' Robbert L. Strickman, last sum- mer,` deciined' to comment onl the eport. Hc~wever, Ra!ph Halford, spe- cial assistant to: Grayson Kirk, the finiversty's president, who has ibeen supervisino the test~ ing of the filter, conficmedl that the Iests were completed last weckH4' said the analysis of the results was stilli in pnogress. D?: Kirk made a finni com- mitrent to Senator Warren hiagnuson, he added, that no: public statements would be made on the tests until their; resultss hacC been passed on to; the fienate. Dn: Kirk appeared before ai Senqte comcnerce subcorumiuee~ in A)ioust to answer questionsi eonderning the filter. _ ~ Ay the hearing, Scn.ntor' Thru;ton S. ..torton of Ken-- tuckl- said a filter offcred by Mr. f Strirkland, had already beer- tc;ted and rF;ected by rese~chers for the nztion's tfiirc Ihr~cst ci;ircttc maker„ the tov,n & V:illiamson To- bacc~ Corporation of Louis-I ville, Kv: Inventnr Dcnies Charge Mr. Stricl;land thcn denied that• he had madh his' fiiter,, avai(3b:e to any such ao:npany.i Hq offered to Columbia rouci;!v a half interest! in thee fil[c~, -which he c3id had heen deveS•-lred over an ei;ht•ye.ar period in his New Jersey horne. Mr. Strickman heads Allicd 1'cst: ig, and Research Labora- toric_ in Hillsdale, NJ, , •. _ _ THE NEW YORK TIMES Tuesday, December 19, 1967 ,Page 62 D~.'-~Cirk said at the time that;y the filter "may be able to r~ake a substantial contri- buti,in to the health of the Amr,''rican people. The Columbia board of trust- ees egfced to accept Mr. Strick- maa:s offer, though the vote was not unanimous. Questions weril soon raised within the aca Lmic community as fo the wis om of, in effect, going into business with a filter developer unti its merits had been irnpar- tiall evaluated. - Atuniversity spokesman said 1ast~night'~ that the official re- port ,would probably be ready within a couple of weeks. Mr. Halford explained that between „109 pnd 200 test runs had to be .subjected to statistical analysis. Smoked by Machines S eciat smokinn machiness hav puffed at a variety of ciga ettes equipped with differ- ent ilters, including ones de- rive from the Strickman de- sign The filters are scored at var*s "pressure drops"-that is, f r filters that require vary- in; tlrgrees of suction to draw a gi~~en amount of smoke. In,!, each case the amount of particulate material that comes through the filter was recorded. ' Efforts to reach Mr. Strick- man and his law yer were un• availing: It was originally claimed thalt the amount of tar or nicotine inhaled by a smoker, usino the filter;, was a third or more les, th an that passed by ordinary fcommercial filters. I nhis appearance before the Senate committee• Dr. Kirk con- cedcd' that the publicity given the filter when Columbia made its announcement on July 13 was Irremature and regrettable.` ~y . 23.