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f r i f' o 4 Josl:Pri I'.CLzr,aaN.3xn CI/AIRMANOF TNE DOAf.p A1r.Wil9iam B. Lcvris, Chairman of the Board . American Cancer Society 219'Last 42'ndlStreet New York, New N'orl: 100; 7 Dear 14,"r. Lcu'is: March 20, I9M I have your lctter _ fWch 12, 1970. I am 2reatly disarlpKn'sd tilat the 1\mc~r~ican~C~rc~r has ref ~scd~~trllynlit tli l/~~a 1 tinl r ec i Yw of the ~>;:uerbach-l-Ianlrnond dutai\vLich, 1 requc:.ted in m}~ lettcr o. ~'cbraary 27. Sincc th4 Society has called upon thc aretteindustiy'to reassess its lrolicks in ligl)e of thefindiilgs, it is only fair and prop er for the So;,icty, to permit us tohare those findings evlaluated 'byindependcni'e~rerts~andinlul~cdiatcl}I. You will reca 1l that I propose to'nominilte as rcvie\\'crs sevcraliwc11-l:nowu scientists highly qualified in the fields o`'cxpcrimentaU\\,orl:, tumor patllolon.}'y and lung diEeases.'I11cy will all be subj,ct to }c)ur rejecticn for goori'icause. 1'our reasons for denving'iny requcst, ail enderstand'Meni fronn your letter, arethat the fornlal papers will be publislled in the very near futtlre and that a study of tilenr"ili satisfy any scientifi:, or oth:r a~...,l,IVi.J L~.jallulll~• tll4 lltlullg.. L\IU lPtll 11n1U 1110 1C.71C1M lU! U111}'!1Ig I1q i[iCiU::\I' [ll.llll C.11;1\{IIC.II:g. First, pu1Y111C.ltlomin a sGlelit'.i1r jollllla l'\\'lH not occur Unt9l many n]nntils a ftQr the VQ:1Clorf-f,stOria% press conference of February 5- _Sf'cond„t113 A111cTilcan CIIidcJ.l' Society ?it that press Co.1f:rCnCZ made S°r10tIS allC; FitIG'ru ag,i3ntit this industry and its prodws. The Society said in irs ftessaWi°ase that the f\uel'o;;ch-Ilarumoarl findings "shoulci liai& a siUnificant imhc:cUon tllc slaol;in`, of cigllrcttcsin this cot.nt'r}', and will probably Il:a d'to a reassessment of advertisinV clainls and policies of tii clgarette intiustry:" Thcce findings have been t\'idcly publi'cizcd in nc"opallel : and tilc :medical pstss. How can the Cancer Society say that serious anal}•si:; of the \vor1: nlus+ be dcla)cd until fornlall; ablicatibn! Finally, the published prapers cannot sat'i sfy qlicsti; ns about such m:atters as the prop^r in'xrpre- lation c f the patllo'ogic n-raterial, the :11 •. g;airJn tha: cigarette smo':e produced various eflec.s ini thc do_s, the valiaity'and adequacy of the cxpellmental G.aif.,n ;lnd pro.edllrc, and im gcneral!whe,ti>,c , as you asscrt, tllc: exp^riment "meetstGre hi glir,:st tradi''iio:.s and l;roto:ol of scicntifec invi`stiS;ltion:" These matters can only l\e resolvedi by exar.,ination;of tule p ertincnt ol:a : and Irr:1te ri;;L_. It tlie Canc.er Societ'y does not accede to my r:c;uest„\vc plan to use every clCans at 01,11- disposal to see to it th,lt the ntedical and laypublic are made il\\'are of our msPecti\•c positions iin~this rnattcr: ~ 1'llrtilCrmolc, \\c intcnd to coil 1 wGG to t-7C C`(1 1'r~(Ii+iCl f:Y, ("j1O'IiPC hll C`-1'' l Irleilt t(l`I11?;`~Ctti1~I ~... .~ $Cll'ntl'f!C SQI U:'il\'t Ill.ltiC II...L...:r S11` ~'_UStti.t..lt,1?J C~lil t 1 ~S.~I . CCllt l~ i.t[)C ~.~1\y :ryCICsCtot11 \t?II 11CIlA\et101~ '(!l~~ _C~CtI'\1111 11.1, ;C_t(~' 'Mlh~l I1\ 'rl(CI'It! tl?!tt=~ y . : _ _. ....,.~..: ):1 !ll'l1 ~1~C11 il. 119l,11)il;f({ it.l•\I II I IIC)} t.l!I)I~) ",i'ti~G 111 1r /1oiS li9 Cl 1t t}t S,^cI,_t~'C W~lli l:l ~ 1. t(l .. . ...~ ..~-~~~..~...~..~..~..~..c,..~........ r.` ,...-...._._.,.e..:.~,...~...~. ,....- .~..-+.~.......~.... a~.. :.. ..~... ...-,- . COllfCI[!ICe.. ...-,.. Q.. ~,... ... ~... PHILIP liIOR,'RIS . IWCC..U",LV. . 100 PARK /1\'ENUE.,NEV+''itOr:K, 11.Y. 100 17 Yours vcry'trnl}; ~} JQiL ,_ ,„ . , Joseph F. CullTllan, 3rdl Chairnran of the Lxccutive Comztliticc 171c Tob;tcco Tnstilute, Ictc ` -6~~