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F F AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, INC. 219 E A S T 4 2 N D S T R E E T • NEW YORK, N.Y. 1OOU7 • ('21'2) 867-3700 WILLIAM B. LEWIS CHAIRMAN;BOARD OF DIRECTORS I r ( I- F I L April 17, 1970 RESEARCH E DUCATIOI*I SERVICE Mr. Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd Chairman of the Executive Committee The Tobacco Institute, Inc. Philip Morris„Inc. 100 Park Avenue New York„New York 10017 Dear Mr. Cullman: The Veterans Administration„the American Cancer Society and Doctors Auerbach and Hammond cannot accede to the requests stated in your letter of February 27 and March 20 for an evaluation of the Auerbach-Hammond study on "The Effects of Cigarette Smoking Upon Dogs" by a panel of independent scientists chosen by you. Your request is withoubprecedent in the scientific community. The study under question was the result of three and a half years of diligent and brilliant work by two eminently qualified scientists whose findings have been validated by distinguished pathologists of worldwide reputationL In addition, other leading,pathologists„highly regarded bythe scientific community, have visited Dr. Auerbach's laboratory, seen his slides and praised the work. We do not intend to ask that these two eminent men submit! their findings to any selected committee chosen by the Tobacco Institute, or any other group. Their work will be judged in the traditional manner of American: science,, where findings are presented, discussed, accepted or rejected by scientist's and physicians whose only motiivation is the truth. Doctors Auerbach and Hammond worked flreely, and without restraint with funds furnished by the federal government': and the American Cancer Society. They are beholden only to the scientific community at large and to the integrity it represents. If the Tobacco Institute, or any scientific research, group, has doubts about the findings of this study, the way it was conducted; or the credentials of the investigators, there is a time-honored and scientifically accepted way to proceed. Let your own or another group of scientists repeat the experiments in a laboratory to prove that, smoking dogs will not suffer tissue damage, emphysema and lung cancer. The Auerbach-Hammond methodolbgy is readily available to you. And D presume that in the Council for'P'obacco Research you have or caniset up the mechanism for conducting such a study. If you carry out your plan to publicize "our respective positions" to the medical and lay public, you have ourpermission to use this letter as the position paper of the American~Cancer Society. i W William B. Lewis