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Young, William M., Virginia Hills Country Club, Alexandria, Va., 1017 29 CANCER RESEARCH MONDAY, JULY 1, 1946 UNITED STATES SENATE, A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room 424-B of the Senate Office Building, Senator Claude Pepper (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Pepper (chairman) and Green. Members of subcommittee: Senators Fepper (chairman), Murray, Green, Bridges, and Gurney. (The subcommittee met to consider the concer-research bill, S. 1875; which is as follows:) [S. 1875, 79th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To authorize and request the President to undertake to mobilize at some convenient place in the United States an adequate number of the world's outstanding experts, and coordinate and utilize their services in a supreme endeavor to discover means of curing and preventing cancer Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized and requested to undertake, in whatever manner he may deem most appropriate, to mobilize at some convenient place in the United States an adequate number of the world's outstanding experts, and coordinate and utilize their services in a supreme endeavor to discover means of curing and preventing cancer; and to take any additional action that he may consider necessary or proper to achieve the desired result. SEC. 2. The sum of $100,000,000 is hereby authorized to be appropriated to enable the President to carry out the provisions of this Act. Senator PEPPER (chairman of subcommittee). The hearing will come to order, please. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY SENATOR PEPPER Today and on the next 2 days there will appear before this subcommittee the outstanding experts and authorities on the problem of cancer, to testify on S. 1875, which would authorize the President to mobilize services of the world's authorities on cancer to discover means of curing and preventing this horrible disease. An appropriation of $100,000,000 is authorized under this bill. This proposed legislation is a restatement of our national policy with respect to our great concern to combat the second greatest killer of the people of the United States. Cancer takes a toll annually of over 170,000 cases. It is estimated that as many as 20,000,000 people who are living today in the United States will undergo the agonies caused by this disease and then will eventually die of cancer. 1 Despite the great advances of medical science and research, today cancer stands as the second greatest cause of death in our country, whereas 30 years ago it stood seventh on the list. We must admit that our knowledge of the causes and methods of treatment and prevention are far from complete. As a result many people are dying because of meager knowledge we now possess. The time has come to make an all-out attack on cancer in the same way we did in building the atomic bomb on which we spent over $2,000,000,000. In this case, however, we would spend only a small fraction as much money to save lives as we did in building the atomic bomb to take lives. I would like to see a commission set up to administer the funds appropriated under this bill. The commission, in my opinion, should consist of primarily nongovernmental persons. The primary functions of this commission should be the coordination of cancer research carried on by the United States Public Health Service-and, I may add, other public agencies-with the work being done by private agencies in research and treatment and to cooperate with the outstanding cancer research agencies of other countries-in short, to do everything that could effectively be done to discover a cure for cancer. It is my earnest hope that passage of this bill will enable science to find some way to stop this deadly enemy of the one out of every seven persons who will die of cancer. Our first witness this morning is Dr. Lewis H. Weed, chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, of Washington. We are very honored to have Dr. Weed here. invite him to make his statement. We will STATEMENT BY DR. LEWIS H. WEED, CHAIRMAN, DIVISION OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Dr. WEED. If I may read my statement, Senator Pepper, I think I can save time. Senator PEPPER. All right; go right ahead. Dr. WEED. I assume that you wish to qualify me as a witness before this Senate committee. I am Lewis H. Weed, and I possess the degree of doctor of medicine. For many years I have been professor in the School of Medicine of Johns Hopkins University, and for the last 15 years director of that school. Senator PEPPER. Dr. Weed, while Senator Green is here he will not be able to get to hear your whole statement-could you briefly summarize your testimony so that he will have the privilege of hearing it from as eminent a doctor as you are? Senator GREEN. Just give me the "headlines," so to speak. Dr. WEED. I shall be very glad to do that. Senator PEPPER. We will then get your statement in full, a little later. Dr. WEED. Yes. I want to say that as an individual-and I am appearing solely as an individual and not as representative of the National Research Council or of any other organization that I have connection withthat I approve very heartily the general philosophy of the proposed |