U.S, Congre SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
UNITED STATES SENATE
SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS
A BILL TO AUTHORIZE AND REQUEST THE PRESIDENT
TO UNDERTAKE TO MOBILIZE AT SOME CONVENIENT
PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES AN ADEQUATE NUM-
BER OF THE WORLD'S OUTSTANDING EXPERTS, AND
COORDINATE AND UTILIZE THEIR SERVICES IN A
SUPREME ENDEAVOR TO DISCOVER MEANS OF CUR-
ING AND PREVENTING CANCER
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UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1946
CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida, Chairman
JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana
THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, Rhode Island
STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire CHAN GURNEY, South Dakota
CHARLES BRAGMAN, Staff Consultant
Hon. Claude Pepper, United States Senator from Florida--
Dr. Lewis H. Weed, chairman, division of medical sciences,
National Research Council, Washington, D. C..
Dr. Simon L. Ruskin, New York, N. Y.-
Dr. Stanhope-Bayne Jones, director, Jane Coffin Childs Me-
morial fund for Medical Research, New Haven, Conn____
Mr. Julius Jay Perlmutter, chairman, Sponsors of Government
Action Against Cancer, New York, N. Y
Fiorello LaGuardia, Director General, UNRRA, New York, N. Y
Dr. Rolla E. Dyer, Assistant Surgeon General, United States
Public Health Service, Director in Charge of National Institute
of Health, Bethesda, Md__
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, Assistant Chief, National Cancer Insti-
tute, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.
Dr. Halsey J. Bagg, Bagg Research Laboratory, Yorktown
Heights, N. Y.
Dr. C. P. Rhoads, director, Memorial Hospital, New York, N. Y..
Dr. A. W. Oughterson, medical and scientific director, American
Cancer Society, New York, N. Y..
Dr. Gemma Barzilai, New York, N. Y
Mr. S. A. Markel, Richmond, Va...--
Dr. Max Gerson, Gotham Hospital, New York, N. Y.
Dr. George Miley, Gotham Hospital, New York, N. Y
Mr. Harry Read, executive assistant to secretary-treasurer, CIO..
Exhibit 4. Letter of June 29, 1946, from Dr. B. K. Kilbourne, executive
officer, State of Montana, State Board of Health, Helena, Mont-
Exhibit 5. Letter of July 1, 1946, from Dr. Anna Goldfeder, in charge of
cancer research, New York University, New York, N. Y.
Exhibit 6. Letter of June 27, 1946, and statement from Louis H. Seagrave,
director, secretary-treasurer, Cancer Research Foundation of Cali-
fornia; chairman of board of National Machine Engineers; director,
Standard Power & Light Corp., Los Angeles, Calif
Exhibit 7. Letter of June 24, 1946, and statement from Philip R. White,
director of general physiology, the Institute for Cancer Research, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Exhibit 8. Letter of June 24, 1946, and statement from Dr. Ira I. Kaplan,
director, radiation therapy department, Bellevue Hospital; clinical pro-
fessor of surgery, New York University Medical College, New York,
N. Y
Exhibit 9. Statement of July 2, 1946, from Dr. Henry K. Wachtel, pro-
fessor, Fordham University, Cancer Research Laboratories, Bronx,
N. Y
Exhibit 10. Letter of June 26, 1946, and statement from Dr. Sherwood
Moore, director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington Uni-
versity School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.-
Exhibit 11. Statement from Lt. Col. Milton Friedman, Medical Corps,
Chief of Radiation Therapy Section, Army Service Forces, Army Medi-
cal Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D. C.
Exhibit 12. Letter of June 26, 1946, from John H. Lawrence, University
of California, Donner Laboratory of Medical Physics, Berkeley, Calif.
Exhibit 13. Letter of July 2, 1946, from Dr. W. C. Hueper, San Francisco,
Calif
Exhibit 14. Letter of June 29, 1946, from Dr. Maurice A. Bernstein,
Beverly Hills, Calif
Exhibit 18. Letter of June 27, 1946, from John L. Lewis, president, United
Mine Workers of America, Washington, D. C
Exhibit 19. Letter of June 28, 1946, from H. G. Hamlet, executive vice
president, Retired Officers Association, Inc., Washington, D. C-----
Exhibit 20. Letter of June 29, 1946, from Ruth O. Kirkland, National
Association Veterans of the Hospital Corps, Washington, D. C..
Exhibit 21. Letter of June 28, 1946, from Frederick E. Reissig, executive
secretary, Washington Federation of Churches, Washington, D. C. ----
Exhibit 22. Telegram of July 3, 1946, from Mary C. Duffy, supreme regent,
Catholic Daughters of America, St. Louis, Mo...
Exhibit 23. Telegram of June 28, 1946, from Harold S. Ames-Sitroux, Inc.,
New York, N. Y.
Exhibit 25. Telegram of July 1, 1946, from Arthur M. Loeb, chairman,
Council for Community Action, New York, N. Y____
Exhibit 26. Telegram of June 28, 1946, from Clarence F. Stinson, secre-
tary, National Association of Letter Carriers, Washington, D. C....
Exhibit 27. Letter of June 26, 1946, from Lester J. Evans, the Common-
wealth Fund, New York, N. Y_
Exhibit 28. Letter of June 28, 1946, from Theo. I. Sturtz, executive direc-
tor, Eastern Millinery Chamber of Commerce, Inc., New York, N. Y..
Exhibit 29. Letter of July 2, 1946, from Leslie S. Perry, National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington, D. C...
Exhibit 30. Letter from Francis Drake, roving editor Reader's Digest,
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Exhibit 32. Statement from Ella Hoffman Rigney, executive director,
sponsors of Government Action Against Cancer, New York, N. Y..
Exhibit 33. Letter of July 1, 1946, from James A. Farley-
Exhibit 34. Letter of June 28, 1946, from Louis Peck, assemblyman,
Bronx, N. Y..
Exhibit 37. Statement from N. Morton Morrison, president, Glassfabrics
Corp. of America, New York City; secretary, National Foundation for
the Care of Advanced Cancer Patients, Inc., New York City; secretary,
Sponsors of Government Action Against Cancer, New York City; as-
sistant secretary, National Cancer Foundation, New York. City__
Exhibit 38. Statement from Morris M. Bernstein, firm member of Bern-
stein & Wolff, New York City; treasurer, National Foundation for the
Care of Advanced Cancer Patients, Inc., New York City; assistant treas-
urer, Sponsors of Government Action Against Cancer, New York City;
vice president, National Cancer Foundation, New York City.
Exhibit 39. Telegram of July 1, 1946, from Mr. and Mrs. Murray Eisen-
stadt, Brooklyn, N. Y__
Exhibit 42. Statement from Dr. Arthur B. Pardee, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, Calif
Exhibit 43. Telegram of June 28, 1946, from Sylvan Gotshal, attorney..
Exhibit 44. Statement from Stafford L. Warren, colonel, Medical Corps,
AUS, University of Rochester, school of medicine and dentistry, Roches-
ter, N. Y...
Exhibit 48. Letter of July 6, 1946, from Mrs. Grant Hess, State com-
mander, the American Cancer Society of Idaho, Boise, Idaho..
Exhibit 49: Letter of July 13, 1946, and statement from Drs. Eric and
Madelaine Koster, 2131 University Avenue, Berkeley, Calif.
Exhibit 50. Letter of June 29, 1946, from R. W. Beckworth, executive
secretary to Governor Arnold Williams, Boise, Idaho. --
Adair, Frank E., president, American Cancer Society, New York, N. Y..
Adams, James S., president, Standard Brands, chairman, executive com-
mittee, American Cancer Society, New York, N. Y.
Ames-Sitroux, Harold S., Inc., New York, N. Y..
Armstrong, Lady Margaret, president of Ladies of Catholic Charities,
New York, N. Y
Barzilai, Dr. Gemma, gynecologist and pathologist, New York, N. Y
Bayne-Jones, Dr. Stanhope, director, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund
for Medical Research, New Haven, Conn----
Beckwith, R. W., executive secretary, Office of the Governor, Boise, Idaho_
Bernstein, Dr. Maurice A., Beverley Hills, Calif
Bernstein, Morris M., firm member of Bernstein & Wolff, New York City;
treasurer, National Foundation for the Care of Advanced Cancer Pa-
tients, Inc., New York City; assistant treasurer, Sponsors of Govern-
ment Action Against Cancer, New York City; vice president, National
Cancer Foundation, New York City..
Cashen, T. C., chairman, Railway Labor Executives Association, Wash-
ington, D. C..
Crabtree, Dr. James A., assistant to Surgeon General, United States Public
Health Service, Bethesda, Md....
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