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December 17, 1970

Frof, Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
School of Medicine
~tanford University
stanford, Califorria 94305

Dear Trof, Lederberg,

we are pleased to publish the full text of your SALT
article in March, our next open issue, I see no reason for
the alterations the Post made, but having spent more years
than I like to think about in the newspaper business I
appreciate the fact thet daily newspaper editing is a mix-
ture of caprice and desperation,

It now appears that the Helsinki phase of the SATT will
adjourn in March and that the talks will resume in Vienna.
If this does develop, you may tiake a reference to it if you
wish when you receive the galley proofs,

ilso--I wish to take this opportunity of inviting you to
contritute an article or a comment to a special issue we are
preparing on the energy crisis and the radiation controversy.
The special issue is scheduled tentatively for June and will
carry a somewhat detailed discussion about the adequacy of
present radiation protection standards in the light of expected
nuclear power development and further Flowshare activities.
Gofman and Vamplin on one side and Taylor and Bond on the other
have been invited to express their views. Since experts on both
sides of the protection standards controversy have quoted you,
I believe a contribution from you would be illuminating. I
would appreciate it if you would let me know at your earliest
convenience whether you might heve the time and inclination to
enter this discussion, I feel strongly that the Bulletin is
a logical medium for it. As Eugene Habinowitch points ovt,
this kind of presentation is one of our principal functions,

again, many thanks for the contribution on the SALT.
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Simcerely yours,

Richard S, Lewis

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