THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHICAGO 37: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF RADIOBIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS 5650 Ellis Avenue October 8, 1951 Professor Joshua Lederberg Department of Genetics College of Agriculture The University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Dear Lederberg: Many thanks for your letter of October |ith. I appreciate your letting us have an opportunity to consider Zinder. After talking this over with Novick and looking into the question of funds, I shall let wer you have ai comments at an early date. Sincerely, Leo Szilard LS/sds