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I hope that some of this has served to dispel any unwarranted 

 suggestions about the Council. I am particularly disturbed that 

 your source of information is the Wall Street Journal. The article 

 is totally misrepresentative of our activities. I have been asked why 

 we did not respond to the Wall Street Journal. The simple answer 

 is, where would we start? 



So many inaccuracies are included in that article that it would 

 be impossible for us to make an appropriate and full defense. 



I am proud of the Council for Tobacco Research. Our record is 

 a very distinguished one, as you will be told by representatives of 

 other granting agencies. We rank with the major private funding 

 organizations of the Nation in supporting independent research by 

 outstanding investigators. There have been a number of break- 

 throughs that have occurred as a result of our research, and I will 

 be happy to list those for you, if you would like to hear about them. 

 Basically I think I could mention three. 



We supported Dr. Stanley Cohen, subsequently a Nobel Laureate 

 in the identification of the epithelial growth factor as a key to un- 

 derstanding cell regulation. 



We supported also Dr. Alfred Knutson, the man who first devel- 

 oped the two hit theory of the development of cancer. This led to 

 the identification of the gene that causes the lethal retinal 

 blastoma cancer of the eye in children. 



We supported Dr. Henry Lynch for many years in developing his 

 genetic library, library of familial cancers. Dr. Lynch and his li- 

 brary were the linchpin, if you will, in the recent work accom- 

 plished at Johns Hopkins in identifying the nonfamilial 

 nonpolykosis colon cancer gene. A major breakthrough in our un- 

 derstanding of the genetic basis of disease. 



I am very proud of the work of the Council for Tobacco Research. 

 I am proud of my association with it. I am proud of what we do. 

 I am proud of our staff and of the fact that the industry has chosen 

 to support this independent research activity. 



Thank you very much. I am happy to cooperate and will be 

 pleased to answer any questions that you might have. 



[Testimony resumes on p. 357.] 



[The prepared statement and grantee institutions of Mr. Glenn 

 follow:] 



