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Mr. Synar. Could you help me? What does a urologist know 

 about conducting tobacco research? 



Mr. Glenn. Mr. Synar, I am a medical administrator. I am also 

 a scientist. I have done bench research. I have done a lot of clinical 

 medicine. There is not much difference between research into uro- 

 logic problems and research into other problems. The fundamental 

 techniques of biomedical research are fairly universal. 



Mr. Synar. So that is what qualifies you in the area of tobacco 

 research? 



Mr. Glenn. I am qualified to administer a program of research. 

 I don't accomplish research myself in these areas. But I am very 

 qualified to administer a research granting program. 



Mr. Synar. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Waxman. Thank you, Mr. Synar. Mr. Wyden? 



Mr. Wyden. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Glenn, does your 



Mr. Glenn. Dr. Glenn, Mr. Wyden. 



Mr. Wyden. Dr. Glenn. 



Mr. Waxman. And this is Congressman Wyden, Dr. Glenn. 



Mr. Wyden. Does your operation offer a system for storage of 

 files? 



Mr. Glenn. I misunderstood the question, Mr. Wyden. 



Mr. Wyden. I am interested in knowing whether your organiza- 

 tion has a system for storing studies, for example, studies done by 

 researchers, your grantees on other researchers. Do you have a sys- 

 tem for storing this? 



Mr. Glenn. We have a system for storing all of the information 

 relative to the grants that we make, to the reports that the various 

 investigators send us periodically, to papers that are published by 

 those investigators. Extensive file system. We maintain these files 

 for indefinite periods of time. I hope that is responsive to your 

 question. 



Mr. Wyden. It is. You store research, CTR research, and presum- 

 ably some research done by other scientists as well. 



Mr. Glenn. The Council for Tobacco Research doesn't do any re- 

 search. Congressman Wyden. 



Mr. Wyden. Your grantees do, is that correct? 



Mr. Glenn. The grantees do it. And the specifics of their inves- 

 tigations are maintained in their files. What we store are their in- 

 terim reports to us and any papers that are published, but we do 

 not, for example, maintain a file of their laboratory journals or 

 manuals. 



Mr. Wyden. Who has access to this stored material? 



Mr. Glenn. Anyone. 



Mr. Wyden. Anyone? 



Mr. Glenn. I 



Mr. Wyden. The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and 

 the New York Times can come on down and see your storage and 

 information retrieval system? 



Mr. Glenn. Well, that would pose a significant burden and I 

 think we would have to ask counsel whether that is appropriate. 



Mr. Wyden. Could this committee come down and see it? 



Mr. Glenn. Well, we have agreed to provide you with any infor- 

 mation that you want from our files. 



