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FALSE AND MISLEADrN'O ADVEBTISING 

 Exhibit 3 



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Tobacco Industbt Research Committee, 



Veto York, N. 7., Auouat 1, 1951. 

 Bon. John A. Blatkik, 



Chairman. Subcommittee on Local and Monetary Atfairs, 

 House Committee on Government Operations, 



Washington, D. C. 

 jEAB Mk. Chaibman : When Dr. Little appeared before your subcomimttee 

 on Thnrsday, July 18, 1957. he agreed to provide the committee with certain 

 fe pertlaent iniormation concerning the research program of the Tobacco Industry 

 -.-* Besearch Committee. Dr. Little has asked me to forward you this material. 

 %<; loTJ will find it enclosed. 



The Tobacco Industry Research Committee has appropriated for research 

 frtnts $500,000 in each of the following years : 1954, 1955, 1956. and 1957. In 

 1956, a supplementary $200.iX)0 was made available at the request of the scien- 

 tific advisory board. Thus, the total available funds thus far amount to $2,200,- 



000. 



These fiinds have not been allocated exactly as appropriated, that is, on an 



i finnal basis. To date the total grant awards made by the scientific advisory 



board to independent scientists in accredited institutions amount to $1,832,591.51. 



The additional material, which Dr. Little agreed to supply the committee and 



which is appended, is : 



^ 1. ▲ statement concerning the origin and purpose of the committee, issued 



'^tt its inception. 



•^„^ 2. A statement of policy adopted in 1954 concerning conditions and terms un- 

 ^^er which the scientific advisory board awards grants-in-aid. 



8. A statement of the research program as adopted by the scientific advisory 

 board in 1954. 



4. An interim informal report of progress issued by Dr. Little, May 16, 1955. 



5. The first formal report of the scientific director issued midyear 1956. 



6. A list of the original grants showing the recipient of each grant, his institu- 

 doo, the value of the grant, and the date the project was initiated. Also, a 

 ■imilar list of renewed grants. This Information Is current as of July 1. 



7. Thirteen abstracts of papers published in accepted scientific journals re- 

 porting on research work supported in whole or in part by grants approved by 

 the scientific advisory board. These abstracts are for inclusion in the 1954 re- 

 port of the scientific director, as yet unpublished, and have been approved by 

 the investigator working on each grant. 



Dr. Little has asked me to thank you for your courtesy in providing him the 

 opportunity to apiicar before your subcommittee. 

 If you desire any further information, pleasfi_lfit.us know. 

 Sincerely, r'^ """~~~-.>^ 



■"-~-^.,_W. T. RoTCT.fxccutive .^ecretarv. 



Attach.ment a 



Statement Co.ncerning the Origin ano Purpose of the Tobacco Industet 

 Research Committee and Its Proposed Functions 



The responsible chief oflBcers of 9 of the cigarette and tobacco pcclucts manu- 

 facturing companies in America, and 5 organizations of growers of leaf tobacco 

 •aU tobacco warehouse associations have forqged the Tobacco Industry Research 

 Committee in the inte rest of the public as well as of the industrv xn meet the 

 tfaai lenge raised br^^H lely pubird ZWlTeiiortg In the press, purporiin^to link 

 tobaijoo smoking with tin; euUbT of lUBj^ c^ftncer.' """ 



To a"voTd^c3!jkibltJ C'UUfUiJluiU and fiiliiUUdCTstanding concerni n g the orlginj_ Bur- 

 ^•e. and fuhct7on~or~ n]li> wmmlir ee. the coi um ittee ma ges^Feirollovi ng st ate- 



~~^ I. EVENTS JTSTIFTINO FORMATION OF COMMITTEE 



The formation of the committee was prompted by the appearance of certain 

 {JwUcatlons claiming an established relationship between cigarette smoking and 

 •■"« cancer. ""^ 



^^Typical of these reports is an article appearing in the .Tonrnal of the American 

 *«lical Association (143 JA^!A 329. May 27, ig.'iO) wherein Drs. E. L. Wynder 

 ?** E A Graham reported that applications of cigarette tars to the b.acks of mice 

 *° produced skin cancers. 



