UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE 1 575 Linden Drive 
Madison, Wisconsin 53706 
608-262-6503 
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Dr. William J. Gartland 
Office of the Recombinant DNA Activities 
N.I.H. (Building 31-Room 4A52 
Bethesda, MD 20014 
September 10, 1980 
Dear Dr. Gartland: 
The Federal Register of August 21st 1980 (Vol. 45, No. 164, pages 55926- 
55928) contains suggestions by Dr. Maxine Singer for major changes in the 
registration requirements for recombinant DNA research. I strongly endorse 
the proposed changes because I believe that the risks of this research are 
now clearly minimal and because the bureaucracy and consequent wasted time 
are truly detrimental to progress in an area that promises to be of great 
benefit to mankind. Continued enforcement of unneccessary regulations can 
only serve to perpetuate doubts in the minds of the layman about research 
that he cannot conceptualize, and provides copious ammunition to the many 
scandalmongers who profit by arousing public concern unneccessarily. 
Timothy C. Hall 
Professor 
TCHrcz 
University of Wisconsin-Madison provides equal opportunities for admission and employment. 
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