AREA CODE 60B 
PHONE 2 62-2177 
McARDLE LABORATORY 
FOR CANCER RESEARCH 
MEDICAL CENTER 
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN • MADISON, WISCONSIN 53706 
December 18, 1979 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Di rector 
National Institues of Health 
Bethesda , MD 20205 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson, 
I am quite heartened by the sensibility of the new I I I -0 section 
of the NIH Guidelines (Federal Register kk (1979) P- 69218), and support 
its immediate implementation. I would still prefer, however, an even 
further easing of bureaucratic restrictions, such as that originally 
proposed in the Rowe-Campbe 1 1 exemption. Yet clearly, steps in the 
proper direction are being taken to insure the creative, and thereby 
most productive, freedom of those engaged in recombinant DNA research 
while respecting their forethought and integrity. 
David J. Drahos, Ph.D. 
