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Seocxtd, even accepting the assunpticxi, with which I disagree, that nothing other 
than beneficial results nay stem fron this research, it does not follow that the 
public thereby loses its interest in having suitable guidelines for the expendi- 
ture of public funds. 
Such guidelines might indeed need to be more carefully drawn, and perhaps should 
extend to all publicly funded research which nay raise issues of the kind involved 
here. 
Even if no additional increment of danger exists, it does not follow that danger- 
ous or ethically or socially offensive experiments, with or without the technology 
involved here, should be conducted free of any guidelines except standards of good 
laboratory practices. 
I am surprised to hear suggestions that because many of the unanswered questions 
relating to experiments in this field are political and social questions, that the 
guidelines have no further reason for existence. I doubt that the public will 
long remain edoof from decision nraking concerning the expenditure of public funds, 
whatever the purpose of those expenditures nay be. If the possibility for inter- 
action of science and public members as afforded by this conmittee is ended, some 
other mechanism for that input will be developed. 
I believe the recottrendation that the nature of the guidelines be downgraded to a 
sijiple statement of good laboratory practices, raises issues as serious - though 
opposite from - the ones considered by Congress several years ago. 
In ray view, the orderly progression of our recommendations to the Director, vho 
has steadily eased the difficulties of performing experiments as rapidly as the 
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