Charles E . Weber 
l4l Mt . Horeb Bd. 
Warrea NJ 07060 
Aug. 28. 1978 
Director NIH 
Bldg. 1, Bm. 12b 
9000 Bockville Pike 
Be the s da Md. 2001^ 
Dear Sir; 
I uaderstaad that heariags vlll be held Sept. 15, oa regulatloms 
affectiag recombiaeat geaetlc research. I would like to advaace the comcept 
of placiag a moratorium oa all recomblaeat research usiag orgaalsms 
parasitic to or symbiotic vith maa. Also I would like to see preveated 
recombiaatloas of geaes which syatheslze molecules which caa be absorbed 
across iatestiaal or mucous membraaes aad which are closely similar to 
molecules affect lag maramaliaa physiology. I coaslder such work as the 
most desperately daagerous uadertakiag ever attempted by maa. 
I would therefore like to recleve the iaformatioa meatloaed la 
the article which acquaiated me with this hear lag. 
Charles E. Weber 
[A-54] 
