IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FERDINAND J. MACK, JR. ) 
an infant, ) 
) 
Plaintiff, ) 
) 
v. ) Civil Action 
) 
) 
JOSEPH A. CALIFANO , JR. et al. ) 
) 
Defendants. ) 
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM 
Pursuant to the request of Plaintiff, amicus 
Society for Microbiology, by and through its undersigned counsel, 
hereby informs Plaintiff that the source of information on 
European experiments concerning recombinant DNA research was an 
open meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health held on December 15 and 16, 1977. 
Particular reference is made to the testimony of Dr. John Tooze, 
European Molecular Biology Organization, Post Fach 1022.40, 
6900 Heidelberg, West Germany. Although the formal proceedings of 
such meeting have not been published, members of amicus curiae who 
were in attendance have reported that Dr. Tooze informed the 
meeting of European recombinant DNA experiments involving polyoma 
virus comparable to the proposed Ft Detrick experiment except, 
we understand, that containment procedures were not as tightly 
controlled as the P-4 laboratory at Ft Detrick. 
Because of the late date at which amicus curiae became aware 
of the instant action, amicus curiae had only one week to prepare 
its amicus brief. Therefore, although counsel for the amicus 
curiae regrets any mistaken impressions that Plaintiff's counsel 
niay have received from a conversation in the elevator while 
No. 77-0916 
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filed 
JAN20 fS78 
JAMES F. DAVET, Clerk 
curiae, American 
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