Broome County Chamber of Commerce 
Security Mutual Building • Courthouse Square 
80 Exchange St. • P.O. Box 995 • Binghamton, N.Y. 13902 
(607) 77**8860 
September 26, 1984 
Director 
Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 3B10 
National Institute of Health 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
Dear Sir or Madam: 
I have just finished reading the Federal Register report regarding DNA : research 
(page 37016, dated 09/20/84) and agree with Jeremy Ritkin that the present research 
is a very sensitive matter and should be legislatively controlled. 
The DNA research projects of the human species holds promise to remove many of the 
genetically created medical deformations and deseases. Just studying the usual 
make-up of man's DNA chain should satisfy the medical needs. Just because it is 
possible to mix human and other animal DNA components does not justify doing this. 
We should not permit anyone to tamper with nature to such a degree that the creation 
of a new species might result. 
The main difference between man and other animals is the ability to feel emotions, 
reason, and think in a rational manner. It would be difficult for anyone to predict 
the nature of a beast that would, like man, learn to laugh and cry and have other 
feelings exclusive to mankind. 
Even the failure to fund through government money is not enough to deter everyone. 
The matter is serious enough not only to deserve national action, but also to be 
appealed on a completely global basis. 
Yours truly, 
BROOME COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC. 
Herbert W. Stamer, Vice President 
Special Programs and Legislative Affairs 
HWS:mjk 
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