Elizabethtown High School 
620 North Mulberry Street 
Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701 
Phone 769-3381 
CHARLES M. RAWLINGS 
Principal 
DR. GAYLE ECTON 
Superintendent 
PHILLIP E. OWEN 
Assistant Principal 
Athletic Director 
J. C. WHITE 
Assistant Principal 
October 5, 1984 
Director, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 3B10 
National Institute of Health 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
Dear Director: 
I am writing in response to the proposed amendment to the National Institute of 
Health's Guidelines for Research involving Recombinant DNA Molecules as submit- 
ted by Mr. Jeremy Rifkin of the Foundation on Economic Trends. 
I am very concerned that Mr. Rifkin' s proposal will discontinue research impor- 
tant to the cure of genetic disorders, cancer and other diseases. I am strongly 
urging the committee to overrule the proposed amendment and continue the funding 
for Recombinant DNA Activities Research. 
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