Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Atcher 
Route 4, Farmgate 
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 
October 25, 1984 
Director , Office of Reccmbinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 3B10 
National Institute of Health 
Bethesda, MD 20205 
Dear Director: 
For some critically ill children, the cnly hope of survival rests with 
discoveries expected from genetic research. We are writing in response to 
the proposed amendment to the National Institute of Health's Guidelines for 
Research involving Reccmbinant DNA Molecules as submitted by Mr. Jeremy 
Rifkin of the Foundation cn Economic Trends. 
We are very concerned that Mr. Rifkin' s proposal will discontinue research 
important to the cure of genetic disorders, cancer and other diseases. We 
strongly urge the oonmittee to overrule the proposed amendment and continue 
the funding for Reccmbinant DNA Activities Research. 
How would you vote if your child's life depended on this amendment? 
Sincerely, 
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