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would make them successful research workers. I think that these 
are admirable people to administer research, and I think that the 
administration of the proposed act would be an aspect of the admin- 
istration of research. I think that an agency staffed by people of 
this kind could only help and further the progress of medical research. 
Mr. Roberts. Do you think it might be well for us to consider in 
this bill the proposition of an advisory council that would be made 
up of members of the medical profession, surgeons and others, people 
from various laboratories in Government and in public, to be rep- 
resented, in helping the Secretary to arrive at interpretation and 
application of this law ? 
Dr. Bernstein. Most certainly, sir. 
Mr. Roberts. I thank you very much, Doctor. 
Any questions ? 
Dr. Bernstein. Thank you, sir. 
Mr. Roberts. I call next Mrs. Christine Stevens, president of the 
Animal Welfare Institute of New York, and I believe she will intro- 
duce two witnesses after she testifies. 
STATEMENT OE CHRISTINE STEVENS, PRESIDENT, ANIMAL 
WELEARE INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 
Mrs. Stevens. I would like, if I may, to give the committee a few 
large pieces of literature, which you might wish to examine. 
Mr. Roberts. Mrs. Stevens, it is a pleasure to have you before the 
committee. We recognize the fine work you did in connection with 
the humane slaughter bill, and I know that having the fine family 
background you have in the field of medicine and your great interest 
in this matter, that you have made a fine contribution, and we are very 
happy to have you and appreciate the fine record you have made in this 
field and in other fields. 
Mrs. Stevens. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. 
You have copies of my testimony, so I am going to skim over some 
of it to try to keep the time down. 
By giving you the copies of “Basic Care of Experimental Animals” 
and “Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals,” and the hand- 
book on “The Care and Management of Laboratory Animals,” I would 
attempt to set the position of the Animal Welfare Institute. 
We have worked for 10 years providing information to scientists 
on a broad scale; some 17,000 copies of the basic care manual have 
been sent out on request to scientific institutions, and we have pro- 
vided a great deal of other material which you will find listed in the 
testimony. 
Mr. Roberts. Without objection, we will be glad to make this mate- 
rial available to the committee. 
Mrs. Stevens. To the committee, fine. 
So, since this material has been so widely accepted in laboratories, 
one might ask why do we appear here to request that mandatory 
legislation for the humane treatment of experimental animals be 
passed. 
The reason is that we have visited so many laboratories and found 
so much needless suffering in laboratories. Also, we have read litera- 
ture and find much very severe suffering of animals. Further, we 
have had instances of great unreliability in laboratories. 
