CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PASADENA

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chemlotrp; A special gmmt of $20,000 for the ym.r 2942943 for work on the

srtificial mantrfncture af antibodies; and 8 gmnt of $l~,MKJ for 1947-1944.

confidant thst effart in this field vi31 etmtinna to yield very valuabls

arnd of sn@lca.tion of immmolcgio~l techniques to the problems of biology RF&

Beceuss of the WY, however, it doer not seem tise for this axtnnded progpu~


Pmfeasor 8. A. Hilllbsm         -2-          bs 19. 1944

f subalt haradth to you our propoecsd joint program of iammolagical record,
with a badmt far the yeax July 1, 1944 to Juna 30* 1945 of $19,000. Thir is

$!j,WO leas than the total budget for the ?rssamt year. Of thr mm of

$19,OQCI, $5*500 ia ior the support of rasearoher in immmology to bu ewrisd

out irr the ~iviticn cf Biolaggy, and $13,500 for the erqaport of work In

immune&mirtry to be carried out in the %rfsion af Choaimtrg md Cilneatcal

h@.naaitizig.  Thars is, of cotxr~e~ B cansiderable amount of colltzborstioa

bet-en the workers in the two Dlriaiona.

     I wish to mention tib$ it is my opinion thnt it ir wll worth while to

aantinua the;ps rcasearchea in war time.  Dr. A. I. Bichards, Chairman of ths

Comanittse on &adieu1 Smw~rah of the Offior of %isntifia %mmreh end ~evslop-

a-$, hag atlted ZPB eponpor far the projset, and hflr written letter* etprasain@

hla opinion that the work $8 of value to tka Nation. Two promIsIng dimat

oontfibutions to the war effort have lalrscjrdy been made on the barie of the

work under the 3oakefellsr grantr.  One of th&w, relating ta the aranufaetxam

af II blood aubstltuta by the polymarisation md oxid;ltion of protein aoleculaa

by chemlcxl treatmsat, has been deveLoped under an @3%?3 oontrarct; tha swmnb

&Wd~lli@At %i3 ~~~EBifiW!ie 3iS SksClWt.


Proferaor 8. A. bulikm