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GATES AND CRELLIN LABORATORIES OF CHEMISTRY               January 11, 1945

3r. V. Bush, Mrector
Off ice of Scientific Research and Development
1530 P Street W.
Washington, il. C.

i'ear Dr Eush *
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I am very @eased to accept the appoint-

ment mentioned in your letter of January 5 as a

member of the special committee which will devote

its attention to the question of the future of

medical research in this country.

If the committee holds many meetings,

it may not be possrble for me to attend all of them,

because of the distance from California to Vashington.

I shall, however, do my best

mit tee.

to be helpful to the com-

Linus Pauling

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