Dr.. Imna Hausgartwr
56 Idwhington mwi5
Hew York, W.Y.

   Anotherpoirrtwhich ahouldbemdeia t&&the mall fumiation
my be more effe&im for exgmditur~8 of a few poaxw rath6r than attempt-
ingtoliw~forever.  Having cuvuwedtho germal ptinciples briefly,let
u~turntotheIspm~~blw,

   This ;fo aproblemwbichhunotattrauted asmu& re~arch and
itirsat a8 one might WA&, but still th.ingrr are happening. Cam3 are
heingauredand mlmwed&tw lengp&.ada oft~atornt,axlrecmntly
orehavQhe~afthei~.~an~rniRlPlsonthnfootprds. I-not
keeping up with drpslopasnts in leproa~r 823 closaly as I pseviaurrly did
butfhi.8 giWMS~UUu3idU.  Thabr@R8%?3JbOX'i~hbOrrrtorg18nOt~~
onthsproblemandwill not be inapQsit;tonfRI do 80 intie ikmdi8tb
future.  bprwyisac~~~ dimae8,and brealdngintothir ilefd #ha&.i
be dona only by orgaxzhtioarr in a porition to plan and finmce long-term
StUdiOS.

   The L~&WodMsraotirf,l~~ dedioatedto the study oflepmq,
Ita pressntdl.rectoris Dr,42aapmaH,Bfxrford,who rm~cmcki Dr. J-8
mafrew~~ago*  The addmss of the l46dical. Dbpartmnt i8
1832 H Sk-&i, W.W., uprhi~~ I)&., te&ph~ne 338-5018. the IUQZUL&
Wood Hmmialha~bwn mpportingepidmdelog;lcal, tberapeutic,ad
labmalxrg eetudiu ef leprol;lr f0rmUJyyaprs. Thqbsgut StxppWtilig
lab~ratay rstudbr at the Hopidru School of PublicHealth aboutl9s9
and1 bslseva are artill 80 lerngaged.  Liyourfrh?ndi8 intexwtedin
contributing to tipmay, 1 feel that a ContribUtiOn tbthe activities


   Oswral stnrit,whohas beetnserviag u Pxvmident for mmwal
;)RbarS, hot acM.@ecl the l%mcutiw Coaabttaethathe desires toretim
this par rt age 75.  Whenthis TH~.CMBC~IW toour atkntianafaw
wrrtrka age, Ipmpcmedth&th~ chrnge fromanhonoraqpartti~~ tea
fUltimpaidpo8itionbemde atthietiau. Theimwiiatequwtian
wasraissdas tohovrPrmidmtt~# 8alaryomaldbeflnmmiti#mut
c?u*Ag aILivBady 4Hdlting plW@WHl in thdB kbOZ'8~. ~8~~~~8
ha8 been~nginrmcentyeamto votefW3.8 feraaswbuildingami
ha8 imreased the operating budget for the first tima -thi8 year to fiw
humirwd thowahddollur. (Th~Labmatorgbubeenopmratiq atthia
lewlfOFtwoorthruepsu9, mppertmiinpmrtbyprivate fmd8whi&h
am no longer avai2Rbl.e.)

   I feel cr,rt&.n that Cengmmr will ewntualQ do amy with the
fiw hundred thoxmaddellar-limitwnre8tablished forammal operationo
and will, when that happena, be mmdy to provide fuuda for a Fkmident'r
-l-Ye

   Armtherwedat&wggs, nut onlyfor0erga.a butforthe?fiddle
AmricaRs~arah Unitandtheredical mhoo3.a of Panama andthsmrround-
ing oomtxie8,is am@3nalmfer8rm library. The Gmmment of Paw68
ham offered aeltelnthe imrmdiati vicinity of the Laboratory in Panam
for thu library building,  Tha htionrf. Li~OfbdbiZMbhr8 off4WSd
an Initial contribatian of~50,ooO volumea, whiah 8hCmldnak@ avery nim
w&nning*  So moaaewe have fun&ar fortbo consltruction of a suitable
building,we will be in apo&?itionto~approach the other oountrls8is
the areaforeare partialpationi~th8 mpportofthe library. Once


   Ihaw underarc&in#o Unitrd State8 Legblatioricomertli~tbbcr
Gorgaa Bkmrial Laboratory, in paragraph 1, a part of Se&ion (21, maa
of the phruuea of 8pWirl interest.

   If I can be of any further help in atk;laptirrg to m&e am&l&b
fundlIreMhaw~cawe,letwQ~,

Aa ewr,

Fred L. Saper

Lencloaur6a


P.S.  I find q letter to you ha8 failed to present fhf%iSta suggertionr.
There u-08

     a4 ProvUlmforfcmr63rfivegrar88alatyefrfkllt4no
President, with sxgcvctrtio~ that it acdd be iina#red ima othar acmrcI1)8
~~r~initilS~~~ationof Skew.