['5', 'hi', 'hag', 'as', 'from:', 'Department', 'of', 'Social', 'Medicine', 'Oxford', 'University', '8,', 'Keble', 'Road', 'Oxford,', 'England', '17', 'June', '1969', 'Dr.', 'Robert', 'C.', 'Hockett', 'The', 'Council', 'for', 'Tobacco', 'Research', '633', 'Third', 'Avenue', 'New', 'York,', 'New', 'York', '-', '10017', 'Dear', 'Doctor', 'Hockett,', 'This', 'is', 'in', 'reference', 'to', 'my', 'telephone', 'introduction', 'to', 'you', 'by', 'Dr.', 'Thomas', 'F.', 'Mancuso,', 'Research', 'Professor', 'of', 'the', 'University', 'of', 'Pittsburgh,', 'and', 'my', 'conversation', 'with', 'you', 'relative', 'to', 'the', 'work', 'with', 'which', 'I', 'am', 'associated;', 'namely,', 'the', 'research', 'which', 'prodyced', 'the', 'first', 'evidence', 'of', 'a', 'low', 'dose', 'radiation', 'effect', 'on', 'human', 'fetal', 'tissues,', 'and', 'the', 'surprising', 'discovery', 'that', 'such', 'insults', 'are', 'capable', 'of', 'producing', 'all', 'the', 'cancers', 'to', 'which', 'man', 'is', 'prone', 'with', 'the', 'same', 'relative', 'frequency', 'as', 'they', 'occur', 'in', 'nature.', 'In', 'other', 'words,', 'by', 'uncovering', 'a', 'multifactorial', 'basis', 'For', 'specific', 'cancers,', 'this', 'project', 'has', 'plunged', 'us', 'into', 'all', 'the', 'methodological', 'problems', 'related', 'to', 'time', 'sequential', 'analyses.', 'The', 'possession', 'of', 'a', 'large', 'body', 'of', 'human', 'data', 'has', 'provided', 'our', 'mathematicians', 'with', 'a', 'unique', 'opportunity', 'to', 'advance', 'statistical', 'methodolcgy,', 'as', 'for', 'instance', 'the', 'Kneale', 'analysis', 'of', 'doubly', 'truncated', 'contingency', 'tables', '(not', 'yet', 'published', 'but', 'available', 'in', 'thesis', 'form),', 'which', 'is', 'of', 'general', 'application', 'to', 'human', 'cancers.', 'The', 'purpose', 'of', 'this', 'informal', 'inquiry', 'is', 'to', 'apply', 'for', 'research', 'support', 'for', 'this', 'project.', 'We', 'would', 'greatly', 'appreciate', 'a', 'grant', 'of', '$25,000', 'per', 'year,', 'with', 'the', 'possibility', 'ef', 'renewal', 'for', 'a', 'further', 'period', 'of', 'two', 'years.', 'The', 'grant', 'would', 'be', 'administered', 'by', 'Oxford', 'University', 'and', 'designated', 'for', 're-', 'search', 'by', 'the', 'Reader', 'in', 'Sociai', 'Medicine.', 'i', 'trust', 'that', 'your', 'pianning', 'committee', 'and', 'the', 'Scientific', 'Advisory', 'Board', 'will', 'give', 'this', 'project', 'favorable', 'consideration', 'and', 'allow', 'me', 'to', 'submit', 'a', 'formal', 'appli-', 'eation', 'for', 'research', 'support.', 'I', 'appreciated', 'the', 'opportunity', 'of', 'discussing', 'the', 'research', 'with', 'you,', 'and', 'hope', 'that', 'I', 'will', 'hear', 'from', 'you', 'soon', 'in', 'this', 'regard.', 'Yours', 'sincerely,', 'ee', 'Ment', 'Alfee', 'Stewart,', 'M.D.,', 'F.R.C.P.', '“Reader', 'in', 'Social', 'Medicine', '(xford', 'University', 'aM:', 'uw']