Chairman Lewis L. Strauss At this point Dr. Warren had introduced Chairman Lewis L. Strauss who had dropped on to visit the meeting. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS spoke oN . (Ae G DR. a yore i as briefly on the Agency for International Cooperation being organized at that time in New York. hae NY oe Se Peo? ee EN ~, \ _? honey 3 , a , wo “ \ - freSye GLASS announced that there had been 6 najop“breakthrough in biochemistry and in the past year artificial pinucleotides had been successfully synthesized. This was probably the greatest step for- ward in biochemistry that has happened/in a long, long time. Several different types of material had been synthesized and it is of import- ance that one of them, the deoxvribose, is the chemical basis of heredity. DR. GLASS said in response to a question by CHAIRMAN STRAUSS that it had been announced but had not been "played up” in the newspapers. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS suggested that William Lawrence of the "New York Times" write the "lead article" although it was agreed that it was not the sort of subject that could be dealt with easily in the public press. DR. BUGHER mentioned another important piece of work in which various molecules had been pulled apart into their fundamental components. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS expressed a particular interest in the Division of Biology and Medicine program. He stated that it and the Research Division program required attention since the other major claimant on public funds, the Division of Military Applications, found it "easier going". His interest and effectiveness was commended by Dr. Warren. CHAIRMAN STRAUSS inguired as to the general method by which radioactive isotope tracers had been used in these new developments and the use of C-14 and P-32 for this was explained briefly by DR. GLASS. . Dr. Claus was then introd&iced to present his plans for the maintenance of exposure data. - 26 -