- 3h OFFICTAL USE ONLY 6 ee re Cree ee Me, MeGaerry cpened his remarks by giving a bricf history cf the isotcpe rescarch suppert progrem frem its inception in 1943 to the prescnt year. He statce that in March 1955 the Commission approve! a prepesal to cxpand the program to include all biomecical researcli, RBicmedical rescarch vs acfinec as meulical research, rescarch in clagncsis and therapy, research in picliey ana research in ogriculture, Mr, McGarry presentod a comarative cost statement dcpicting the cost cf the program fcr the first fcur months of the last fiscal year when the isctepes were usca cxclusively for cancer research anc therapy anc fur the first four months cf this fiscel ycar under the new progran, Ho said thet the new prceeram was growing steadily but slowly. There are now 230 medical projects uncer the program (scmc, cf course, arc cancer carry overs), What is more significant is that there are 88 biclogical and agricultural projects. The questicn cf potting the now program meving fastcr - was considcred, Dr, Dunham said that one or two applicaticns fcr isctcpes had becn recciveu requesting that the subsity be sranted these users when the isctcpcs wer to be used strictly in training ccurses, He believec that this cculd be conc = but the gucsticn is ~ whcther it rcally is werthwhile. OFFICLLUSE ONIX