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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Dr, Bentley Glass, Chairman Advisory Committee f o r Biology and Medicine Attention : Mk.6 Rosemary Elmo, Secretary, ACBM I have reviewed the draft of the minutes for the98th meeting and have a c-imber of suggestions to off kr. On page 2 t h e last paragraph h a s been reworded by me. We may be presumptuous i n suggesting the "phasing out" technique and even more presumptuous cm cern - ing the possible transfer of other personnel. our discussion, and Iwill.certainly leave itto your discretion as t o whether this should be included. However, this was a point in I have suggested a modification for the second sentence in the discussion o f Robley Evans' program and a modification of the wol?ding i n the last On page 4 I added a sentence since I was impressed with the high pot at i al and the relatively small financial outlay. a slightly different orientation. in relation to AEC related establishments rather than to the Civil Defense activities, although the latter,of course, would have an incidental m relation - I believe that his emphasis was entirely Under " recent developments" I have toned down slightly the degree o f criticism. - - 1. recognize that involved in this whole matter is the fundamental relation - ship of the Advisory Committee t o DBM, and it i s my understanding that while the Division was well within its rights in taking the action it did, such a method of operation relegates the Advisory Committee t o an after - the - fact role of critic,constructive OK destructive.,In this particular cise, and as long as Chuck is Director of the Division,if there is a meeting of-minds as tothe proper role of the Advisory Committee, with reasonable assurance that such a situation is not likely to happen again,I would be in favor of deleting or further toning down the paragraph. I would agree that if the Advisory Committee is not to play a more contemporary role in such imH port ant matters, there will be great difficulty in obtaining milmbers of the stature desired,At the present, then, I feel we should have a discussion
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as to these basic relationships.If we are not satisfied with Chuck's inter - preta tion of our role, then we ought to try to have this interpreted by the Manager o r by the Commission, mutual agreement with the Division, I would not emphasize this one event, important though i t is, i n the letter to the Chairman, If, however, we can resolve the matter by With best regards,