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We're trying to raise money by getting Richardson -- Elliot Richardson to sign other major industrial companies to support the Citizens Committee.

Is Elliot Richardson --?

-- yes, he's the honorable chairman of the board of the committee. Dr. Mike DeBakey is the chairman. He's written letters to state health officers, to state mental health commissioners. We've gotten 23 states to -- governors of states to issue proclamations of High Blood Pressure Month for May. I appeared with Mayor Beame on the city TV for a proclamation of High Blood Pressure Month in New York City, on May17th --

-- you're getting to be a public speaker.

No, I just appeared. And Emerson Foote and Mr. Lester Winderman -- Lester Winderman and Ted Cooper and I have interested, through Dr. Howard Rusk, the to say that they will do a campaign, which might be in the area of 10 million dollars, we hope, to keep people alerted about the need for treatment and screening for high blood pressure.

It's kind of a tandem thing, you're advertising the fact and at the same time providing the funds.

Yes, it's tandem, trying to get funds to treat people more easily. Now, you'd think that this all should have been done by the United States Public Health Service of HEW, but