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kinds of other things they were worrying about. The bill has now passed the House and Senate and has been sent to the President, I think, as of now, and we're hoping that it won't be revetoed. We just don't know.

And what's the amount in it now?

$15 million, down from $70 million. It was just like a drop on a hot stove. But it establishes the principle that the federal government should give money to the states to treat a major disease. They've given money for syphilis and onorhea and tuberculosis and all kinds of things not nearly as dire anymore, thank God, as high blood pressure is. We just failed to get a large amount of money, but we got something -- if ord signs the bill.

Is it likely that it will be?

Well, we don't know. He's vetoing practically everything, so you just can't tell. He's heady with vetoes.

Well, how does it affect the various programs that are underway, high blood pressure programs?

The bill was a pocket veto by Ford. I don't know whether