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in last December, Dr. DeVita decided that non-chemical drugs like biologicals, so-called, like interferon, should be explored, and they-re going to go into the exploration of biological substances that are non-toxic to the body, which God knows they should have done at least 20 years ago. They've been on the chemical side of it for 25 years. Sidney Farber and I went to Senator Hill in 1954 to ask for earmarked money for the screening of chemicals against cancer. It got done. They started with money, about 2 million. They've been using vast sums ever since, as it got bigger and bigger, and the idea of biologicals never occurred to them.
Now, monies for this PALA thing are coming from Columbia University, are they not?
They are.
We -- did you not say so?
I don't think so. That was financed by the National Cancer Institute.
Oh, I see. You made an interesting remark a little while back and I wanted to pick it up. You talked about your nephew James Fordyce and his interest in going on to the drug company to see if they would do something.
Yes.
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