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I f prayen are heard in H e a v e n , this prayer is heard the most: DcarGod,plena.Not cancer. S t i l l ,more than 318,000 Americana died of canccrlast ycnr. This year, Mr. President,you have it in your power to begin toendthiscurse. As you agonize over the Budget, we beg you to remember the agony of t h w 318,000 Americans.And their families Weurgeyouturememberalso thatwespend i l i t a r y matters than each more each day on m year on cancer research. And, last year, mom than 21 times as much on space research88 on cancermcarch. We auk a hetler perspective, a hettcr way to allocate our moncy to mve hundreds of thou-

m d aof liveseach year. Americncan do this. There isnot a doubt in theminds of our tap cancer remrchm that the finalanswertocancercanbefound. M y , 4 out of about 200 types of cancer can be curedwith drug& And 37 other drugswill c a m tempomy remission i n 17 otber types of

cnncer. Dr. Sidney Farber, P a s t President of the American Cancer Society, believes:We are IK~ clone to acurefor canan.We hck only the will and the kind of money and wmprehensiw planningthat wentinto puttingammon themoon. Why dont we tryto conquer cnncer by Ameriess 200th birthday? What a holiday that would bel Cancer could be then where amallpox, diphtheria and polio

are taday-almost nonexistent, To the public, cancer patients, their friends If youfailus,Mr,Pmident,thiswill happen: and relatives: Write or wire the President, urging him to One in six Americans now alive, 34,OOO,000 people, will die of cancer unleas new c u m are put more funds behind cancer rescarch. Or, please uae thiscoupon. found. One in four Americans now alive, 51,000,000 1 1 DcnrMr.Nuon: I people,willhave cnncer i n t h e f u h . 1 C m m mearch nmls ninm fundi. Plcn.~e provide I Wesimplycmnnotaffordthis. lllem i n your 1071budlot. Plmar. Our nation has the money on one hand and the skills on the other. W e must, under your N U I leademhip, put our hands together and get this I ADDREW I thingdone. I I CITY IIIIAT-lJPSurely, the war against cancer has the sup. I I port of 1Wo of the pcople. It is a war in which Mnillliucoupnto: Tlmhaidrut I we h t 21 t i m e smom lives last year than we lcat I Tho \\hilo llnum in Viet Nam lest year. A war we can win and put I WedtLgton, D.C. I I theentiiEhumanrnceinourdeht. i-,,-,-,------,------------J

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