Attachment 2

October 27, 1947 letter from William S. Stone, Colonel, 
Medical Corps, Chairman Medical Research and Development 
Board to Dr. Joseph Stokes, Jr., University of Pennsylvania

                          War Department
                  Office of the Surgeon General
                    ARMY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD
                        United States Army

Office of the President
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, Conn.

                                   27 October 1947


Dr. Joseph Stokes, Jr.
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
1740 Bainbridge Street
Philadelphia 46, Pennsylvania

Dear Doctor Stokes:

     I am sorry for the delay in answering your letter of 15
October concerning the compensation of volunteers participating
in research projects being conducted for the Army.  I have had
our legal people look into the question in so far as possible and
at the present moment there seems to be no real answer except
requesting special legislation for cases as they arise.

     I am presenting to the Research Council of the Department of
the Army the general problem of compensation for volunteers when
they are not on military status to see if we can have some
uniform handling of this problem and, in collaboration with the
Department of the Navy and Air Force, request for some
legislation that will be adequate and fair to the individuals
involved.  As you know, this will take some time, and it is
probable that if correction action is obtained, at least a year
will be involved.  I am enclosing a copy of the memorandum
received from our legal adviser in the Judge Advocate General's
Office for your information.

                              Sincerely yours,

                                   signed

                              WILLIAM S. STONE
                              Colonel, Medical Corps
                              Chairman, Medical Research
                              and Development Board

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COPIED:  12/2/94
RECORD Group:  # 334
Entry: #14
File:  Commission on Liver Diseases on Human Volunteers for
Hepatitis Studies in Feb. 1945