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Last week we received two letters on the list urging apparently contradictory actions. Michael Cleary (Pan) wants us to write legislators asking for action to make sure that much more of the Parkinson funds go to "direct" rather than "related" research, since "related" can mean just about anything. Bernado Klainbergs letter urges that we ask congress to step up appropreations for enviromental projects that may be related to Parkinsonism. This is not quite saying shift Parkinson money to enviromental projects, but many legislators will be happy to interpert it as just that. Since most of us are committed to earmarking, it would seem wiser not to cloud the issue by lobbying for any other projects on the basis of possible relation to Parkinsonism: we are in enought of a fight already. Nita Andres