As far as I am aware, from the news on telly, this is a combined cancer march, not all diseases. I stand open to correction - but that was my impressionn. Hilary Blue William Heitman wrote: > > I just heard Sam Donnalson (a melanoma survivor) on Good Morning America > talking about a combined disease advocates march on Washington on (?) 27 Sep > 98--next Sunday. The object is to get Congress to approve more money for > research in the NIH. They said that the good thing about so doing is that > such money would soon SAVE MORE MONEY THAN IT COSTS. (what a novel idea). > This is to be coordinated by Gen. Schwartzkopf. > > I wonder how much more money it will take before Dr Varmus will allocate our > lousy 100 mil on PD. > > I think we need to take this effort seriously and maybe, since I am guessing > the PWP delegation will be relatively small, support it with fax, or e-mail. > I and (I am certain) others would like to encourage the General. Does anyone > know his e-mail address, snail mail address, or fax # or where to get them ? > > Regards, > WHH 55/19