00100	                         STANFORD UNIVERSITY
00200	                     COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
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00500	                          January 26, 1972
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01100	Dr. Edward David
01200	Office of Science and Technology
01300	Executive Building
01400	The White House
01500	Washington, D.C.
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01700	Dear Dr. David:
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01900		I read about the forthcoming White House  Conference  on  the
02000	Industrial World Ahead in the President's State of the Union Message.
02100	I have been thinking a lot about civilian technology  in  general  as
02200	well  as  computer technology in particular, and I think would have a
02300	worthwhile contribution to make to the conference.  Is it possible to
02400	be invited at this late date?
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02600		Enclosed  are several articles I have recently written.  They
02700	are mostly spin-offs from a book I am writing about  what  should  be
02800	invented to make the largest worthwhile change in people's lives.
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03000		I  don't  know whether you will remember me, but I believe we
03100	have met at various conferences.
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03400					Sincerely yours,
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03700					John McCarthy
03800					Professor of Computer Science
03900					Director,   Artificial   Intelligence
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04200	P.S.  I was just visited by Dr. Michael Knoll of your  office  and he
04300	said he would try to help arrange my participation in this conference