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						 Stanford University
						 Stanford, Ca.
						 94305
	 					 March 20,1974
Dr.  John  Pierce
Department  of  Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
91109

Dear John:

I just received  your letter and  the article -  we will include  the
reference  in the  final  copy  of the  proposal  when  we submit  it
formally.

Thankyou  again for agreeing  to consult  with the project.   It does
look like a good cast, as you put it.

I am  sending a  copy of  the proposal to  Max and  to the  following
people at NSF:

	Dr. D. Don Aufenkamp, Head, Computer Applications in Research
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.

	Dr. Howard Moraff, Director, Techniques and Systems Program
	Computer Applications in Research
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.

	Dr. Kent Curtis, Head, Computer Science and Engineering 
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.

Kent Curtis's section seems  not to be appropriate for this proposal,
but since  Max knows  him, perhaps  he would  be willing  to give  us
advice.

The NSF  describes  the Techniques  and Systems  Program: "  Supports
research  which  converts the  advances  in computer  science  to new
computer-based methodologies for research.  Possible projects include
interactive techniques, on-line  and real-time systems, hierarchiccal
computing,  and other applications of  recent development in computer
and communication technology".  It certainly does seem to be the slot
for our proposal, I hope that they feel the same.

On  the evening  of  Thursday, March  28,  I will  leave for  Colgate
University where I will see Max, then to Washington the next week  to
talk to  Moraff at  NSF, and then  to Berlin.   I  hope to return  to
Stanford  for a month this  summer in order  to finish a  piece I had
hoped to complete this winter  (as Dick Moore pointed out, better  to
try and  get support for the  project than compose my  last piecce at
Stanford).

Should  you have any  suggestions after my  departure, please contact
Andy Moorer at the A.I. Lab, extension 4971, (415) 321-2300.

I hope to see you in the summer or next year.

				 With warm regards to you and Ellen,

	 
				 John M. Chowning