The restoration of $75,000 in the state budget for research and screening programs on Tay-Sachs disease was called for by Judah M. Stone chairman, Committee on Jewish Concerns of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Boston. In a letter to Gov. Francis W. Sargent, Stone asked that the $75,000, which had been funded by the legislature but deleted from the spending program, be restored so that vital research and screening programs can be developed for the disease, which primarily affects Jews of Eastern European origin. The disease is always fatal and strikes children.
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