Abstract
Literaturnaia gazeta, August 16, 1972, published an article by A. Borin, "Blackballing." It related how L. S. Saliamon, doctor of medical sciences, was discharged from the N. N. Petrov Oncology Research Institute. Without leveling a single claim against this scientist or uttering any reproof, more than half the members of the Learned Council voted against further work by him at the institute.