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Doctors Ask Laymen For Low down On Health Program WASHINGTON, D*t. 16—Member* of tiio liberal Physicians Forum kicked precedent oat the window here )*t weekend at their Conference on tiie Problem* of Medical Care and naked tkelr patient* how doctor* should “conduct tkelr bu*lne*.” The medico* discussed with representative* of CIO, AFL, roattnnier, veteran*’ and other 4 The CTO NEWS, December H 3, 1944 oiganizatrons how bettor medical care may be brought moie cheaply to more people. Forum member* aaid this war the first time that phyaiclan* In this country Invited their patient* 1o diagnose them. A National Health Conference held here In 1938 for physician* and patient* was conducted by the government. DEBUNKING I II 18 Debunking Pills Besides taking down their own hair and asking labor and consum er group representative* "what do you think?” the medicos debunked the claim* of vitamin pill manu facturers. A warning against the false advertising claim* of vitamin pill manufacturer* wae sounded by I)r. (banning Frothlngham, Boston, chairman of the Commit tee of Physician* for the Im provement of Medical Care, who ■aid that certain medical prepa ration* "are of value In certain !ii*tance but . . . are often ad vertised to have value In other conditions In which their vsiue la uncertain." The doctors diagnosed their own work, and In discussion recom mended : 1. A national health plan t provide better medical care more cheaply for most of us. t. Step* to provide well-trained physiclana and nurse* and eaaeo tial medical equipment. 8. More and better hospital fa cilities, particularly In the rural areas. Member* of CIO affiliate* par ticipating In the discussion In eluded Sec.-Treas George F. Addes and L. H. Andeison of the United Auto Workers Georgs F. Dela plona and Elizabeth Fullerton. Na tional CIO War Relief Committee, and Robert K. Lamb, Washington | legislative representative of ths United Steelworkers, who served as chairman of the panel on Med ical and Hospital Facilities. Children Need More Medical Care Washington, Dee. 18 BtarUlng tacts on the health of the nation’s children wore revealed by Miss Kathaiine Lenroot, chief of the ! Children's Bureau, Dept, of Labor, at a press conference on her tenth anniversary on the job lost Satur day. They Included: More than 200.W0 babies ars born annually without a doctor in at tendance. Fifty thousand new maternity beds are required to meet the need for hospital facilities for mothers. Of the 18 million children under SI years of ago, ten million have defective vision, two million have Impaired hearing, jlmcst a million have congenital jyphlllls, a half million have orthopedic or plaatlo conditions and fCO.OOO have tuber tulosls, almost half a million have rheumatic fever. It Is estimated that three fourth of all school children have dental defects These and hoot of other facta ah* presented augmented her plea for expansion of health and medtoal faculties to tare for •hlldrca. This panel discussed the speech of Dr. Henry B. Richardson, Cornell Univeisity Medical School, who said: "Th# need for hospital beds In rural communities cannot be judged by tha utilization of exist ing facilities. Th* chief barrier to their use Is that patients cannot pay for ihem. “The small community also ha* to compete with the economic advantages of the city, and some method will have lo be devised to meet the cost of medical and hospital care. New hospitals will be required and also the reorgan isation of hospital* that already exist.” A sound nation wide health pto gi h m could be provided by the four per cent of the Income spent by the average American family on medical bills, according to Dr. Franz Goldmann, of the Yale Uni versity Medical School. He said that with "national in come ... at an unprecedented height only a small proportion of th* public had availed themselves of non-compulsoiy prepaid hospital and medical care programs.” Preventive Treatment The need of preventive treat ment for veterans, particularly these with nervous disorders, was stressed by Dr. Sidney M. Green berg. Cornell University Medical College. He aaid that the high rejections for medical service dem onstrated the need for the preven tive medicine. "This nation needs It* return ing veteran* for peace,” he con tinued. "Are we going to see to It In the important year* ahead that a* marry of these veterans aa possible will he as healthy as possible or shall we In U years -a-. ' ■” ■j k IiSIhB GOOD NEIGHBOR* i Free. Jo seph Belly (left) of American Communication* A son. and Pres. O. A. Knight of Oil Worker* Inti. Union, special CIO delegate* to the I a tin American Trade Unions convention In Call, Colombia, arc shown before leaving for South America, (Federated Pictures) again have to reject, Mil* time from civilian life, hundred* of thousands of veterans because we did not provide adequate medical care when It wae? needed? Reporting on the pane) discussion based on Dr. Greenberg’s speech, Dr. Michael M. Davis, Ph. D., New York, chairman of the Health Pro gram Conference, said: "Full employment for all veter ans would solve quite a number of special problems that doctors and hospitals and quite a number of persons who vote and pay taxes are considering now.” CIO 'Cooking With Gas On World Labor Fronts CIO itolidarity with world labor bt rooking on both hemisphere* these days with CIO torn working with their union brothers in Britain, the USSR and Central and South America. Over in England, the three-man CIO delegation, R. J. Thomas, Sidney Hillman and Emil Rieve, has finished a three-day preliminary scud on on the World Labor Conference In Londoo. Perfect agreement i reported* from the meeting of U. 8., British and Soviet trade union heads on the agenda for the big meeting In February. CIO President Philip Murray will lead the meeting off with a proposal for a new world labor body. In th hemisphere, President Joseph P. Belly of ACA and Presi dent O. A. Knight of the Oil Work ers, are attending the Latin- American Federation of Labor (CTAL) conference in Cali, Colom bia, and Willard S. Townsend, president of the Transport SeivJre ' Employes, is down In Havana, Cuba, at the convention of the < Cuban Confederation <CTC). Both are fraternal delegates from the CIO, appointed at the Chicago con vention and representing the CIO Committee on Latin-Amerlcan Af fairs. Support for the people of Greece hae alao been expressed during the week by CIO anion leaders, led off by a statement from George F. Addeo, secretary treasurer and acting president (during Thomas's absence In England) of the UAW-CIO. Addes'a statement supported the position of Secretary of State Ed ward R. Stettlnlua that llberatad nations, especially those who have fought against the Axis, must be allowed to work out their own destinies. "This la the only policy con sistent with the unity of the United Nations,” Addee said. "For a British general to use I t guns on another ally only gives ammunition to opponent*—ln cluding American opponent*—of any United Nations’ unity.” Speaking for 700,000 war woik- < ers, the Executive Board of the UE-CIO commended Stettlnlua for hla "support of the right of the people of such nations as Italy and Greece to form their own govern ments without outside interfer ence.” The Food, Tobacco and Agricul tural Workers, CIO, the Office and Professional Workers, the New York and Chicago City CIO, the Fur and Leather Workers, the MfcUIUAL OAKt ,| ke hlm would proV | d<^ more cheaply under a national health program, speakers de clared at the Physicians Forum's Conference on Problems of Medical Care, held In Washington. NMU and others expressed similar support. With all lhc*e anti-fascist dlshe* cooking, what are the of ficers of the AFL doing7 They’ve., turned down every Imitation to the February meeting In lx>n don, because the CIO, the CTAL and the boviet unions are going to be there, and besides It's un constitutional, they keep saying. John L. Lewis has also refused a bid to London. According to the New York Times, George Meany, secretary of the AFL is off to Mexico to meet with "important Mexican labor leaders.” Since all of these are down in Colombia at the CTAL Balanced Team' Urged On Foreign Policies WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 Following P OO’n convention fttsnd In rapport of FDR’# foreign policy, President Murray thin week nent a meeuage to the Senate Foreign Relatione Committee considering appointment# to the State Dept, of aide# to Edward R. Stettiniue, the new Secretary of State. Murray quoted from the convention resolution, which raid in part: “The State Dept, and all other agencies dealing with foreign affairs, economic and po litical, must support the deter mined stand of the President for unity among the United Nations and for a him and lasting peace. These agem ies must devote their best efforts to the formation of an international organisation on the basis of the Dumbarton Oaks oon feience . . . Labor wishes to make )ts contribution to the interna tional activities conducted by this oiganlzation and to this end must be represented at future interna tional conferences and at the peace table.” Commenting on the new appoint ments to the State Department, Murray added in his message to the Senate Committed "In the estimation of the CIO, the nominations of an Undersecre tary and five Assistant Secretaries meeting, this can only mean that the AFL officialdom is trying to revive Ihe CHOM, corrupt prede cessor of the CTM. Tire Times. In fact, give* tbs game away when It says: "Such a move. It was hoped, would rheek the organisation headed by Mr. Toledano (CTAL) and would replace the moribund Fan-Amerlran Federation of la bor. of which the AFL hr a member.” And according to some Wash ington rumors, the AFL officials and Lewis ste preparing to unit* again. If the rest of world labor goes on its way without them, at least they'll have each other. of State do not provide a balanced team for the conduct of our for ein attain In the cruical yean Immediately ahead. "A balanced team should contain the best qualified persons of good will toward such principles as ara set forth in the resolutions wa have enclosed for your Informa tion. “To strengthen the hand of tha President and make effective fu ture actions of Congress In Inter* national affairs, we strongly urgn the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee to use the foregoing prin ciples as a measuring rod for all future appointments of officials re sponsible for administering these International programs brought be fore the committee by Congress or the executive.’’