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    "ocrText": "Tuising\nDecember 23, 1942\nMiss J. Beatrice Bomman\n308 Broudway\nHanover, Pennsylvania\nMy desr Miss\nWe were so happy to have you at our annual meeting and we are\nglad you enjoyed it, but I was disappointed in not being able to have\nB\na little visit with you. Perhaps you will come down some other time\nwhen I an not overburdened with meetings. I hope no.\nAs to the professional status of the graduate zurge, I do think\nthat we have made some progress although I have to admit that the dis-\ncussion in the little session which you attended did nét indicate too much\nhad been done. We have a civil service committee in the Graduate Nurses'\nAssociation which is giving a good deal of time and attention to this\nmatter, not only locally but nationally through the American Nurses*\nAssociation civil service committee.\nI am sfraid the real hitch is within the Governmental agencies\nand is largely a matter of administration, that is, as far as nurges\nhere are concerned. You will be interested to know that the Subcommittee\non Nursing, which is now tied up with the Government as a war aghiujty,\nhas made a definite recommendation that a well qualified nurse be appointed\nto the Civil Service Commission. A good deal of work has been done along\nthis line and we are hopeful that results will soon be obtained. When this\nhappens I believe some of the difficulties will be straightened out.\nI am in accord with your thinking that the nursing profession\ncould be benefited by the backing of the Federation of Nomen'a Clubs,\nboth locally and nationally. By the way, 1 have long since been a great\nbeliever in the influence of lay people to create public opinion for a\nprofessional group such as ours. I have been trying to accomplish something\nalong this line and I believe have succeeded in certain apots. Recently, we\nwere able to interest the president of the General Federation of Nomon's\nClubs in our nursing activities connected with the var effort to the point\nof the preparation of a specific program for the whole country. You may\nbe interested in the attabhed pamphlet which outlines 6 objectives for a\nnursing program in which local clubs may participate. The program was\nprepared jointly by the president of the General Federation of Tomen's\nClubs, (who by the way is a graduate nurse), National Nursing Council for\nWar Service, and the Red Cross. Perhaps your local clubs who have alroady\nreceived this information are interested in carrying out some of the sug-\ngestions. If not, perhaps you are in a position to start the ball rolling."
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