Letter from John A. Simmons to President Harry S. Truman

File John A. Simmons, M. D., Pres. Gordon H. McSwain, M. D., Vice Pres. X Charles H. Kirkpatrick, M. D., Sec-Treas. X DESOTO-HARDE EE HIGHLANDS-CHARLOTTE-GLADES - COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY Box 389 Arcadia, Florida March 25, 1949 PAL-A The Honorable Dwight C. Rogers The House of Representatives TRUMAN Washington, a D.C. K. MATIONAL ARCHIVE AND RECURDS SERVICE Dear Sir: COVERNINES As Secretary of thexDeSoto-Hardee-Highlands-Charlotte- Glades County Medical Society, I take pleasure in forward- ing to you the following copy of a resolution unanimously adopted at the last meeting held March 22, 1949: WHEREAS, under a system of free enterprise, the American medical profession has established the world's highest standard of scientific performance, treatment, and researeh, thereby helping the United States to become the healthiest major nation in the world; and WHEREAS, the benefits of American Medicine are available to the people of this country, through budget-basis voluntary health insurance, the best health insurance which exists in the world; and WHEREAS, the experience of all countries where govern- ment has assumed control of medical services has shown that there has been a gradual erosion of free enterprise and a progressive deterioration of medical standards and medical care to the detriment of the health of the people, NOW THERE- FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the JeSoto-Hardee-Highlands-Charlot e- Glades County Medical Society does hereby go on records against any form of compulsory health insurance/ any system of political medicine designed for national bureaucratic control; That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United State, to each Senator and Representative from the state of Florida, and that said Senators and Representatives be and are hereby respectfully requested to use every effort at their command to prevent the enactment of such legislation. Admonome esident Stimstatine Secre tapy-Treasurer - arcadra Ha Address