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10 E Appeal RUSSELL M. JENSEN, M. D., President JOSEPH C. SHERRICK, M. D., Secretary WARREN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS A RESOLUTION X BY THE WARREN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, under a system of free enterprise, the American medical profession has established the world's highest standard of scientific performance, treatment, and research, 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 in- surance, the best health insurance which exists in the world, and, WHEREAS, the experience of all countries where government 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, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the WARREN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY does hereby go on record against any form of compulsory health insurance or any system of political medicine designed for national bureaucratic control; That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, to each Senator and Representative from the State of Illinois, and that such Senators and Representatives be and are hereby respectfully requested to use every effort at their command to prevent the enactment of such legislation. S. TRUMAIN confuses NATIONAL AND 1 to SERVICE R. M. Jensen, M.D., President OVERNMENT Jashin M.D. J. C. Sherrick, M.D., Secretary Dated this 14th day of July, 1949. Monmouth, Illinois