Letter from George H. Coleman and the National Physicians Committee, with Attachments
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75/31/47
Board of Trustees
Edward H. Cary, M.D., Dallas, Chairman
Wm. F. Braasch, M.D., Rochester, Secretary
George H. Coleman, M.D., Chicago, Treasurer
F. F. Borzell, M.D., Philadelphia
John H. Fitzgibbon, M.D., Portland
Thomas A. McGoldrick, M.D., Brooklyn
Edward H. Skinner, M.D., Kansas City
Wm. J. Carrington, M.D., Clinton
Wingate M. Johnson, M.D., Winston-Salem
Leland S. McKittrick, M.D., Boston
R. L. Zech, M.D., Seattle, Wash.
Edwin C. Ernst, M.D., St. Louis
Edward J. McCormick, M.D., Toledo
Wm. R. Molony, M.D., Los Angeles
NATIONAL PIIYSICIANS COMMITTEE for the Extension of Medical Service
A NON-POLITICAL, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR MAINTAINING ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC STANDARDS AND EXTENDING MEDICAL SERVICE TO ALL THE PEOPLE
75 EAST WACKER DRIVE
Telephone Franklin 6960
CHICAGO 1, ILLINOIS
JohN M. PRATT
Administrator
TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE
TO PHYSICIANS
DENTISTS
SHALL THE INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF PHYSICIANS,
DENTISTS, NURSES AND MEDICAL TECHNICIANS BE MAINTAINED OR
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WILL YOU BECOME A SERVANT OF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY TAKING ORDERS
FROM A DEPARTMENTAL BUREAUCRAT?
ON MONDAY OF LAST WEEK IN A WHITE HOUSE MESSAGE, THE
CONGRESS WAS URGED TO ENACT NATIONAL HEALTH LEGISLATION. THE KEY
PROVISION RECOMMENDED IS NATION-WIDE COMPULSORY SICKNESS INSURANCE.
ON WEDNESDAY A BILL (A NEW WAGNER-MURRAY-DINGELI BILL)
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WAS INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JAMES MURRAY OF MONTANA, INTENDED TO
MAKE EFFECTIVE ON ITS PASSAGE BY CONGRESS THE PROPOSALS OF THE
PRESIDENT.
UPWARDS OF FIVE BILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE CHANNELED INTO
THE FEDERAL TREASURY FOR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL CARE FOR ONE
HUNDRED MILITION PEOPLE. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE CANNOT SURVIVE UN-
DER THESE CONDITIONS.
S. NATIONAL TRUMAN
RECORDS
AND
THE DECISION CANNOT BE POSTPONED.
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SERVICE
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GOVERNHENT
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR PROFESSIONAL INDEPEN-
DENCE AND PERSONAL FREEDOM, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT. YOU CAN SEND AN EMERGENCY CONTRIBUTION OF $100, $50 or $25
AND ENLIST THE SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ONE OR MORE OF
YOUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE POSSIBLE MAXIMUM NATION-WIDE EFFORTS.
SEND YOUR CHECK WITH THE ENCLOSED CONTRIBUTION CERTIFICATE IN THE
SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.
National Physicians Committee
George H. Coleman, M.D.
Treasurer x
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