Resolution from Irvington Group of Epsilon Sigma Omicron

- 9 NDIANAPOIS,NDIANA go x 54,23 Julian Avenue November 28,1949 President Harry6Truman, Office of the President, Washington, D. C. 286-A Dear President Truman: WHEREAS, the quality of medical care available in our country, developed under the system of free enterprise, is the finest in the world; and, WHEREAS, the Compulsory Health Insurance Lithere we have studied its effect, has shown a deterioration of medical standards, and facilities, to the detriment of the family welfare; and, WHEREAS, the right of the family to privacy and the sanctity of the patient-doctor relationship is violated; and, WHEREAS, Compülsory Health Insurance would bring about a 3% tax on the family income, with an additional rise to 6/for higher within a few years, creating a greater tax burden; and, WHEREAS, Government control of medical services, by gradually undermining free enterprise and establishing heavy new tax burdens and unprededented National deficits, yould threaten National bankruptcy and encourage the spread of socialism, which would endanger the rights of our children to the individual freedoms which have been the American heritage, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Iryington Group of Epsilon Sigma Omicron 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 for- warded to the President of the United States, to each Senator and Repre- sentativé from the State of Indiana, and that said Senators and Repre- sentatives be and are hereby respectfully requested to use every effort at their command to prevent the enactment of such legislation. May we request an answer giving your opinion on this subject? LIBRARY Respectfully yours, the Gertrude J King Pmesident lone R.x.Facter Secretary Mrs. Robert L. Foster)