Correspondence Between Frederick E. Robin, Committee for the Nation's Health, and Donald Dawson, with Attachments

7 9 / 19 / 50 COMMITTEE FOR THE NATION'S HEALTH 1416 F St., N.W. Washington 4, D. C. Tel.: EX. 8156 "To fill a major gap in our social security system, I again strongly urge a comprebensive system of prepaid medical care insurance." 1950 Message to Congress President Truman 2564 CHAIRMAN Channing Frothingham, M.D. HONORARY VICE-CHAIRMEN Septembe 14, 1950 William Green Bishop Francis J. McConnell Philip Murray Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam Mr. Matthew Connolly Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt The White House Gerard Swope Walter Wanger Washington, Dot. TREASURER The and SERVICE John J. Corson Dear Mr. Connolly: SECRETARY V. Henry Rothschild, 2nd Mrs. Florence Mahoney, formerly on our Board, asked CHAIRMAN, me to send the attached to you, Messrs. Dawson, Lloyd and EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Michael M. Davis Murphy. In the critical pre-election weeks of October, the BOARD OF DIRECTORS American Medical Association will spend $1,110,000 on a satur- Channing Frothingham, M.D. ation program for daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and James A. Brownlow radio. Wayne Chatfield-Taylor Morris Llewellyn Cooke Paul B. Cornely, M.D. They hope for an additional $19,000,000 through tie- John J. Corson Nelson H. Cruikshank in advertising. As you will note, the attack is not merely Michael M. Davis against the President's Health Plan It is anti-Administration, Albert W. Dent John Edelman playing up the "creeping socialism" theme. Abe Fortas Arthur Goldberg I have been helping Charles Van Devander and Sam Harry Goldblatt, M.D. John Gunther Brightman in efforts to counteract this fortheoming blast Mary Dublin Keyserling (see attached); also writing speeches for Senators Murray John A. Lapp Joseph Meyer, M.D. and Thomas, Representatives John Dingell and Andrew Biemiller, Newbold Morris and others. But with very limited funds and personnel avail- Dorothy Norman Eric Peterson able, it's like trying to put out a forest fire with a sprink- Jacob Potofsky ling can. Emil Rieve Samuel I. Rosenman v. Henry Rothschild, 2nd There are several projects that would call for a Theodore M. Sanders, M.D. Max Seham, M.D. minimum of time and money but might yield considerable public Robert E. Sherwood relations benefits. I would appreciate very nuch the oppor- Robert F Wagner, Jr. R. M. Walls, D.D.S. tunity of talking them over with you. They concern Federal Lester Washburn Aid to Medical Education and also a selection of ammunition Hubert Will to use against the AMA campaign Along these lines I enclose Matthew Woll some of the material we have been issuing and a Handbook I EDUCATION DIRECTOR wrote for the Democratic National Committee and organized Frederick E. Robin labor, as well as our own Committee. CORPORATE OFFICE 50 Broadway New York 4, New York 34 Frederick Sincerely yours, Edairin Enc losures Frederick E.<Robin FER/lc Education Director