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COMMITTEE FOR THE NATION'S HEALTH KELLOGG BUILDING 1416 F STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. TELEPHONE: EX. 8156 TO COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS Doctors are being pushed and hauled into politics from inside and outside the profession. Herewith are two examples of what's happening: 1. Doctors Write Chain Letters for Taft. 2. Gannett Committee Woos the Professions. The concluding section is an expression of the true medical tradition and of a doctor with the courage to express it: 3. A Doctor Speaks His Faith # DOCTORS WRITE CHAIN LETTERS FOR TAFT "Vie must organize thoroughly--we must work unselfishly-- we must support Senator Taft in every possible way" Ohio "Physicians Committee for Taft" Every physician in Ohio should contribute money to re-elect the Senator, says the "Physicians Committee for Taft." Its aim: to organize a physicians' group in each of the 88 counties of Chio, s campaigning with "special literature, radio and newspaper messages, 1 N SERTICE group meetings, and intensive work by representatives in the field. " COVERNMENT The medical brethren of Ohio are not limiting their efforts to that state. Believe it or not, doctors in other states are asked to beg money for Taft's campaign by chain letters. Here is a copy of a begging letter sent to a physician in an Eastern state, by a fellow practitioner. The writer said he had just sent the letter to 9 other physicians and asked his friend to write, himself, 3/24/50