Letter from John Connorton to Charles S. Murphy

7 / 22/50 286-A DEC 21 1950 November 13, 1950 Mr. Charles S. Murphy The White House Tale U.S. lie Special Counsel to the President COMPUNER Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Murphy: I want to express my appreciation for the very pleasant meeting you were gracious enough to arrange for me last week. I enjoyed the opportunity of p resenting to you the fruits of some of my thinking on the health program and I was delighted to find that you were receptive to some parts of my suggested program. Now that the eléction is over I presume you will be giving some preliminaly consideration to your legislative program for next year. I should like once again to remind you of the suggestion I made concerning the creation of a new commission by the President which will recommend to him legislation designed to supply the needs of the voluntary and governmental agencies in the field of health. Such a commission should be representative of all segments of the pobulation, and would, if directed properly, remove the issue of socialized dicine from the 1952 campaign. This may be too much to expect but if the commissinn were appointed in the near future and some constructive suggestions could be made for implementation in the next year or so I am confident that much could be .ccomplished not only for the voluntary agencies but also for the health program of the administration. I am enclosing for your information a copy of NEW YORK MEDICINE which is the official publication for the X Medical Society of the County of New York. On pages 16 and 17 are statements by Messrs. Joe R. XHanley and Herbert H. Lehman 41082 which indicate the interest of the doctors in the opinions held by their congressional representatives as regards the field of health insurance. Please note Senator Lehman's statement since he spoke before our Association and I worked very closely with him in prepara- - tion of this text. I believe you will find it a very progressive and yet acceptable health program. You will note that he does not support the Murray - Wagner-Dingell Bill and for many reasons I believe that he is well advised in taking this stand.