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OCR Page 1 of 13From: Executive Office of the President
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THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE
HEALTH NEEDS OF THE NATION
FOR RELEASE
901-16th Street, N.W., Washington 25, D. C.
THURSDAY, AM's
May 1.
For further details, call MIKE GORMAN,
EXecutive 3300 - Ext. 629
TEXT OF AN ADDRESS BY DR. PAUL B. MAGNUSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE NATION,
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DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 30.
When I received your kind invitation to give the annual Trimble
lecture, I wrote Dr. Compton that I had several pretty sound medical
papers worked up on the causes of pain in the lower back 8 I've been
working in that field for more than 40 years = but that the ladies
might be much more interested in some information on the President's
Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation. So, in deference to the
ladies, I am going to talk about the latter topic.
Last November, without a word of warning I got a call from the
White House that the President of the United States wanted to see me.
I took the train from Chicago that night, and the next morning met with
the President. The President laid the cards right on the table. He
said he was deeply concerned with the health of the American people in
these trying days of all-out mobilization. He said he had made certain
proposals to bring more and better medical care to the people, but
these proposals had precipitated an emotional argument which had clouded
the issue. The President said he was not necessarily committed to any
one plan - if any group could come up with a better series of proposals
than the ones he advocated, he would be the first to support them if
they would insure better health for all the people,
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