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EXPLAINS BETTER HEALTH BILL « X i A—7 VANISHING BODIES MYSTIFY POLICE |of value. He denied having had any part in the shooting. Detectives today investigated a theory that the man who was shot and whose body was carried away by his attackers, may have been Leo Mongoven, one of the 28 “public enemies” listed by the Chicago Crime Commission. Mongoven is known as a Moran gangster. The shooting took place in_front of - the AT DERBY TRACK APPEAL IN DREISER NOVEL CASE OVERRULED enter the club house gate without hin- drance, however, after they had once gained the inside of the grandstand inclosure. Walking about the grounds, they attempted to ascertain if the hand- book report was true, and also if any |gambling not permitted by Kentucky statutes was going on with the knowl- HEALTH INSTITUTE | -~ LAW IS EXPLAINED By the Associated Press, BOSTON, May 30.—The full bench of the State Supreme .Court has over- ruled the exceptions of Donald S. Friede of New York, who was convicted by a Superior Court jury of selling to & Senator Ransdell Broadcasts! Intended Benefits in Forum Speech. chnnng.hn the Government in the has been more interested in our and plants than in the health of its citizens, Senator Joseph E. Rans- dell of Iouisiana told the American mpla over the National Radio Forum night of the inestimable benefits | he expects to ensue from the establisn- | ment of the new National Institute of Health just authorized by law. Spesking through Station WMAL ! @ver the forum arranged by The Wash- ington Star, and sponsored by the Co- | lumbia Broadcasting System on a Na- | Hon-wide network, Senator Ransdell, | father of the legisiation, declared: Would Increase Happiness. “The intent of the act is to pro-! mote the health of human beings, to: improve their earning capacity, to re- duce their living expenses, to increase their happiness and to prolopg their The plan of the institute, he ex-| Plained, is to “make of it & great co- | Operative scientific organization, In | which leading scientists will be brought together and given opportunity to work unison for the purpose of discover ing all the laws governing human 1 No infringement on States' rights need be feared, the Southorn Senator explained, declaring that the measure he introduced. enlarges and broadens the scope of the work now being dcne by the Public Health Service. Text of Speech. Senator Ransdell spoke as follows: On a previous occasion when I ad- @ressed the radio audience of America on my bill to create a National Institute of Health, that measure was still in the process of enactment. Tonight I am glad to announce that it has passed all parliamentary stages and has now become a law—my dream come true. For several years I have been spon- soring this bill to establish a National Institute of Health in this city, to create a system of fellowship in it and o authorize the Government to accept donatfons for usc in ascertaining the cause, “prevention and cure of disease affecting human beings. This measure was first introduced by me on July 1, 1926, reintroduced December 9, 1927, again reintroduced May 21, 1928, finally passed by Congress on May 21, 1930, and given the binding force of law by the President’s signature on May 26. The establishment of the National In- stitute of Health represents the first real and concerted effort on the part of our Government to combat the many unconquered diseases which now affiict human beings. It is the most forward step ever taken by the American Gov- ernment in the interest of humanity. Measure Wholly Altruistic. ‘This measure is unique, differing from any presented to Congress during the 30 years of my public service in Wash- ington. Its purposes are wholly altru- istic. It seeks to prevent sickness and suffering among all human beings, re- gardless of station, rich and poor alike being subject to the same illness and pain. The intent of the act is to pro- mote the health of human beings, to improve their earning capacity, to re- duce their living expenses, to increase their happiness and to prolong their Hves. The plan of the institute is to make it a great co-operative scientific organization, in which leading scientists will be brought together and given opportunity to work in unison for the purpose of discovering all the laws gov- erning human lfe. I confidently believe that when there is brought together in one central place, under one directing head—a Napoleon of health— the very ablest experts in the sclences of chemistry, pharmacy, dentistry, medi- eine, surgery, physics, biology, bacteri- logy, pharmacology, and a concen- trated, united effort for a term of years 18 made by them against disease, singling out first the more important maladies, such as anemia, cancer, tuberculosis, common cold and pneumonia, that suc- cess will result therefrom. Beyond question, thers should be one place in the Unifed States where un- eeasing efforts are being made to con- quer disease. While very remarkable and most beneficial efforis have been made in the war against disease by Tesearches in science, our great medical schools and endowed institutions, there has never been in any one place a combination and concentration of all the branches of science such as is con- 'ufln?!l;fed in the National Institute of ealth. Any One May Contribute. ‘This institute will make the fight on the business of every man, woman and child. Substantial appro- tions will be made from time to by Congress in furtherance of its work. In addition, liberal contribu- tions to assist in the support of the institute will undoubtedly be made by itriotic humanitarians who desire to efit their fellow men. These con- tributions will not be confined to the wealthy, however. Any gifts will pe held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the income thereof ad- ministered by the surgeon general, solely for the purposes indicated in toe act, with all the safeguards attendant upon Federal appropriations. These wnmtt:i;lonxs |;mn be uccep’ud by tdhe Secge! of the Teasury for “study. investigation and arch in problems of the diseases of man and matters perta thereto.” There are prece- dents under which the Federal Govern- ment receives, financial contributions from outside sources, notably the Smith- sonian Institution and the Congres- sional Library. ‘This act affords a splendid opportu- aity for the wealthy to greatly benefit humanity by making liberal contribu- tions to the institute in support of its altruistic work, especially by the crea- tion of a number of fellowships so that there will be no lack of funds to carry on the work In a comprehensive way. By s0 doing they will become r: benefactors and will leave to posterily &n undying record of their names and noble deeds. Will Aid Outstanding Students. ‘The most important feature of the blll is the provision for fellowships, which would be in the nature of chairs, - chairs are founded in institu- tions. The most valuable asse. of the “people of the country is brains. There are young men, who, by reason of lack of finances and lack of encouragement, and the inaccessibility of a scientific environment in which to develop, have fallen by the wayside. The purpose of & measure of this kind is to have po- tentially available a provision whereby & young man could be aided, not for a few days or a few weeks to finish his education, but to aid him after he has graduated, providing he is an extraor- dinary student. I contemplate that no- of SENATOR RANSDELL. —Star Staff Photo. This organization should be & court of last resort within the limits of present knowledge of scisn.ific public health subjects Disease is the greatest and most formideble enemy of human life, as well as of animal and vegetable life. There are millions of sufferers from painful diseases about which little or nothing is known, but which cause many deaths and great economic loss. Preventive measures and remedies for unconquered diseases must come from the jomnt, intensive efforts of the chemist, physicist, physiologist, phar- macologist, pathologist, immunologist, dentist, surgeon and physiclan. We cannot plead that there is no field for our Government to enter. The problems to be solved are manifold. To illustrate, I shall name a few of the more com- mon diseases which still baffle medical skill and remain a curse to humanity: Anemia, mental troubles, heart diseases, infection of the teeth, nephritis, rheu- matism, common cold, influenza, tubercu- losis, pneumonia, cancer, high and low blood pressure, infantile paralysis and arthritis. This list of unconquered dis- eases is only a partial one, but offers a vast field for research work. It il- lustrates convincingly the imperative need for a national institute of health. Moreover, new diseases appear on the horizon constanily, and before them medical skill is impotent. While the death rate of some diseases has been greatly decreased within the last quarter of a century, the rate for others has mounted year after year. The crease in rate for cancer and_ heart trouble is especially alarming. In the last eight years cancer has jumped from eighth place to second in the causes of death. In 1929, more than 120,000 people died of this dread disease in this country. Our Government has been more in- terested in animals and plants than in the health of iis citizens. In the five years prior to 1929 the total appropri- ations made by Congress for plant and animal life aggregated $54,000,000, and they were all wise expenditures. During the same period we appropriated some- thing under $4,000,000 to make scientific research and investigation into the dis- eascs of human beings. Dr. Dublin, statistician of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co., said recently that the wealth of this country, composed of real estate, plants, animals, mines and man- ufactured products of every kind, ag- gregated $321,000,000,000, while the value of our vital assets—our men and ‘women—aggregates $1,500,000,000,000— five times the value of our property assets combined. Plants and animals .constitute only a small percentage of our material wealth, yet in five years this Government gave $54,000,000 for the diseases of plants and animals and only $4,000,000 for human beings. Premature Death Cost Estimated. Entirely apart from the inconven- ience, suffering and sorrow, what an economic loss the Nation's health bill represents—infficiency in work, absen- teeism from daily duties, prolonged stays in hospitals and expenses of medical treatment. Three estimates of the an- nual repair bill of the human frames of our citizens, namely the cost of medical service, have been made. Dr. Dublin estimates it at about $1.000,000,- 000; Dr. Herty of New York about $1.- 015,000.000, while the Red Cross esti- mates it at $60 per family, or practically $1,500,000,000. To this great amount must be added further loss from wages, amounting to at least $2,000,000,000, and finally some six billion dollars, rep- resenting the financial value of the lives lost through premature death from preventable diseases every year. We thus reach figures of startling magni- tude—about $15,000,000,000—far ex- ceeding losses from floods and all other national disasters combined. Some one may ask “What hope have you that a National Institute of Health will enable American scientists to dis- cover the causes of the diseases and offer & remedy therefor?” In reply let me state the foundation of human progress is the genius of individuals crystallized in the form of discoveries. Before the days of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, men had sought to prevent the outbreaks of diseases which threatened to, and frequently did, over- whelm them. During the middle ages the scourges of leprosy, plague, cholera and smallpox compelled the attention of thoughtful men. Eventually man per- ceived that without definite knowledge of the source of disease, especially its cause and mode of spread, he was with- out prospect of discovering means of its prevention. The recital of the search for and finding of these fundamental facts is the history of preventive medi- cine, and their practical application is the history of public health work. To those of you who, like myself, are advocates of the principles of States' rights, let me say that under my bill no new bureau of the Government is contemplated. The institute simply en- larges and broadens the scope of the work now being done by the United States Public Health Service. The health activities of individuals, medical schools, hospitals, scientific institutions and State departments of health will not be interfered with, but, on the con- Your demands for but outsianding students will re- ceive consideration under this act, and their first duties would be to come to the National Institute of Health and receive their training and stimulus, and then be subject wherever health problems might be desired to be up. ‘The type of investigations that will be undertaken will be somewhat differ- ent than those conducted by any uni- versity or lesser legal organization than the Federal Government. There is ex- « cellent work being done, but the trou- ble with a great many investigations is they are boring in and do not know what the other person is doing. By means of exchanges of fellowships and details here and there over the country, and in other countries, the Surgeon General and the Advisory Board would i..bh to co-ordinate and stimulate ves! tigation and assume leadership in country, as far as practicable. Summer Comfort A man will not tolerate an uncor nor will he wear old-fashion WALK- OVER SHOES ANSWER trary, aided materially by the institute. The State health officers throughout the country are heartily in favor of the institute. Disease does not recognize State or National boundaries. When cancer hits, it does not consider State lines. When tuberculosis strikes, it does not know North, t, South or West. One section of the act specifically states that “the facilities of the institute shall from time to time made available to bona fide health authorities of States, counties or municipalities for purposes of instruction and investigation.” Nation's Leaders Supported Bill. During the years of persistent effort following the first introduction of this measure, July 1, 1926, many men of vision and love for their fellows have assisted materially in doing the edu- cation work necessary for its proper un- derstanding by Congress. It is impos- sible to name all of them, but I cannot refrain from mentioning President Hoo- ver, ex-President Coolidge, Mr. Andrew Meilon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Francis P. Garvan, president of the Chemical Foundation. These four great Americans saw with clear eyes the pos- sibilities of this health institute for preventing or curing disease, with its awful suffering and colossal economic losses, r:ot only to our country, but to the whole world. They, and many others, gave their whole-hearted sup- port to the bill. I wish especially to thank my colleagues in both houses of Congress who assisted in the passage of the measure. 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