Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1932, Page 7

N e e e HOPES T0 EQUALIZE COSTS OF SICKNESS Insurance Program, Wilbur Reveals. “UNKNOWN” IS HONORED Italian King Releases Pigeons at Ceremony. ROME, May 24 (P).—A flock of 30,- 000 pigeons gathered from every town in Italy was released today at the word of King Victor Emanue! during a cere- | Medical Committee Favors|mony he sttended at the monument to | the Unknown Soldier, observing the seventeenth anniversary of Italy’s en- trance into the World War. Beginning today, infantrymen will mount a perpetual guard over the tomb of the unknown. The guard hereto- fore has been maintained by the Cara- Some form of insurance to equalize | binieri, who are police officers. the financial burden of sickness prob- ebly will be proposed in the final report of the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care, which will close its five- year study in November. This was announced by Secretary of the Interfor Ray Lyman Wilbur, chair- man of the committee, at & luncheon given press representatives at the Wash- ington Hotel yesterday by Dr. Arthur C. Christie, president of the Medical | Bociety of the District of Columbia. ‘The surveys of the committee show, Dr. Wilbur said, that the country’s pres- ent expenditure for medical care, if equably distributed, would provide am- ple service for the entire population. Actually, however, the distribution of costs is very uneven, many rural dis- tricts do not have a hysicians, and many competent physicians do not re- ti\‘e a living wage. These conditions, le said. largely are due to the changing ial order and to enormous progress medicine itself. Oppose Bureaucracy. While convinced of the need of a more equable distribution of the medi- cal burden, he said, the committee is opposed to any form of bureaucratic ntrol, and seeks some solution which 1l continue the personal relations be- &ween physician and patient. It also Mas been shown, he said, that health insurance does not work out well in the hands of insurance companies. It is probable, he indicated, that several plans will be presented adapted for rural, urban and metropolitan condi- tions. The common belief thatghe poor re- ceive necessary medical care, he said, is not supported by the survey, in spite of the extensive free services of physi- cians and the great expenditures for free medical attention by communities. The group which suffers most is com- posed of persons with small resources who try desperately to maintain finan- cial independence.” Because they can- not afford to pay doctors or dentists, they fail to consult them. The unevenness of the distribution of costs is shown by a survev of 4.560 representative families. The figures show that in families with incomes un- der $2.000 81 per cent spent less than $100 per family per year, while 5 per cent spent more than $250. The total amount spent by the 81 per cent was only slightly larger than the total spent by the 5 per cent. The surveys show, he revealed, that there are an average of 19 illnesses Per person per year among the repre- sentative population groups, or more than 200.000,000 cases of illness in the United States every year. Nearly 1,500,- 000 persons are engaged in caring for the Natlon's health, and there is ap- firoximntely $3,125,000,000 invested in ospitals. Scarce In Rural Areas. ‘The scarcity of doctors in the rural districts, he said, was due essentially to two reasons—disinclination of the young: medical men after an expensive education in a city environment to sub- mit to the hardships of a rural prac- tice, and development of medical specialties. The “specialty” fad, he sald, has gone too far, so that it is fashionable to have an ailment requiring the serv- | ices of a specialist. Increasing use of the laboratory and the hospital, he | said, has resulted in congregating doc- tors in places where these are available. Bad as are conditions of the poor family, he said, they are almost as bad for many doctors. Some make very great incomes. A great many, the sur- vey shows, make less than $1,200 a year. Nearly 50 per cent of them re- ceive less than an adequate compensa- tion, with the result that they cannot afford the time and energy to keep abreast of a rapidly expanding science ‘They soon become antiquated in their methods. He announced that on May 31 an advisory conference will be held in ‘Washington to obtain the opinion of experts in the fields of medicine, den- tistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health, economics, sociology, social insurance, taxation and industry. FIRE RAZES ESTATE OF “FIFI” STILLMAN Half-Million-Dollar Home, Wed- ding Gift to Divorced Wife, Burns to Ground. By the Assoclated Press. PLEASANTVILLE, N. Y., May 24— Mondanne, the rambling chateau that James A. Stillman, former New York financier, presented his divorced wife when she became Mrs. Fowler Mc- Cormick, is no more. The big house atop one of the Pocantico hills was destroyed by fire last night, with damage estimated by neighbors at $500,000. Failure of the private water system d the fact that the estate is outside any fire district spelled its ruin. Fire- fighters from nearby towns were unable to_halt the flames. Firemen saved many valuable books, but expensive murals and other works of art were lost. UNKNOWN WRITERS HIT Anonymous Letters to Be Ignored by Adlstralian Police. SYDNEY, Australia (#)—The govern- ment of New South Wales has directed the police commissioner to disregard snonymous letters in the future. ‘Anonymity is the refuge of & coward,” the secretary to the govern- Glasses for Girls Should be fitted modern glasses of the proper style will improve appearance. Let our Dr. Birkett, of 15 yeai ow you the many with _care; 409 7th 8t. N. W, U. S. Garlic Imports. THE Evi.llG STAR, WAbwt... POSTAL STRIKE HOLDS ALL SHANGHAI MAIL |Chinese Authorities Refuse Re- | quest of International Settle- ment to Distribute Matter. By the “ssociated Press. | | SHANGHAL Msy 24—Chinese post- | al authorities today refused a request | of authorities of the International Set- tlement that incoming mall, which cannot be delivered because of the postal workers' strike, be turned over to the settlement authorities for dis- tribution. | hope of eliminating the inconvenience | to foreign residents. Consular officlais of the foreign gov- ernments said they were prepared to take over the mail in any case if the strike continued, but that they plan- ned to wait a few days to give the Chinese every opportunity to settle the strike themselves. Hope for a settlement grew more re- mote, however, with the news that postal workers at Peiping, Tientsin, Tsinanfu, Soochow, Hangchow and Swatow had struck in sympathy with the Shanghai strikers. Hail Impossible in Cold Air. Hall falls only in hct weather and during thunderstcrms, says the United | States Weather Bureau. What many persons think is haiff in Winter is While the mail bags continued to The United States imported 284,000 ' pile up on the docks here, the decision pounds of garlic in 1931, - FINAL DAY of the of the Chinese officials shattered the actually sleet and consists of frozen ECONOMISTS URGE FISCAL INFLATION University of Chicago Authorities Want Five-Year Plan for Re- vival of Business. By the Associated Pre-s. CHICAGO, May 24.—Twelve econ- omists of the University of Chicago say they believe a drastic but tempory fiscal inflation would help business. They urge a “five year plan” for revival of business upon Congress yes- terday, declaring that “automatic ad- justments in the economic situation have already proceeded to the stage w1 Eraducnm, larger employment igher tax revenues.” “For the ensuing five years” they , “all federal expenditures should be covered by tax revenues. To min- imize the total necessary outlay, out- lays should be generous now; parsi- monious inflation is an illusory econ- cmny.” ‘The economists, answering an in- quiry from the House Military Affairs Committee as to the wisdom of soldier bonus payments, objected to the bonus plan. ~ They called it “the most objectionable of all available devices for releasing purchasing power.” — Mayor Sells Car. SHREVEPORT, La. (#).—Hereafter | Mayor George W. Hardy of Shreveport will walk, take the trolley or drive his own automobi'e when he goes ab-ut |official business. He has ordered the |BEQUEATHED $120,000,000 Armenian Woman, 80, Is Only Heir Found After 50 Years. | ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (P).—To take | possession of & fortune of $120,000,000, | & white-haired Armenian waman, Mari- | anne Djanikian, 80, has gone to India with her two sons. In 1882 Ell Amirhanian died in India and left the large fortune. 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