The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1952, Page 10

Cold Cash Is Best Solution To Nation’s Health Needs By FRANK CAREY AP Science Reporter WASHINGTON iM — Cold eash {dre appears to be the main preserip- tion ‘of President Truman’s special health commission for curing the nation’s “demonstrable, well-docu- mented health needs.” In reporting such needs last week after a year-long survey, the com- mission indirectly laid some of the blame at the door of the medical profession. But it also strongly implied that society as a whole is largely re- sponsible for the situation and should bear the brunt of correction —principally by digging deeper in- to its governmental and private pocketbook. The criticism of doctors and allied health personnel included aliegations that: 1, There are over-all organiza- tional deficiencies in the way these professional people apply their combined skills, 2, Some doctors are guilty of what the report called such “re- prehensible conduct’? as fee-split- 1g. 3. Familf doctors and specialists are too often in “isolation” from one another and so do not co- ordinate their skilis for the best interests’ of the patient. 4. The medical profession hasn't made completely adequate provi- sion for the continued, up-to-the- minute education of the family doctor after he sets up practice, although sometimes individual doc- tors are themselves to blame. 5. The medical schools aren't giving enough emphasis in their! general training to matters con- parts of the country — a system eerning the physical and emotional development of mothers and chil- on. 6, Annual health examinations of school children are too often performed in perfunctory fashion by school doctors. But the report implied that the heart of the nation’s health prob- Jem lies outside the health pro- fessions themselves—and that its solution lies in the public provid. ing financial support for: 1, Training more doctors, den- tists, nurses and other health work- ers—and encouraging their more equitable distribution throughout the nation. “ 2. Building more hospitals, par- ticularly in rural and other areas reportedly short in them. 3. Spurring medical research, especially against such things as cancer and mental illness. 4. Putting medical and hospital eare on a prepaid insurance basis for everyone, with federal and state governments teaming up to help people who can’t pay for their own insurance or can only pay part of it. 5. Making such a prepayment system cover all phases of medi- eal and hospital care, (The com- mission says some of the present prepayment’ plans, while having the funds to encourage treatment of some patients on an out-patient basis, “‘make it almost mandatory for a patient to assume a horizon- tal position before receiving medi- cal care in a hospital.”) 6. Encouraging the organization of doctors and other health work- ers into team-like “groups” in all Page 10 People’s Fanin ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sims of the views of its read- ers, but the editer reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous rnated. The writers and confine the de and write the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be pab'ished un- lenu requested otherwise, ‘OPEN AIR THEATER Editor, The Citizen: I, have just red ir. the paper. that the $100 prize has been award- el] to Mrs. Mickey Renna for niming the Drive In Theater Islander.” That is also the 4¢ that I submitted. 1 should that if the prize was not thet at least you would have also mentioned my name. 1 am a nstive born Key Wester, bern. at 1008 Souward Sireet and now, own my own home at 1012 S-vthard where I have been re- ‘sling several years. I fcel fiatter- e1, even tho I received ~o recogni- tiori that I also pickea the winning name, Very iruly yours, Mar‘e S, Ellis Eiitor, The Citizen: ‘This is in reference.to the naming o” the ney Drive in Theater on Stovk Island, I understand that the none of it wil be the Islander. Tse. contest for the naming of this t' ter did not require any com- psting of phrases. It merely stated to select a name for the. theater. The name of the theater was the importent. issue and 1 am sure tect everyone will refer to it as. ‘Tae Islander and not as The Is- lander Drive In Theater, In to- day's Citizen both the Strand and Nonroe theaters adyertize their attractions under the captions of “Strand” and “Monroe.” In view of three people having correctly named the new drive in, the name Islander should have. be earded or else duplicate prizes awsrded. If anyone inquires at the deck here as to the name of the drive-im theater 1 shall have to tell them that I do not know be- cause [ was one of the three sending in the name Islander but | this can’t he the name of the! theater - if the name is The Is- lander why wasn’t my entry select- ed as a winner? ‘Twas sort of a ridiculous contest — the name I submitted certainly was for a theater, had it been an ice box naming contest I would have sent a different one. Sincerely, Wiliam Younie. The Key Wester ° MeDavitt Is Now eye o In Philippines Master Sergeant Edward W. Mc- | Davitt, husband of Mrs. Rita N. McDavitt, @8 Bahama Street, is/ now stationed with the U.S. Air | Force in the Philippines, At his present overseas: station | for the pas; five moaths, he now | performs ag ‘Organizational supply | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN New Coaxial Cable Carries _ Flow Of Long Distance Calls Friday, December 26, 1952 Long distance telephone traffic was flowing smoothly today over new coaxial cable circuits linking Orlando and Tampa, telephone of- ficials reported. The new coaxial cable route, branching off at Orlando from the cable connecting Miami with Jacksonville by way of the Cen- tral Florida city, was opened of- ficially at midnight last Sotur- day. The first call was made by John B. Kincaid, Jacksonville, Florida Manager of the South- ern Bell Telephone Company to Carl D. Brorein, president of the Peninsular Company at Tampa. The call traveled the entire dis-- tance by the coaxial cable which is owned jointly by Southern Bell, Peninsular and the Long Lines De- partment of the American Tele- phone and*Télegtaph Company. Kincaid and Brorein commended the new route as ‘a stormproof means of telephone communica- tions that will initially provide 90 new c.rcuits to meet the growing seasonal demand for lorg distance facilities from the nationwide Bell System facilities to the Florida West Coast area, When fully developed the eight coaxial tubes will carry hun- dvads of simultaneous telephone calls plus network radio and telcvision programs. At first, two. of the tubes will be equipped for telephone traffic and two will be scheduled as standby equipment. Begun in Augusi, work of laying and splicing the cable was com- pleted in time to handle the in- creased load of Christmas tele- Phone traffic, Kincaid said. Twelve repeater stations, hous- ing amplifying equipment, boosts the electrical current that carries the conversations along the 101- mile route between the two cities. Cable plows buried the cable un- derground where it is safe from high winds and other hazards. Should it become damaged, a special signalling system notifies technicians so that it can be promptly repaired. The coaxial cable derives its mame from the fact that each coaxial tube has a common axis. This is an inner conductor about the size of a pencil lead separated from an ouler conductcr by plas- ; tie discs, The entire tube is about the thickness of a fountain pen. Enclosed with other telephone wire in the cable and protected by sheathing, the entire cable is about | the diameter of a man’s wrist. 4,014,000 BUSINESS FIRMS IN U.S. WASHINGTON — The U. S. has about four million business firms, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, most of them “very small” and half of them | only about four years old. | The department made a survey, | based on the business population at the end of 1951. It found there | were 4,014,000 business firms, not | counting farm ownership. in January 1941 and was stationed at the European African Middle j East Theater of Operations during } World War Il. From January 1947 | te August 1948, he was a member of the occupation forces in Europe | He enlisted in the U. §. Air Force supervisor's duties for the S8ist/@n his most recent tour in August Air Resuppiy and Communications Wing, Headquarters, Thirteenth | Air Force on Clark Air Force Base, | @ miles north of Manila. } -argeant McDavitt joined the Mitery service for to- first 1951 and served at Hil Air Force | Base, Utah, before coming to the | Philippines. ' Sergeant and Mrs. MeDavitt havc FY venteen-moath ula daughter which the. commission contends 1. Disabled people — Some two would go far towards meeting the ! million of the nation’s total of country’s health needs. “In general,” the report said, “the diagnosis and treatment of disease are quite well done in this country. The fact that these skills are unavailable to many people jconstitutes the main problem.” As examples of how it contends the nation is presently falling down on the job, the commission cites these: 1, Last year, the total national expenditure for medical research was 180 million dollars—which the commission said was less than the amount spent on building monu- ments and tombstones. 2. “In rural areas, recipients of Public assistance often get second- rate care from the stantpoint both of medical science and human dignity. The system of poorly paid ‘county physicians’ still in vogue in many parts of the country is a medical shame.” In its criticism of doctors, the commission said sometimes a pa- tient is led to believe his family doctor performs a surgery where- as he actually hires another doctor to do the job after the patient has table. The commission offered no evi- dence of its own regarding such practices. But it said top-flight organizations within the medical profession had called attention to such things periodically and had Poiana rebuked them as unethi- cal, Here is a digest of some of the findings with regard to the na- tion’s health conditions as out- lined by the commission: First Cable Call J. B. KanCaib (ew), rioriaa disabled people could be placed in employment or more productive work—if there were sufficient re- habilitation programs in effect, employing teams of experts. 2. Chronic disedses—Long-dura- tion ills like cancer. tuberculosis, rheumatism and heart disease ac- count for about 1% billion dollars in public expenditures annually for medical and hospital services — “yet, probably in no other health field is available knowledge so little applied as in the prevention of chronic disease.” 3. Mental Illness—Half the pa- tients in ail the nation’s hospitals are people with mental illness, and about half the patients consulting doctors outside hospitals _ have. some kind of an emotional dis- order. Yet, knowledge of mental illness of various kinds is still in a “rudimentary” state. “shocking evidence” that the American people need more den- tal care — for example, a lot of people need false teeth before they are 24. 5. Environmental health condi- tions — Seven million American homes lack running water; one third of the nation’s dwellings are overcrowded, lack decent toilet facilities, or are otherwise defici- ent, 6. Child health — “Enormous gains” have been made in the pre- vention and cure of disease in children—but “there remain many deficiencies in health services to |the. children of this nation.” Manager tor the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, talks via coaxial cable to Carl D. Brorein (right), president of the Peninsular Telephone Company. Kincaid, at Jacksonville, called Brorein at Tampa at midnight Saturday to open the new coaxial cable route be- tween Orlando and Tampa. The cable was already installed from Jacksonville to Orlando at which point it continues to Miami. ; THE VETERANS CORNER Here are authoritative answers from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to former servicemen and their fami- lies. Q. I am a disabled veteran en- titled to a VA grant for the pur- chase of an automobile. Is there any deadline for applying for my car? A. Yes. Your. application. must be filed either by October 20, 1954, or three years after your separa- tion from service, whichever date is later. Q. Must a veteran’s blindness be service-connected, in order for him to get the electronic and mechani- cal equipment that VA issues to the blinded? A. Not necessarily. The veteran must be entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability, which may either be loss of sight or some other disability. Q. Lam a Korean veteran. After I got ott of ‘service, I changed my name. Would that bar me from getting a GI loan, since all my military and discharge re- cords are made out in the name I no longer use? A. No, If you are otherwise eli- gible, you would be entitled to the loan. However, you must submi competent evidence that establist. es your identity. Q. I'm planning to enroll in - trade school under the Korean. ( Bill and study carpentry., Most « my course will be shop practic. What is considered full-time in suc @ course? A. Full time: in your cours would be at least 30 hours a wee for at least five days a weel: with no more than 2% rest period: each week. (Veterans living in Key West vicinity who wish further’ informa- | tion about their benefits should con- tact the VA office at 218 Post Of- fice Bldg., Key West, Fla.) LEWINSKY’S THANK YOU FOR THE FINE CHRISTMAS BUSINESS + +. and by Chance If Someone Was Overlooked We Still Have Some Nice Gift Items 4. Dental disease — There is‘ BANANAS AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR SHOPPING COMFORT We For the Brands You Know! “@@ LEWINSKY’ 526 Duval St. MEN'S SHOP Dial 2-3931 | BABY FOOD ~ APPE-TEEZERS GOOD THRU SAT. - POTATOES usxet 10 lbs. 49c ICE CREAM “mx” 3 pts. 49c 3 Ibs. 23¢ LEMONS . zzz doz. 19 Frosce FOODS Sunshine, 10vs-0r. 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