Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
President in Sympathy With
tuberculosis Congress
TO MEET HERE NEXT FALL
Every State in the Union Repre-
sented in Comm; ttees.
SEVEN DIVISIONS OF WORK
Noted Specialists to Take Part in
Observation-Disclosures Settle
ment Workers and Foreign
Delegates.

| OF all subjects that received the Presi-
! dents attention during the recent confer
| ence of the governors of the several
| states at the White House none. 1t is
declared received more earnest and SYM
pathetic mention than the forthcoming
/! international congress on tuberculosis
which is to meet here from September
II to October l.. and of which. he has
| already been elected president. In
! speaking upon its Importance and the
! good tina, he hoped for from it. the Pres
iGent said that it would. more perhaps
| than anything else. tend to strengthen
! international ties and a profound rea!iza-
ton of the brotherhood of mani IN the
/ union of all nations to fight the white
! plague.
I'VE should make it he said. 1.-The
/ greatest and the most fruitful congress
| which has vet been held and / assure
yo'i of my interest and services to that
| end"
! TIE congress comes to this country on
! the invitation of the National Association
| for the study and Prevention of Tuber-
| culosis and preparations are under way
| all over the n orid to make ii the greatest
| gathering in the interest of pubic health
| ever held in this country. Every state
| in the Union is represented IN the list
| of committees and twenty-eght foreign
countries, Fifteen hundred persons are
named on the state committee lists and
! over 1.2Jn in the register for foreign
! countries.
/ Dr. Edward L. Trudeau has been elect
| ed honorary president of the congress-
and Vice President Fairbanks. Speaker
| Cannon and the governors of the states
| have been asked to serve as vice presl-
! dents.
| Two Plenary Sessions to Be Held.
| Two plenary sessions of the congress
| will be held one at the beginning and the
other at the close. intended principally
! for the exchange of greetings by the dele
gates. There will be seven divisions of
the congress. and the scientific discus
! sions will take place at the meetings of
| each.
All the sections of the congress but one
! will he devoted to the strictly scientific
consideration of the tuberculosis problem.
| The other section will consider it from
| the hyeianic social. industrial and eco
nomic standpoint. Heretofore this phase
l'of the subject has not been considered AZ
| international congresses. and il is taken
| up now because of the wide interest that
| is being taken in preventive measures, es-
| Eecialy in this country.
| Mr. Edward T Devine of New York.
| the chairman of this section. has ar
| ranged program of unusual interest
Topics to Be Discussed.
| The topics which will be discussed under
| the general subject of adverse Indus
/ trial Conditions include tuberculosis as
| superirduced by or connected with occu
] pations. overwork and nervous strain
| factors the effect of factory improve
| ments on the general health of employees.
and the employment of police power in
| the prot of the life and health of
employees
The speakers Scheduled to take part in
these discussions include we'll known spe
cialsts like Mr.. Frederick l.. Hoffman OF
New Jersey. statistician of the Pruden-
tial Insurance Company; Prot. John r
Commons of the University of Wisconsin,;
DR. James Alex Miller of New York, Mr..
\. J. Mckelway. southern secretary of
the national child labor committee: DR..
Hermann NJ. Biggs and DR.. G. NJ. Price
of New York; DR.. Henry B. Favill and
DIR. Alice Hamilton of Chca go, and Prof.
G. f. A Winsow of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
In the discussion OF the general subject
| of social control of tuberculosis addresses
will be made by President William F.
| Slocunl of Colorado College on The Best
Use of a Large Request for the Benefit of
| Consumptives:" Mr. Livingston Farrand
! OF New York. executive secretary of the
/ National Association for the Study and
1 prevention or tuberculosis, VIII outline
/ "A Comprehensive Program for thu Pre-
vention of tuberculosis: the Relative
| Functions of Available Agencies and
| Mr.. Rowland G. Hazard OF Peace Dali,
r. l.. will speak on Some Economic AS
poets of the Free Treatment Of Tuberculo-
| sis by the State.
Early Recognition of tuberculosis.
| 1t is believed that discussion on the
early recognition Of tuberculosis and the
subsequent treatment of persons affected
| with il. especially those in whom the dis
ease has been checked. vii! open up the
/ field TO a wide fund of information touch
ing open-air schools. suitable home en-
ployments, farm colonies, etc.
| There will be sessions devoted 10 the
work done by the visiting nurses. 10
discussions OF educational methods and
| agencies. to the consideration of meas
ures for promoting immunity from the
disease. and Tor increasing the powers OF
| resistance-such as parks. Fairgrounds.
| outdoor sports, physical education.
/ Prominent settlement workers will take
/ part in the closing session. which will
have as its subject The Responsibility
| OF Society for tuberculosis. The speak
ers named in the program include Jacob
\ Ris of New York. Miss Jane Adams
I Simkhovitch of Greenwich House. New
i York: Rev. Samuel Nice. Crothers of
I Cambridge President w J. p Faunce
| of Brown University and Mr. Jacob H
Schif of New York
The Foreign Committees.
| The personnel of the foreign committees
| i quite inters sting, including at is does
| some of the most famous men in the
| world. scientists. investigators. medical
1 men 0: marked distinction and a large
number Of men in official life of eminent
/! social and political rank
Great Britain takes the lead so far as
numbers are concerned. with a commit
lee Of 81 members. of which Sir William
I Church. ex-president of the Royal COL
lege OF Physicians Of England. is char
man. Sir 7. Clifford AIlbut Prof G.
SIMS Woodhead and DR. William Oslar
formerly of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
constitute the committee on organize
! ton.
among the other members of tie gen
eIal committee are the Countess Of Aber-
deem Who IS at the head of The sub
committee foIS Ireland: Sir Thomas Bar
low Of London. consulting physician to
) tie kings household and Prof Sir
Robert Boyce, member of the royal com
mission on tuberculosis.
The French committee. with a member
| ship CT lJi members, comes next follow
ed BY the German list. with IN members.
| NJ Icuhst. tae former president of France
Is honorary president OF the committee
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