Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-10
MUCH INTEREST IN
 TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Jun, 6. Of alI sut.. jccts that received the presidents Av tcntion during tho recent conference Ss the governors of the several states st the White House uouc, ii is dcclarc,f. received more earnest and sympsthtir mention than the forthcoming iuterna. tional congress on tuberculosis. ~hirh IS tc meet here from scp,cmbcr a to October l9, and of which hc he. sl- ready hc"u elected president. In sreak ing upon its importance and lh. eood that hc hoped for from it. the prrsi dent said that it would, more perhaps than anything else. tend to strengthen international ties and a profound real iAation of tho brotherhood nf man iw the union of all nations to neht the white plague.
 'Wc should make it, ." hc said, "iho greatest and the most fruitful congress woich has yet been held, and | assure you of my interest and services to that end '
 The congress comes ts this esuptry on the invitation of the National As>o- citation for the study and frrvcatisa o. Tuberculosis, and preparations sr. u. der way tc make it the greatest gather ing in the interest of public hcaiih ever held in this country. Every ststs in the union is represented m the iiss of committees and twenty eight fer~iga countries! Fifteen hundred persons are name on the state committee lists apd over l,250 in the register for forcire countries.
 Dr. Edward l.. Trndcau has bess elected honorary president of the coa- gross and Vice President Fairbanks. Speaker Cannon, and the governors cs the states have bccn asked to serve s- vice presidents.
 Two Plcnary Sessions Co Be Held.
 Two plenaro sessions of the e-ngrcs- will be held, one at the beginning and the other at the close, intended princi- pnlly for the cscbang. of greetings by the delegates. There vii be seven di- visions of the congress, and the scien- tidc discussions win take place s, tho meetings of each.
 All the sections of th. congress but one will bc devoted to the strictly scientific consideration of the tuboreu- losis problem. The other sections wit consider it from the bygicnic. social, industrial and economic s,ssdpoint. Heretofore this phase of the subject has not been considered st internntiop- al congresses, and it is taken up now because of tho wide interest thmt h be Ing taken in preventive measures. cs. pecially in this country.
 Mir. Edward T. Devin. vf New YorN. ,ae chairman of this section, has sr ranged q progvam cf unusual in,crcst.
 '. Topics to Be Dsscussed. The topics whicb,pwin bc discussed under the general subject of "Adverrc Industrial Conditions" include ,uber. culosis as superihduced by or connected with occupations, ovcr~crh and nor vous strain as factors, th. effect of fac tory improvements, ,"n the scnon, health of. eppioyer, aud the employ ment of police power ip the protection of the life and health of employees
 The speakers schrau,ca to talk. part in these discussions inclade well known specialists like Fredsrisk l.. Hoffman of New Jersey, statisticiaa of the Pru- dential Insurance Company; Prof. John R. Commons of tao University of Wis consin; Dr. James Alex Miller of New York; Mir. A. !. Mckeiway, southern secretary of th. natioasl child labov committee; Dr. Hermann NJ. Riggs aud Dr. c. N. Price of New York; Dr. Hen " B. Favili and Dr. Alice Hamilton of Chicago, and Prof. C. E. A. winsiow of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- noiogy.
 In the discussion of the general sub ject of social control Of tubefcu culosi. addresses will be made by Professor William F. slocum of Colorado College on "The Best Use of s Large Beques, for the Benefit of Consumptivcs;" Mr. Livingston Farrand of New York, es- ecutive secretary of th. National Asso citation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, will outline, "A Com prebensive Program for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; the Relative Pune tions of Available Agencies, and MT. Rowland q. Hazard, of Peace Dale, R. l., will speak on "some Economic AS poets of the Free rrcatmcn, of Tuber. culosis by the State,
 Early Recognition of Tuberculosis.
 It k believed that discussion on tor early recognition of tuberculosis and