Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-11
2 NEW CABINET
OFFICES URGED
BY DR.. BROOKS
SUGGESTION LAID TODAY BEFORE
SOUTHERN SOCIOLOGICAL CON-
GRESS AT HOUSTON
OFFICES WOULD BE HIGHEST U. S
MEDICAL OFFICER AND EOU-
CATION COMMISSIONER

lluu ton. TrNa-. MAY IA ucrc tiun
that two new cabinet officer should bc
created Wa lali before the southern So
Geological c"uerr-- here tuda, IA DR. = n.
Brock ~ Nuru. TcNu-. president WI Bay
Tor university. These olhccr~ would l,c 'he
highest federal medical official. aud the
United State commissioner WI education
Dr. Brooks made these suggestions III dis
cu--ng Mental Health Safeguarded by
Physical Health w. sand ~ part
"lu mt mind ihc hlrhr federal medl
cal officer -h"uld hc \ member ot the
cabinet. where hc could represent ~ hr-t
hand hr information ataiItbIr tu him wv
prarr aud war; wv health and -lrknr- IIi
office would hcs"me the clearing huu-c ct
m"di'7l Information tor the HbnlI~hmrnt "a
ftk,.- and fraud vh" parade the country
over. dc""Itin.s thc ignorant and killing the
hcl,lr-~ with u"-truu- called medicine.
"Ihr country "u". thr nation over
and mc,lic,uc- -hould D. enforced ~ the
nafinna government Information brought
ir thc cabinet from thr people at large
about authorizations would stimulate thc
pa--aec of protective law.
"Ihi- new department r"uld hclp ~ pro
posing information iur ihr protection wv
rhlldrrn IA hazrdnu- cmploymcnl-. under
condition. vilc and uu-aultarN. " would
help protect rhld brarin. mother from
ihc lartnrlr~. whn~c aIr and NOISE and dI--
4 Z. a. a.
or child or both.
-Thl- same office could help form na-
iuual quarantine laws and could stand tor
their enforcement IN callng for thi- new
rAhur "ilirrr ihr writer dur- uni wish M
du Nv i"r h"r nud hpiniuv through thr
department ~ Agriculture, but rather ~
dn more ior the manhood ~ the nation
whose value cannot y, mra -nrcd by weight
w -ixc dollar aud cent.
1T = here believed that the proper ed
uratlnn uf thc people J. ~ important and
-p closely united with thr health M the
people. both mind and body. that thr M
ted State Commissioner "f Education
should NV made ll -u " member ui thr pre-
dcui cabinet. where hr ir" could trll
the other departments ~ condition. under
whirh "uI people li1r and grow. ThI- po
-Itluu W H-iiiiIhr In part. a- related tn
thc -ubIcrl WI This paper. WI thc ground
that m every great city system 81 schools
medical inspectors arr employed TER teach
cr- and students alike. Sanitary m-pcr-
ton II aII school buIIdiug- and grounds 4
lcycrvahcrr required Nobody questions
nnw the uI-dnm ni having amy IA ihr pre-
mt Cabinet department They arr aIl the
outernwth of time and need II u g. well
that great buidne- full oi men should -Pe-
ciaiIzr W how best tu advance the cause ~
agriculture. of labor. or commerce, each
presided over by cabinet officer, surely It
~ well that like -cryirc- should b. rendered
the millions w school children whose
mnd- aud bodic- and souls are in the
care and keeping Of Instructors, who will
~ helped IN tins exalted leadership"
The Pres aud The Fight tor Public
Health" WAS discussed by George Nav-
lcrly Bnge-, editor ~ the Galveston IcAa-
News. ~ -aid that popular ohdurart
make the caIl aud marks the held ~ the
pres m this task OF common progress.
New w-papers, he said, should face the task
NJ public sanitation w. obligatory. Public
health organizations are n rule efficient
and alert but the sum oi thcr
arr"mpli -hmrnt- III restricted IN NV rnn
slant necc--HN NJ having 4" enlist the aId
lof the MASSES m public health undcrtak
Img-. N i the work ~ the press to induce
ilp COAX. ~ quIbhlc, ~ caI"lr. A net u
lrshten and compel the public into com
ipliance with policie, known 10 be- vital t.
public health.