Arizona republican., 1916-05-14
WOULD EXTEND FIGHT AGAINST
 TUBERCULOSIS
Republican A. p. Leased Wlre1

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 13.- Plans for the extension of the anti tuberculosis campaign among the work ing men and women of the country were outlined by Dr. Charles J. Hat field the executive secretary of the Ma tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, in an ad- dress before the Sociological Section of the association.
 Dr. Hatfield said:
 Local tuberculosis relief associa- tions among the working men and women of this country have for the most part taken four forms: those m which the employees and the em- ployer have both contributed on a more or less fixed basis; those in which the employers only have contri- brted: those in which the working men have appealed to the general com munity for the establishment of san atorium; and those in which the labor unions have controlled the work for the relief of fellow members There are besides these four forms of or Sanization the large number of general benefit associations in shops and stores and the splendid work of the large international unions such as the Typographical, printing pressmen | photo-eagravers. cigamakers and others.
 | Tn a recent study made by the Ma | tional Association, organizations of the | four types mentioned were carefully studied in such cities as Hartford, New Haven and Meriden. Conn, Wor- | cester. Mass. Albany, Brooklyn and Buffalo, N. Y, and Newark. N J. From the experience of these organiza- tions plan where the employer con tributes everything and simply ar ranges for limited stay of his men in a sanatorium, as is done in Worcester seems to be undesirable. Another plan l which cannot be commended very highly is one in which the bulk ot effort is spent on the establishment ot a sanatorium. In the first of these two plans. no provision is made fol cooperation with the workingmen which seems to be vital to the success Of any tuberculosis relief organization In the second. the establishment ant maintenance of q sanatorium appears to be too great drain on the limited private resources of the working men Such effort should rather be encour. aged and insisted upon as a legitimat, expenditure from the public purse.
 Tn Hartford and other Connection cities form of organization ha, grown up in which the workers con. tribute whatever they are able to , free tuberculosis bed fund, and the em ployers generally equal the joint con tribution. of their employees. Thi money is then used in treatment O tuberculous men and women in stat, sanatoria, so that by offering treat ment at reduced rates, the state also ir effect contributes share.
 The National Association urges tha Tn every industrial city and town som special effort be made to organize th, working men and women in the anti tuberculosis campaign. This organ ization should preferably be unde control and leadership of the local central, anti-tuberculosis assoclatio, and should have the following features
 "A plan of collection of fund which would bring contributions bot from employees and employers
 "A system of periodic medical ex animation so arranged that 1t woul discover and control early cases O tuberculosis and other diseases, an that 1t would also provide for tn suitable employment of the conval escent worker.
 "A division of responsibility whic : would throw much of the care of re . lief of the tuberculous wOrkingme upon the shoulders of the special or gztniZations of the men themselves
 The opportunity to collect statis tical material should be recognize and the workingmen themselve should be impressed through ever possible means with the necessit and desirability of this type of co operation"