The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-17
CIVIC COMMITTEE
 HEARS DISCUSSION ON KILLING PESTS
Health Officer Supported in Mosquito Eradication by Large BSineSS Houses.
 Railroads Will Donate

Plans for the eXtermination of the mosquito, started by the citizens cooperative committee, will be pre- scented to the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce next Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, it was an nounced at a meeting of the commit tee held Friday afternoon at the Tut wiler hotel They will bring up the advisability of the chambers action in the campaign in regard to calling public meeting and the presentation of the plans to the heads of the va rious concerns in the city.
 pr. Bowling. city and county health officer, spoke to the meeting on the cooperation being received by his de- partment from both private individ- uals and corporations. pr. H. s. Ward of the county board of health and Dr. Charles Whelan of the American Ra- diator company also spoke on the en- deavor of the county board and the radiator company in aiding in any way the furtherance of the plans of the campaign.
 It was stated by Dr. Bowling that personal calls had been made on the larger corporations of the city re- garding their position in the matter, and all classed the campaign as a business enterprise, and were willing to do what was necessary for Its sue cess in their own companies and to donate to the cause. He also pointed out that a meeting was held recently at which local representatives of the railroads were present. and they pledged full cooperation with the committee. They would furnish whatever material was necessary for combating the pest; also to put their forces under the supervision of the committee.
 pr. Charles Wheelan of the Ameri- can Radiator company said: T wish to lend my voice in indorsement of the efforts of the health officer to eradi- cate the mosquito from our midst. as I see it will not only reflect itself in the betterment of general conditions to our citizenship, but that it should materially curtail, if not eliminate, much economic loss which many cor porations sustain today. No employe,. for example, who spends his nights following the days work bdrning rags and fighting mosquitoes, can be an efficient workman for the corpora tion.'
 "The increased cost in keeping up building repairs in undrained and damp localities in undrained and toes multiply, should be indirectly through mosquito control and direct ly through drainage, which I under stand is one of the means employed in eliminating the pest. In another light much property. which is now classed as undesirable will be re- claimed. These, briefly stated, are good and sufficient reasons why l think that our health officer should be backed to the limit in his en- deavor to eradicate the mosquito for Birmingham"
 Dr. Ward, of the county board of health, said "The board of health is not capable of lending much except moral support and will do anything in it's power to further the campaign. Real civilization is dependent upon keeping the people well, and pros perity depends largely upon the erad- ication of the mosquito"
 At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning representatives of women's clubs of the city will meet with Dr. J. D. bowling, who will explain the plans of the campaign so that they may inform their respective organizations as to what is expected of them. All these clubs have manifested interest in the campaign and have pledged their full support to the committee.
 George Lewis Bailes reported that ngrments had been made with the various civic and community or ganizationa of the city to permit speakers fl om the committee to talk to these various bodies on the plans as drafted by the committee. These speakers will be announced later.