Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06
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EXPECTED IN WEEK
Favorable Action on Bill to
Aid TubercuIar Children
Is Anticipated.

Expectation of the Senate's favorable
action this week on his bill authorizing
the construction of a sanatorlum lot
Washington's tubercular children at
cost of $625, was given yesterday by
Senator Arthur Capper, chairman OF
the Senate District committee, to Mrs.
Ernest r. Grant, chairman OF the
children's sanatorium committee and
director of the present early diagnosis
campaign of the tuberculosis Associa-
ton.
Senator Capper said: 1--WE expect
that the children's sanatorium bill,
now on the calendar OF the Senate
with an affirmative report from the
District committee, will be reached the
latter part of the coming week. NO
serious opposition is anticipated from
any source The need of this inStltu-
ton for the District is generally con-
Ceded now"
Two Senators Friendly.
An amendment to the appropriation
bill making part of the funds avail
able this year for work on the con-
struction and purchase of site, which
recently was drafted by Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner L. E. Atkins, with
the advice OF Mai. Daniel j. Donovan,
District auditor, and of the budget
. officer, has been referred by Senator
Capper to the District subcommittee
of the appropriations committee, where
it now awaits action. Both Senator
Bingham, chairman of this subcom-
mittee, and Senator Copeland, mem
Der, are friendly to this measure, Its
sponsors say.
Yesterday Senator Copeland informed
Mrs. Grant that with the bill authoriz-
ing the Sanatorium passed within
week or two there would be ample
time to get the initial appropriation
into the second deficiency appropria-
ton bill, so that work can begin at
once, assuming no opposition in the
House Senator Copeland has assured
Mrs. Grant and her associates they
will have no trouble with this bill"
it was said.
During the past week Supt of
Schools Frank w. Ballou, as president of
the Monday Evening Club has had mail
ed to every member of Congress a
copy of the Senate District committees
unanimous report favoring the Capper
sanatorium bill. This document con-
tains the Endorsements of the District
Commissioners, o. Health Officer FoW-
Ter, the two medical societies, various
welfare organizations, the tuberculosis
Association and many prominent citi-
Eens.
Plan Radio Talks.
The second week of the April cam"
paign for the early diagnosis of tuber-
culosis will see the use of all forms
of communication, including radio ad-
dresses by Senator Copeland, DR.. H. E.
Barnard, chairman of the child health
conference, and by Mrs. Grant who
will speak from the VOL studio at
pm. tomorrow. Senator Copeland
will be on WMAL at 7:15 next Thurs
day evening. The period for DR..
Barnard awaits his return to the city.
Protect Children From Tuberculo-
SIS" the slogan of this campaign. is
carried on posters into every school
building and many of the Government
buildings, while street car posters are
telling the public Of the 376 tubercular
children in need of sanatorium care.
Six hospitals are arranging special
clinics for the examination of pre-
tuberculous or tuberculous children and
many meetings of the Parent-Teacher
Associations are to have special adj
dresses.