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bank Memorial fund. New York city.
 Dr Dean Lewis, surgeon in chief, Johns Hopkins hospital and presi- dent-elect of the American Medical association, Baltimore, Md; Dr Adolf Meyer, professor of psycilt- atry and director Of the Henry Phipps Psychiatric clinic, John Hopkins hospital. Baltimore, Md; Dr A. l.. Midgley, secretary, Tmer- jean College of Dentists, Provi- dence. IL. l.; Albert c. Milbank, president Milbank Memorial fund, New York city: Anne Morgan, president, American Woman's ns- sociation, New York city; W. J. Norton, secretary, Detroit Com munity fund. Detroit. Michigan; Fred c. W. Parker, secretary, Ki- wanis International, Chicago, Ill: Mrs John Y. Sippcl, -president General Federation Of Women's clubs, Baltimore. Md,
 Dr W. Fl. Weich, president, board of directors, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Baltimore, Md; Dr Horace J. Whitacre. prcsi- dent, Washington State Medical so- ciety. Tacoma, Washington: Dr Linsiy k. Williams. managing di- rector of New York academy of Winternitz, dean, School of Medi- cine, Yale university, New Haven. Conn. and Leo Wolman, professor of economies, Columbia university, New York city.
 
 Five Years to Frame Retreat
 The report represents the result Of five years study by the commit tee on the Costs of Medical Care--- and unofficial organization com posed Of 43 phygicians, public health ofiicers, economists, and representatives of various fnstitu- tons and of the general public under the chairmnnship of Dr Will bur.
 Sixteen of the 24 doctors Of on the committee. seven of the ii members engaged in other forms of medical and public health work, and twelve of the thirteen economists and represen- tatives Of the public. support the five recommendations
 Minority Report
 The principal minority report, signed Dy nine members, has seven recommendation as follows:
 (1) That government competition In the practice of medicine be dis continued and that it's activities be restricted entirely to certain types of servicc;S CD that government care of the indigent be expanded with the ultimate object of reliev- Ing tho medical profession of this burden: t3) that coordination Of medical service be considered an important function for local com- (4) that united attempts be made to restore the general practitioner to the central place in medical practice; (5) that the cor porate G. c. organiZed) practice of medicine be vigorously and per- opposed as wasteful, inimi- cal to high quality, or productive of unfair exploitation of the medi- cal profession: (G) that careful trial be given methods which can rightly be fitted into our present institutions and agencies without with the Fundamentals of medical practice; and CD that or county medical societies develop plans for medical care.
 Preparatory Outline
 In separate personal statement Professor Walton II. Hamilton of Yale university presents q scholarly outline of the evolutionary back ground of the problem of medical care and suggests that 1t be solved by q scheme of medical orgariiz- tion parallehng the type of organ ization now in vogue in universities. Two dentists on the committee present q second joint minority re- port supporting in general the rec concentrations of the majority but criticizing certain aspects of them.
 In presenting this finaa report, which represents five years of in- tensivc work by tho committee composed of 4S members and it's large research staff, Secretary Will bur said:
 "The problem of delivering ade- duate, scientific medical care to osall the people, rich and poor. at' costs which can be reasonably met by
  life, is vital to the American pco- pie. The committee on the Costs of Medical Care, formed in 1927, an unofficial organization composed of physicians. public. health offi- cers, economists and representa- : lives of various institutions and of the general public, has presented ways of meeting this problem. It has completed 26 studies. The com mittee has been supported by eight foundations and two ther organiza- tions--the Carnegie Corporation, the Josiah Macy, Jr Foundation, the Milbank Memorial fund, the New York Foundation, tho Rocke- fcller Foundation. the Julius Itos- enwald/ fund, the Russell Sage Foundation, tho Julius KosenWald fund, the Russell Sage Foundation. the Twentieth Century fund. the Social Science Research council, and the Vermont Commission on Country Life.
 Many Associations Affiliated
 "The American Medical associa- ton, the American Dental associa- ton. the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance company, the Nationai Bureau of Economic Research. and the National Tuberculosis association have conducted supplementary stu dies which have been of great value to the committees program of study. The United States Pub- lie Health Service gave valuable assistance in tho tabulation of an immense amount of statistical data gathered in connection with the committees study of the incidence and costs of sickness among fnm- flies. Finally, state and local de- partments of health. visiting nurse associations. and other orgarizh- tions and individuais have cooper ated most generously tp the field work of the committees variodG studies, The work perfotSaed without cost to the committee by collabpratlns Agencibs end the