Evening star., 1933-10-22
HINES NAMES 10
|NCORPORAT0RS0N
HOSP|TAL|zA1ON
Professional, Business and
Civic Leaders to Aid
Group Plan.
Nine INSTITUTIONS
JOIN IN MOVEMENT
Chairman Explains Work and Its
Importance to Community.
Meet This Week.

Ten outstanding representatives ol
Washington's professional, business and
civic life were appointed yesterday by
Joseph H. Hines, chairman Of the
Group disqualification Committee, to
serve with him as incorporators of the
organization that will put the group
disqualification plan into operation about
December l.
In addition to Mr.. Hines. the in.
corporators will be Henry P. Blair,
president of the Board Of Education;
Herbert D. Brown. chief Of the now
defunct United States Bureau OF Eli
cheney from 1915 to 1888; Walter B.
Clarkson, vice president of the Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co.; Will
liam S. Corby, president Of Garfield
Memorial Hospital; Mrs. Joshua Evans,
jr., wife of the vice president of the
Hamilton National Bank; Gen. Frank
T. Hines. United States administrator
of Veterans Affairs: Mark Lansburgh.
former president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association; DR.. Earl B.
Mckinley, dean of the School Of Medi-
cine Of George Washington University;
George H. OConnor, prominent Wash
ington business man, and DR.. Charles
Stanley White, nationally noted surgeon.
Meeting This Week.
The incorporators, Mr.. Hines an
nounced. will meet this week to con-
slider articles of incorporation, and
thereby take definite steps for the for
nation of an organization that PROM
ises to give Washington's employed
groups insurance for hospital care at
a low cost of about rs cents month.
Nine hospitals have formally ac-
cepted the group disqualification plan
Central Dispensary and Emergency
Hospital. Columbia Hospital for Wom-
en-, Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital. Garfield Memorial Hospital,
George Washington University Hospital,
National Homeopathic Hospital Provi-
dence Hospital and Sibley Memorial
Hospital.
The corporation will be a nonproflt
making organization. 1t will offer to
all employed persons for a sum to be
fixed later. three weeks care in any
Of the hospitals cooperating in the
movement.
The cost to subscribers. the contracts
well as the details Of administration,
are to be worked out by the incor-
porators after the articles of incor-
poration are signed and the bylaws
adopted The name OF the oganiZatiOn
also will be chosen at that time.
Responsibility in Task.
with q recognition of the impor-
tant part that group disqualification
will play in the lives Of Washington
men and women" said statement is
sued by Mr.. Hines, II have approached
the task Of selecting the incorporators
of the organization with a keen sense
of responsibility. Those whom I have
named I hold in high esteem. They
are representative citizens of honor and
integrity. I know they will have the
Because I shall recommend the
tion which will designate the incor-
porators as the directorate together
with such others as they may choose
to add for the first year of its opera
tion. have given very careful consid-
Grafton to my selection. To fulfill its
purpose, the governing board must be
capable. For this reason, have
chosen persons whose experience, asso-
Citations, tnclinations, ability and inter-
est in community affairs especially 1T
them for this important service.
Il have every confidence that the
corporation, under their guidance, will
be one Of successful and continuing
development, and that it will serve wen
the interests Of the employees. the en-
ployers, the hospitals. the medical pro-
fession and the general public. Their
direction and leadership should build
the corporation into a sound, strong
and stable organization In which Wash
ington can take just pride.
Important Work to Do.
Such an organization will play an
important role in the community life.
It will serve real need in a real way.
Its benefits will touch the lives and
homes Of our people throughout the
city. The service of those have
chosen will make Washington a better
place In which to live"
As soon as the corporation is formed
and works out the detailed plan of op-
Grafton. employees in private industry
and the Government service will be
solicited to subscribe. Mr.. Hines said
private employers as well as officials in
the Federal departments had promised
to Cooperate to make the plan a sue
cess.