Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-11-11
National Medical AS
ISOLATION Plans Act
i've Program
BY Clifford Mitchell

BY ClinOrd mitchell
Chicago, Ill.-In these days when
the patronage to be derived from
governmental charities is rapidly
becoming one of the best paying
industries 1t Is commendable that
there are groups in the Negro
field that are watching these act
ivities and ever fighting for a
chance for the Negro to be repre-
scented in such a way that he too
will share In the dispensation OF
part OF the tax bill that the Negro
himself contributes.
There are many groups in the
colored field all of whom are wag-
ing a worthy fight but this story
particularly has to deal with the
efforts of the National Medical As
ISOLATION, a national association
composed of Negro doctors and
dentists throughout the county, OF
which DR.. M. o. Bousfield, vice
president and medical director OF
the Supreme Liberty Life Insur-
ance Company. is president.
One of the first acts of DR.. Bous-
field, as president of this associa-
ton, was to form the Committee on
Medical Economy of the National
Medical Association. This commit
tee consists of DR.. Peter M. Murray
New York. chairman; DR.. Roscoe
c. Brown, Washington, ID. c. DIR.
w. G. Alexander, Orange New Jer-
sey; Or. j. r. Kenney, Newark,
New Jersey; DR.. Clyde Donnell,
Durham, n. c.; DR.. VIM. j. Thorn
kins. Kansas City, and DR.. Julian
n. Lewis, Chicago.
In the month of September, Har-
ry L. Hopkins. Federal Emergency
Relief Administrator, with Offices
at 1874 New York Avenue, an
that in the expenditure of
relief funds for INDECENT cases that
his organization would work in
harmony with recognized medical
groups. This would. of course,
mean that normally the American
Medical Association, a national as
ISOLATION with a definite program
worked out along national state |
and county lines, would be the
dominant factor in handling or |
the expenditure Of |
relief funds for medical care, etc.
1t just so happens that for any
loctor to become a member of the !
Medical Association that /
le first must secure the endorse
nent OF the county and state
and in the south, as all
eaders know, it would be practic-
lily impossible for a colored doctor I
IF dentist to secure these endorse
nents and thus become affiliated
With the national group. For the
iame reason 1t can be readily seen
hat in the south 1t would have
been possible for the colored doc
.or or dentist to be deprived of all |
share of the relief
business which would ultimately
find its Way almost into the hands
OF white practitioners exclusively.
The Committee on Medical Eco
of the National Medical
Association, the colored group, i'm
sensed and feared that |
such probability would occur and
.ook steps TO insure just proper
ion of the relief business to be |
required by the colored practition-
IT'S.
Only recently members OF the
journeyed to Washing
on and discussed the matter pro |
md con with the Relief Admins
ration heads in Washington, and |
through the courtesy OF high |
officials, including that |
1f Secretary OF the Interior Ickes |
and Negro Advisor, DR.. Clark M.
Foreman, the committee was able
10 reach satisfactory understand
Ing. whereby assurances were given
that the Relief Administration
would cooperate with the National
Medical Association. Thus. partic-
ularly in the southern districts. the
colored practitioners will be as
sured OF as much OF the relief fund
as the Negro patients
themselves care to give them, as
each patient is to have the privi-
lege of securing his or her own
private physician or dentist.