The Omaha guide., 1934-12-01
Federal. Emergency
Relief Administration

Harry l.. Hopkins, Administrator
Of the FERA has made an %appropria-
ton Of $1,000 900 for public health
service and appointed DR.. c.. E.
Vale. Assistant Surgeon-General in
charge of State Relations of thr
United States Public Health service,
as medical director of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
The funds will be used to augment
the work of established health SER
vices Of counties cooperating with
thr United States Public Heath ser
vice.
In states where no county unit
health service has been set up a State
director will be approved by DR..
Waller. His job will be to organize
and aid local health Officials in pro-
motng health programs in every
county. The states will be expected
to do their share in carrying on this
work.
Ia many states much has been
done in public health and medical ser
vice. though limited by lack of funds.
Trained personnel and supervision
are generally available.
"The foundation is well laid", said
DR.. Waller, "we must continue to
build a public health service to meet
every Americans medical needs re
CARELESS of race, creed or financial
condition"
DR.. Waller is now on a tour of the
country visiting State Relief Admins
traitors. He also will contact leaders
in the medical profession, health Of
ficials and heads of hospitals in his
official capacity in order to discuss
problems which have arisen DUNG the
past few years. DR.. Waller COM
mented upon the successful post
graduate arrangement recently af-
fected through Edwin R. Embree,
director Of the Rosenwald Fund; Doc
tors Davis, Koran and Bousseld, with
whom he conferred DUNG the national
conference called by DR.. Roscoe
Brown at the United States health
service in Washington. At that time
it was brought out that much has
been done to make available hospital
facilities for postgraduate work and
care of Negro patients by their own
family doctors in Carolina, George
and Louisiana.
DR.. Waller cited the FERA rules
and regulations No. z governing med
ical care provided in the home to re-
cipients of unemployment relief
These assure equal consideration for
all members of the medical profession.
Paragraph "b" reads:
Licensed practitioners of medicine
and related professions -When a
program of medical care in tn ehome
for INDECENT persons has been off
cially adopted, participation shall be
open to all physicians licensed to
practice medicine in the State, sub
ject to local statutory limitations and
the general policy outlined in regu-
lation 1, above. Physicians author
lied by relief officials to give medical
care under this program shall have
| accepted, or shall be willing to accept
the regulations and restrictions in
herent in such a program. In or
der to provide adequate medical care
it ma be desirable for local relief
officials to maintain on a district
basis a list or file of physicians in
the community who have agreed in
writing to comply with the officially
adopted program. Such a list OF
physicians should also facilitate a
more equitable distribution of or
ders for medical services.
"a similar policy and procedure
shall be followed in the peparation of
approved lists Of nurses. den
fists and pharmacists. Licenfiure
and, o. Restriction to practice their
respective professions in the State
shall be q prerequisite to approval of
graduate nurses. dentists, and phar-
macists for authorized participation
in the officially approved State pro-
gram for the provision Of medical
care fer indigsnt persons in their
homes