Evening star., 1936-04-14
HEALTH OFFICERS
SEE ROOSEVELT
Social Security Act Rules
and Regulations Are
Discussed.

President Roosevelt today received
at the White House delegates to the
Thirty-fourth Annual Conference of
the State and Territorial Health Off,
GERS, in session at Public Health Serv-
ice headquarters. The delegation was
led by DR.. Thomas Parran, jr, new
surgeon general.
Having occupied the morning with
reports on coordination of health and
welfare activities of the Government
and with general discussion Of pol
icies and procedures for administration
Of the social security act, the confer
ence planned to wind up its business
this afternoon with adoption Of reso-
lutions and a program. The two-day
session began yesterday.
The conference, presided over by
DR.. Parran. set up committees on
stream pollution, on problems Of she'll
fish sanitation and qualifications for
personnel to be employed by the States
and local health departments under
the security act.
DR.. Cumming Honored.
DR.. Hugh s. Cumming, retiring sur
geon general, was honored at ban
quet at the Willard Hotel, last night,
when he was made lifetime hon.
orary member Of the Conference Of
State and Provincial Health Authors
ties, an organization whose scope in
cludes Canada. The president of this
conference is DR.. H. E. Young, pro-
vincial officer of health, Province OF
British Columbia, and the vice presi-
dent Is DR.. Earle G. Brown, secretary
of the State Board of Health. Topeka,
Kans. The conference includes vir-
tually all members Of the similar or
ganization now in session here.
Responsibility of industry and the
public for protecting health of work.
ers was stressed at a symposium on
industrial hygiene yesterday after
noon, where the subject was surveyed
from many different angles, and the
growth of the movement was reviewed.
The conference indorsed a proposed
program for combating the social
diseases, as worked out by special
committee headed by Asst. Surg. Gen.
r. A. Vonderlehr, who was one Of the
speakers in symposium yesterday
morning outlining such a program.
The conference recommended that
this comprehensive program, explained
in printed document mailed long
ago to all delegates, 'be regarded as
a goal for the attainment of all health
departments"
Social Security Committee.
The Committee on Social Security
Program is headed by DR.. Arthur Nc
Cormack, State health officer of Ken
lucky, and includes these additional
State health officials: DR.. J. N. Baker,
Alabama; DR.. H. D. Chadwick, Mas
sachusetts: Dr. c. c. Slemons. Michi-
gan; DR.. A. j. Chesley. Minnesota: DR..
w. F. Cogswell, Montana; DR.. John
r. carp, New Mexico, and DR.. Edward
s. Godfrey, New York. Consultants
to this committee include Asst. Surgs
Gen. L. r. Thompson, w. F. Draper
and c. e. Waller, and DR.. e. L. Bishop
Of the National Advisory Health Cour-
| Gil, DR.. Martha Elliot of the Child
dren's Bureau and DR.. Bauer of the
| American Medical Association.
A special committee on qualifica-
tions of personnel to be employed un-
der the social security program Is
headed by DR.. r. H. Riley of Mary
land. A committee on record and
report forms to be recommended Is
headed by Dr.. F. J. Underwood Of
Mississippi, and includes among
others, DR.. G. c.. Rutland, health
officer Of the District of Columbia.
A special advisory group appointed
to confer with the sugeon general on
problems of sanitation and control Of
the shellfish industry, likely to be Of
vital interest to nearby Maryland and
Virginia, is headed by DR.. Slemons.
It includes, among others, DR.. Riley
Of Maryland and DR.. I. c. Riggin Of
VIRGINIA