Evening star., 1938-07-13
SEVERAL HOSPITAL
SITES CONSIDERED
BY GROUP HEALTH
President of Cooperative
Sees No Question of
Financing.
CHEVY CHASE CITIZENS
WOULD WELCOME PLAN
Hendrickson and Calhoun Arc
Elected New Members of
Board of Trustees.

Although representatives of Group
Health Association, Inc, are to appear
before the Montgomery County Com.
missioners July IS to request author
ity to operate hospital and clinic in
Chevy Chase, Md. it was learned to-
day that this site is only one Of several
still under consideration for the pro-
posed hospital.
William c.. Kirkpatrick, president
OF Group Health, said today the trus-
tees Of the medical cooperative are
determined to go ahead in their plans
to provide hospital services for their
$500 members and families. The trus-
tees are convinced, he said, there is
sufficient demand for the hospital
among average -salaried Government
employees who are not getting the med.
ical service they need.
There Is no question" Mr. Kirkpat.
rick said, that the hospital can be
financed" He did not go into details
on plans for financing, but indicated
arrangements could be consummated
quickly.
In Residential Section.
The Chevy Chase site on which G.
H. A. has asked the county commits.
sioners to grant authority for operat-
ing the hospital is in a residential
section. Already the statutes allow
construction of the hospital there with
building permit, but the commits
sioners must pass an ordinance per.
mitting operation of a hospital before
it could proceed. 1t is understood the
residents Of the community would
welcome the hospital. The site is west
OF Wisconsin avenue, at Davidson
drive, and consists of seven acres.
G. H. A. has not decided definitely
whether it will build on this specific
site, Mr.. Kirkpatrick said today, as it
has some other propositions under
consideration, but wants to get per.
mission of the Commissioners to Cd.
crate the hospital in Chevy Chase,
if it should be decided to go ahead
there. There is a possibility some
building or institution might be pur.
chased outright.
Dwelling on Site.
There is a large dwelling on tho
Chevy Chase site, which could be
remodeled into hospital, it was said.
Meanwhile, two new members were
elected to the board of trustees Of
Group Health Association. They are
Roy F. Hendrickson, director of per.
sonnel Of the Agriculture Department,
and Leonard j. Calhoun, assistant
general counsel Of the Social Security
Board. They replace Horace Russell
and r. T. Berry, both former officials
of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board. who recently resigned from
the board Of trustees.
The newly-elected members, Mr..
Kirkpatrick said, are to hold Office
until the next annual meeting of the
association next January. Their Sc
lection rounds out the board of trus-
tees to its full membership of II.
Is Native of Iowa.
Mr.. Hendrickson is native Of Iowa
and was educated at the University Of
Minnesota. He was newspaper man
for 10 years, having been on the staf1s
of the Duluth (Minn) News-Tribune.
the Sioux City Uowa) Tribune and
the Associated Press.
He entered the Government service
in 1888 in the Interior Department
and transferred to the Agriculture De-
partment in 1924. He was appointed
director Of personnel on July /, this
year.
Mr.. Calhoun was born in Missis-
sippi and is graduate of Millsaps
College and Of the Law School Of the
University Of Virginia. After nearly
q decade spent in teaching and the
private practice Of law, he entered
the Government service in 1888 as as
sistant State manager of the Home
Owners Loan Corp, in Mississippi.
Senate Consultant.
In January, 1885, he became con.
sultant of the Senate Finance Com
mittee in Washington. Later in the
year he was appointed to the Social
Security Board as an attorney, being
promoted on January /. 1887, to the
rank of assistant general counsel.
Perry r. Taylor, business manager
and budget officer Of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration, was MAX
ing plans today to take over his new
full-time post August 1, as administra-
tor Of group health. DR.. Raymond e.
Selders, who has been acting medical
director, has been appointed medical
director, succeeding DR.. Henry Rolf
Brown.