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most glad and most happy to give our
services to be Of help to you in that
respect"
Miss Roche, speaking for "all our
Federal agencies" expressed "our re-
newed appreciation" to the A. M. A..
president for his statement.
All three speakers in the "love feast"
opening drama were given rounds Of
applause.
To clarity further the cooperation
movement, The Star sought out DR..
Morris Fishbein, editor Of the Journal
OF the A. M. A., for an interview.
DR.. Fishbein's Views.
DR.. Fishbein said, These concilia-
tory overtures between the Interdepart-
mental Committee and the medical
association represent an effort to
achieve the purposes of the conference
In finding the best way to deliver good
medical service to al 1.-The people, and
to remove the emphasis which has
been placed on the personal dissatis-
factions Of small minority groups with
in the medical profession.
For the benefit of the public"
continued Mr.. Fishbein, "and the
protection Of medical standards and
maintenance Of the quality of medi-
cal service, the physician must BE-
master in the house of medicine"
The technical committee report
was first explained in part by DR..
Clifford E. Waller of the Public
Health Service, and DR.. Martha Eliot
OF the Children's Bureau, Labor De-
partment, members Of the technical
committee. This was to be followed
later by other members of the com-
mittee this afternoon and tonight.
DR.. West delivered an earnest
reply to critics of the medical pro-
fession near the close of yesterdays s
session. DR.. West deplored "the ver-
liable flood Of unfounded criticism
and even villification of the medical
profession" which he said had been
pouring in over period Of months.
He stressed the ''one thought of the
medical professionalism the public
interest, shall be served" and insisted
the A. M. A. had "co-operated to the
fullest extent possible with Federal,
State, community, civic and other
organizations" in the interest of public
health.
Technical Report.
The report of the Technical Com
mittee on Medical Care was officially
summarized as showing that de
f1ciencies in the present health serv-
ice fall into four broad categories::"
81. Preventive health services for the
Nation as a whole are grossly tnsuf-
ficient.
'2. Hospital and other institutional
facilities are inadequate in many
communities, especially in rural areas,
and financial support for hospital care
and for professional services in hos
pitals is both insufficient and pre-
carious, especially for services to peo-
pie who cannot pay the costs of the
care they need.
g. One-third Of the population, in
cluding persons with or without in
come, is receiving inadequate or no
medical service.
a. An even larger fraction Of the
population suffers from economic
burdens created by illness"
Submits Program.
The committee submitted q program
OF five recommendations for meeting
with reasonable adequacy existing
deficiencies in the Nations health
services
The committee did not suggest that
1t was practicable to put into effect
Immediately the maximum recon-
mendations. It contemplates q grad
ual expansion along well-planned
lines with view to achieving opera
tions on full scale within 10 years.
The five recommendations briefly
were as follows:
l. Expansion of public health and
maternal and child health services.
2. Expansion Of hospital facilities.
3. Medical care for the medically
needy.
4. A general program Of medical
care, largely for "self-supporting per-
sons . to anticipate and meet
sickness costs on budget basis"
B. Insurance against the loss Of