Evening star., 1938-07-12
Taylor Made G.. II. Il. Director:
Site for Hospital Considered
Dr.. Raymond SeIders Is
Named AssOciatiOn's
Medical Chief.

Appointment of Perry r. Taylor,
business manager and budget oficer of
the Rural Electrification Administra-
tion as administrator Of Group Health
Association, Inc, was announced today
coincident with g. H. A. request for
permission to build a hospital in Chevy
Chase, Md.
No definite plans for building the
hospital have been formulated as yet,
William c. Kirkpatrick, G. H. A. presi-
dent. said in explaining the associa-
tion's request to the Montgomery
County Commissioners was designed
merely to determine If the hospital
could be built in the Chevy Chase resi-
dental area If a site was selected there.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick also announced the
appointment of DR.. Raymond Selders
as medical director of the association.
DR.. Selders. who came here from Hous-
ton. Tex. as chief surgeon with G. H.
A. when it was founded last November.
has been acting medical director since
the resignation of DR.. Henry r. Brown
in April.
Hearing Set July Is.
The Montgomery County Commits
sioners set hearing for July Is on
the G. H. A. request for authority to
build a hospital and clinic on prop
erty designated as "Montrose," q tract
of approximately seven acres which is
bounded on the south by Chevy Chase
boulevard, on the east by Strattford
road, and on the north by the Federal
park area and on the west by Odutt
road.
This is just one of about Is sites
in and near the District we have oeen
looking into," Mr.. Kirkpatrick said.
Our plans have not progressed as
yet to the point where We can say
anything definite at all
The G. H. A. Board Of Trustees has
been authorized by its membership to
formulate plans for building its own
hospital to overcome difficulties caused
by virtual boycott" on its members
by existing local hospitals unless they
become patients of physicians on ap-
proved lists
Option Not Obtained.
Mr. Kirkpatrick said the G. H. A.
has not obtained an option on the
Chevy Chase property being con-
sidered, which is listed on the Mont
gomery County records as owned by
John F, and Emile NJ Crosby. It
formerly was the Richard P. Davidson
estate.
The land has an estimated valua-
ton of $35,000. exclusive of improve
ments assessed at $4,000, including
house assessed at $4,000 and other
buildings
In letter to the Board Of Com
missioners. Mr.. Kirkpatrick said that
if the G. H. A. hospital should be con-
structed there it would be used only
for the benefit Of G. H. A. membefs
and their dependents, with the under
standing the patients treated would
not include mental cases or those suf-
fering from contagious diseases.
The property is situated In q resi-
dental area, where q hospital can be
built only under authority of q special
ordinance.
Mr.. Taylor's fuu-time employment
to direct G. H. AS affairs WAS made
possible by the generosity of philan-
thropic foundation. whose identity was
not revealed, in donating funds for his
salary. according to the announcement
by Mr. Kirkpatrick
The growing services of the asso-
cio iv,
and curative medical care for its $500
members and their families necessi-
tated the creation of the post of ad-
ministrator in order that the medical
staff be relieved of all but purely pro-
fessional duties" Mr.. Kirkpatrick
said
G. H. A. offers medical service to
Government employees and their fam
(See G. H. A., Page A-4)