Evening star., 1949-05-04

svttsT. sltAegeh II Is aevsxtsxshls fer
.rtfe~ kaosra 70 yAe Sfer r. sss
novs de rlsrse Please hs a-ssf
where we lunched. heaeath nnoss-drape1
expresses they could easily have had sA~ts
canned" hmpktn musse. This bird il fond
in the United States only in the E~rxtsoes
National PARK ARA. excspi . fe~ further
north in the SgwArnee River swamp
National parks entered What naght he
called their ~Aather development wt~n
Director Mather spent his private fortune
where Congressional Appropriations wcFe not
ohtsinahse 30 years ago. The parks man
value then seemed 10 be IN their scenery
The year 1870 saw. however. the addition
Of nature guiding This was based upon
European studies thereof. II spread ike
prairie FIRE. Parks are now stated With
ranger naturalixts When World War II
broke some 1900 900 Americans were usans
same. This number probably will he doubled
now that EsSt-oi the -MiSsisSippi has Its
fair share Of National parks Fversla1es
National Park will accelerate this
Tampa. Fla. H O. STEEL
Insists That Social Insurance
Differs frem Potatoes and Autansehsl~s
To the rd,tes es Ths star:
As usual George Beveridse medical re
porter OF The Star. has turned out q superior
lob on highly controversial subject: He has
been fair. factual and understanding in ap-
praising the pros and cons of social insurance.
decades bitter debate over social in-
sIrance either Is reaching climax of stale
mate. Throughout this stormy period The
Star has sympathiged with doctors in their
desperate heht 10 keep their profession
free. The Star editorials ridiculed the idea
that physicians in selling their services
TO the ailing were tadesmen. within the
meaning OF the Sherman Act. Just ss pat
entity as those who sell potatoes or make
automobiles" July 27. 1882
Yet those sponsoring unlimited liability in
national health insurance continue 20 act
as II medical service was identical with po-
tatoes and automobiles. In Oregon and Cali
fornia the Department OF Justice Is meeting
the social dynamics of modern medical eco
nomics with ridiculous antitrust prosecutions
under the Sherman Act passed in 1890. This
administration bitterly condemns the use OF
courts and injunctive processes To protect
the Nations health and safety against para
lyzing strikes. But II is not above using a
similar compulsive technique against the
Nations doctors who never have been guilty
Of q strike. a showdown or q lockout against
the sick
1t is the utter hypocrisy OF these iail-the-
doctor but unconditional surrender to- unions
tactics which makes the healing arts sus-
picious and defiant. Surely the principles
OF collective bargaining should apply TO doc
tors as well as to other organized workers
This means a simple majority OF workers law
fully acts as the exclusive bargaining agent
in determining satisfactory wages and work
ing conditions New Deal revoutionists predi-
Gated their antitrust indictment OF the Amer
lean Medical Association on Its dominant
power" The courts themselves have vail
dated the thesis that the ANA possesses q
dominant position In respect 10 the rela-
tion Of Its 10000 doctors to the totalty OF
the Nations $4,000 qualified physicians.
Yet Mr.. Truman permitted Social Admins
traitor Oscar Ewing and 400 members OF
the Committee for the Nations Health 10
write chapter and verse Of his bitterly re-
sented health insurance scheme. Mr.. Tru-
man would not dare offer such eomtemp-
tuous humiliation to politically powerful
groups like the CIO and AFT,. Neither can
Mr.. Truman piously claim he opposes social
ization OF the healing arts. yet aegressive1y
sponsor compulsory health insurance that
is the spit-image of England's
There Is a simple answer to Mr.. Truman's
dilemma II he believes doctors have the
same rights az other workers. Repudiate
the Committee for the Nations Health.
There lis not q single plank In either party's
platform that sanctions 400 bargaining coll
lectively for 1876. 900 Reconvene the National
Health Assembly. Remove the veto power
of Oscar Ewing 10 obstruct progress toward
formulating social insurance predicated on
study consultation and sensible respect for
intelligent dissent.
The Star is right Social insurance In
different from potatoes and automobiles.
THOMAS e. MATTIN0LY, M d.
Puzzled by the Word "Serret"
In Connection with Conference
TO the Editor Of The star
Just now saw on the ticker the strangest
word have ever heard. II was something
about secret" conference between toe
American and Soviet representatives. VIII
some one please tell me. secret from whom
From the American taxpayers and the Rus
sian proletariat? Or from China?
CORAL MORGAN.
Lonely Hearts Administration Proposed
Az Supplement 10 Socialixed Medicine. Etc.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The various benevolent Government aeen-
eies now In operation and on order by the
Fair Deal care for nearly all the wants OF
citizens from the cradle to the grave Only