The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-31
ANNUAL MEETING
 OF AHA IS HELD;
 DIRECTORS ADDED
Five Are Reelected as Is Mrs. Paul Splendid ,
 Financial Report

The election of additional mem bers to the Board of Directors oc- cupied the greater portion of the business session of the annual meet ing of the Alaska Tuberculosis Association Thursday evening, March 30 Previous to the report of the nominating committee, an amendment to the bylaws was adop- ted which makes the chairmen of the local Tuberculosis Committees throughout the Territory full direc- tors. This plan adds possible 20 members to the board and was done to secure the widest coverage avail able from every area in Alaska.
 Five directors whose terms ex- pired this year were reelected to three years terms. They are Dr. James c. Ryan, Dr. Clayton Policy, H. l.. Faulkner, J. B. Burford and J. Gerald Williams. The length Of term of the Is additional directors to be elected at this meeting was determined by lot and resulted in the following: for terms of one year, Waino Hendrickson, Eddie Belarde, Mrs. Earle Hunter, Mrs. George Watson of Douglas. and Mrs. Jean Travesay of Ketchikan. For terms ot two years. Fred Eastaugh, Major Eric Newbould, Max Penrod, Mrs. Kate Smith. Mrs. John LongwortE of Petersburg: for three yeal terms, Andy Barlow George Jor- gensen, John Maurstad. Mrs. Bessie Visaya and Mrs. Chris Wyller.
 Dr. Coddington Talks
 The featured speaker of the eve ming was Dr. Frederick Coddington thoracic surgeon at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, whose work is partly supported from Christmas Seal Sale funds. His subject was The Mechanical Factors in the Healing of Tuberculosis" With the assistance of charts prepared by himself he explained the purpose and techniques of such operative measures as pneumothorax, pneu- moperitoneum, thorocaplasty and crushing of the phrenic nerve in words which the layman can under stand.
 | Dr. Coddington also played a tape record of the first of his lectures on tuberculosis which are being broadcast from Mt. Edgecumbe over KALA. At their recent convention at Seward the Lions Clubs of Alaska have undertaken as project the cutting of these lectures on disks and their distribution over all the radio stations in Alaska.
 Review by Albrecht
 | pr. c. Earl Albrecht, Comrnis- sioner of Health, gave short re- view of the cooperative projects of the Alaska Tuberculosis Association with the official health agencies in the establishment of an efficient plan of tuberculosis control. He made three suggestions for future policies for the organization. First, [ continue your health education, both of the victim of tuberculosis and of the community. Fill the people of the Territory so full of the facts about tuberculosis that they vii gladly support my second sugges- ton, which is legislation. We must have more help from the legislature, more beds for the active cases on our register. My third point is re- mobilization. I do not mean occu- pational therapy I mean the sort of training that will enable man with an arrested case of tuberculosis to get back into self-supporting status in his community. This pro- gram takes money far beyond the means of the Alaska Tuberculosis Association, so that your greatest assistance in this project will be to create public opinion sufficiently strong to influence the legislature to give us the money to set up the program"
 Financial Report
 Mrs. Frances L. Paul, Executive Secretary of the ATA, gave pre- liminary financial report of the