Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
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Kennedy Health MESSAGE

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| lie health, and for helping
talented but needy students
pursue their professional educa-
ton. I recommended: Cd A
10-year program of grants to
plan and construct such pro-
fessional schools in order to
increase the Nations training
capacity, and 90 a program
of Federal scholarship aid for
talented students in need of
financial assistance, plus cost
education payments to the
schools. :.
ImmuniZati0n
There is no longer any reason
why American children should
suffer from polio, diphtheria,
whooping cough or tetanuS. . {.
I am asking the American
people to join in a Nationwide
vaccination program to stamp
out these four diseases, en-
couraging all communities to
immune both children and
adults, keep them immunized
and plan for the routine i'm
munization of. children yet to
be born. To assist the States
and local communities in this
effort over the next three
years, am proposing legisla-
ton authorizing a program OF
Federal assistance. This pro-
gram would cover the full cost
of vaccines for all children
under 5 years of age. It would
also assist in meeting the cost
of organizing the vaccination
drives begun during this period,
and the cost of extra personnel
needed for certain special
Health Research
I have proposed substantially
increased funds for the Ma
tional Institutes of Health for
1868, particularly for research
project grants, and the train
ing Of specialists in mental
Health. Expenditures by the in
stitutes in 1868 are estimated
to exceed $740 million-an in
crease of more than $500 mill
lion from the current year and
a fourfold increase in the last
five years. I am also renewing
my recommendation that the
current limitation on payment
of indirect costs by the Ma
tional Institutes of Health in
connection with research grants
to universities and other insti-
tutions be removed.
In keeping with the broaden
ing horizons of medical re-
search, I again recommend the
establishment of a new insti-
tute for child health and human
within the Ma
tional Institutes of Health.
Legislation to create this new
institute was introduced in the
last session of Congress.
AS a parallel action. I am
requesting authorization for
contracts and cooperative ar
for research re-
lated to maternal and child
health and crippled children's
services.
I also recommend that the
present Division of General
Medical Sciences at the Ma
tional Institutes Of Health be
given the status and title OF
an institute. This program sup
ports fundamental research in
biology and other sciences and
strengthens the research capa-
bilities of universities and other
institutions.
Last year, Congress enacted
legislation temporarily extend
ing and expanding the program
of Federal matching grants for
the construction of health re-
search facilities. This program
has been very successful. and it
should be further extended.
Mental Health
80. The discovery and wide
use of tranquilizing
drugs over the past six years
has resulted in an unprece-
dented reduction of $4,000 pa
tients in the census of our
State mental hospitals. But one
half of our hospital beds are
still occupied by the mentally
ill. and hundreds of thousands
of sufferers and their families
are still virtually without hope
for progress
I have directed the Secre-
tary of Health. Education and
Welfare. the Secretary of La
Dor and the Administrator of
Veterans Affairs, with the as
sistance of the Council of Eco
nomic Advisers and the Bureau