Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1952-12-25 James H. Purdy, Jr. National Health Needs Reported To President The commission, reporting to President Truman after a year's study of the nation's health needs, suggested instead that a federal-regional-state program be worked out which would pay insurance premiums only for those who unable to afford payments under private plans. However, the group, headed by Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, was emphatic in declaring that pre-paid group health and medical insurance is the only way of providing adequate care for everyone The report urged that an additional one billion dollars a year be spent by the Federal government to expand and develop the nation's medical facilities Of this, 750 million dollars would be in Federal grants to the states to operate the pre-paid insurance plan. The 16-member commission told Mr Truman: "the maintenance of health must now be added to food, shelter and clothing as one of the necessities of living." The report declared the traditional, uninsured method of "pay as you go" for medical care is "breaking down" and said that existing insurance plans for hospitalization and medical care are "inadequate" because they limit payments to hospital and surgical care only The commission refused to propose a compulsory National Health Insurance, financed by payroll, deductions such as those for Social Security. It said "unfortunately, such a violent-controversy has arisen concerning this plan that it is very difficult to get an objective evaluation of its merits or demirits by those most concerned It must continue to receive study and consideration as a possible solution to the problem." Under the recommended cooperative health insurance plan, each state would set up its own program in conjunction with regional and local groups. The Federal funds would be provided on a matching basis. State plans would conform to minimum standards set by the Federal government and would be submitted to Washington for approval. The commission recommended that the plan "be tried on a pilot basis in several regions in order to determgine how far it might go toward the solution of the problem." In its-252-page report, the group also warned that the nation is faced with a growing shortage of modern hospitals, doctors, adequate research and other medical facilities. The commission also strongly recommended that a department of health and security be created under a new cabinet member. In another controversial recommendation, the report urged that segregation in hospitals be eliminated "since it detracts from the efficiency and equality of care" Other findings and recommendations of the report included: 1. There will be a shortage of doctors ranging from 22.000 to 45,000 by 1960. The commission urged that Federal funds be allowed for scholarships to students otherwise unable to attend medical and dental schools 2. The nation's hospitals and medical schools are in serious financial plight Recommended was that Federal funds be used to expand and modernize present facilities and create new schools in under-privileged areas and that state funds be alloted to improve their pre-professional colleges and secondary schols. 3 Not enough is being spent on medical and health research. The report commented: "last year's total expenditure of 180 million dollars amounted to only three-tenths of one per cent of the nation's defense budget and was less than the amount spent on monuments and tombstones." 4. Health services in the nation and communities are disorganized and inefficient. The report said: "the lack of organization that prevails in medical practice is the despair of the industrialist and the labor leader " MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL With our greetings of the Season goes our sincere wish that during the coming year we may again enjoy the pleasure of your friendship and good will. GREETINGS! We wish that Santa brings to you all the things, you want most. And may you enjoy the memories of Christmas happiness each and every day, pf the New Year ahead. Member Federal Deposit Ins. Corporation William Exum Appointed To NAIA Committee William Exum, head of Department of Physical Education and Athletic Director of Kentucky State College, has been appointed to the all important redistricting committee of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics by the president of the body, W. B. Reese of Eastern Washington-College,. Cheney, Washington. The NAIA is an all-powerful organization of smaller colleges, and is on par with the NCAA. Kentucky State College is a member of both organizations. The redistricting committee will consider four problems: Area of each district; number of members for each district, geographic peculiarities, potential strength and membership of each district. Church Group Sponsors Far East Tours A new type of tour which gives the traveler an informed picture of the country and the people he is visiting has been announced by the Church World Tours, 156-Fifth Avenue, New York. The first tour this year will be a 32-day trip to the Far East including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao, and Japan with stopovers in Honolulu for $1,900. The Church World Tours arc operated by the Board of Foregin Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and American the Board of Commissioners for Foregin Missions. Using Pan American World Airways' first-class services, members of the tour will leave San Francisco on March 10 for Honolulu, and after two days of visiting in the islands will go on to Manila, Hong Kong, Macao and Tokyo. Although the primary purpose of the tour program is to meet people of other cultures throughout the world, ample opportunity is afforded tour members for sightseeing and shopping in the cities of the Far East. A typical day in Tokyo, for instance, calls for a sightseeing trip to the Imperial Plaza, the Diet, Meiji Shrine, and the Rikugien Gardens. In the afternoon of the same day, the group will be given a reception by the officers of the National Christian Council and the United Church of Christ in Japan. The tour members will be given an opportunity to have fellowship with their world neighbors, not only in the major cities on the itinerary but in such places as the smaller and less well-known islands of the Philippines They will be able to see first-hand how the missionaries live and work and to learn from them the results of Christian mission work in the Far East. The Far East tour is one of a series of purposeful tours to be operated by Church World Tours during the year. Other tours will include Europe and the Middle East and Mexico and Guatemala. The Church, group has been operating a to our program for four years and last year ran a highly rating a tour program for four covering 30,000 miles and 12 countries. Officials said that the tours afforded the traveler a more intimate knowledge of the countries visited than is possible for the average tourist. In each country there are missionaries who know the people and the territory well and who can give the group the benefit of their years of experience in the foregin mission field. The tours, which are intended to strengthen the bonds of friendship between peoples, have in the missionaries the best instrument of promoting this friendship. The missionary, who has nothing to sell and is promoting nothing but good will, has an understanding of the people in his area which would be otherwise impossible to obtain. (CONGREGATIONAL) A new type of tour which gives the traveler an informed picture of the country and the people he is visiting has been announced by the Church World Tours, 156-Fifth Avenue, New York. The first tour this year will be a 32-day trip to the Far East including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao, and Japan with stopovers in Honolulu for $1,900. The Church World Tours arc operated by the Board of Foregin Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and American the Board of Commissioners for Foregin Missions. Using Pan American World Airways' first-class services, members of the tour will leave San Francisco on March 10 for Honolulu, and after two days of visiting in the islands will go on to Manila, Hong Kong, Macao and Tokyo. Although the primary purpose of the tour program is to meet people of other cultures throughout the world, ample opportunity is afforded tour members for sightseeing and shopping in the cities of the Far East. A typical day in Tokyo, for instance, calls for a sightseeing trip to the Imperial Plaza, the Diet, Meiji Shrine, and the Rikugien Gardens. In the afternoon of the same day, the group will be given a reception by the officers of the National Christian Council and the United Church of Christ in Japan. The tour members will be given an opportunity to have fellowship with their world neighbors, not only in the major cities on the itinerary but in such places as the smaller and less well-known islands of the Philippines They will be able to see first-hand how the missionaries live and work and to learn from them the results of Christian mission work in the Far East. The Far East tour is one of a series of purposeful tours to be operated by Church World Tours during the year. Other tours will include Europe and the Middle East and Mexico and Guatemala. The Church, group has been operating a to our program for four years and last year ran a highly rating a tour program for four covering 30,000 miles and 12 countries. Officials said that the tours afforded the traveler a more intimate knowledge of the countries visited than is possible for the average tourist. In each country there are missionaries who know the people and the territory well and who can give the group the benefit of their years of experience in the foregin mission field. The tours, which are intended to strengthen the bonds of friendship between peoples, have in the missionaries the best instrument of promoting this friendship. The missionary, who has nothing to sell and is promoting nothing but good will, has an understanding of the people in his area which would be otherwise impossible to obtain. A Place For Special Parties MARIAN AND JOHNNY CAFE, at 743 Wells is opened for private parties during the holiday season. You may call for private rooms with a small fee for services and will have a personal service for your immediate attention. This place is well situated and prepared to make your every service a smile. Hollis F. Price, President LEADERS AT SOUTH-WIDE YOUTH CONFERENCE — to be held Dec. 29, 30, 31 at Allen University, Columbia, S. C. Top row, left-right, Keynote speaker J. W. Marshall, President Wayland Baptist College, Plainview, Tex.; other speakers: Dr. Herman H. Long, Dir. Dept, of Race Relations, American Missionary Ass.n Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn.;" Dr. Albert E. Barnett, Prof, of New Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory Univ., Ga.; Aubrey W. Williams, Sr., Pres. Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc., Montgomery, Ala.; Bottom row: Conf. Chmn.; Ben Binkley, theological student, Emory Univ., Ga.; Commission Chmn.; Grady H. Donald, Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, Tenn.; Carl Schowengerdt, Senior, Central College, Mo.; Patricia Smothers, Junior, Berea College, Ky.; not shown, Wiletta Moore, Student Asst. to the President, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Ark. Fire Marshall Gives Rules For Fire-Prevention Be careful during the Christmas season and live, Atlanta Fire Marshall. R. C. Endicott warned families here, as a report revealed that out of 11,000 lives lost in fires last year, 7,000 occurred from fires in the homes with a child total of 22 per cent. The marshall asked that Atlantans follow eight safety rules during the Yule season to guard against death by fire. They are as follows: 1. When putting up a Christmas tree, get one cut down as recently as possible, cut-off the butt at about one inch above the original cut and at 45 degree angle, place ho tree in a container of water keep the water level above the cut). Tree stands designed for this purpose are available at many stores. Place the tree away from exits, healing appliances, and lighting fixtures, and be sure your tree lights arc in good condition. DO NOT USE CANDLES! 2. For decorations use metal tinsel, flake abestos, powdered mica or similar non-combustible materials. DO NOT USE COTTON OR PAPER. If paper is used, make sure it has been treated to resist flame, and keep it away from all sources of heat (including electric light bulbs) and sparks. 3. Dispose of wrappings from gifts immediately and remove all evergreens promptly after Christmas. 4 Smokers, should stay six or eight feet from the combustible giftpapers, tree, etc. 5 Screen the fireplace and do not fireplace for burning wrappings and decorations. 6 Don't give your children, celluloid dolls or toys, or non-flameproof cowboy suits, etc. Toys requiring alcohol, kerosene, or gasoline are especially dangerous. Electric toys should not be given unless they bear the U. L. label. FIREWORKS arc always dangerous. 7. Keep a pail of water, or better still, an approved fire extinguisher, handy for emergencies. It's a good idea to keep a garden hose connected and within easy reach of all points in the house. If you do have a fire DON'T DELAY IN CALLING YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT! Call us first and then do what you can to extinguisher or control the fire until help arrives. In attacking a blaze in a room, be sure and stay between the fire and an exit, so you wont be cut-off by the fire. 8. Keep every exit clear and unobstructed at all times. Of the 11,000, lives taken by fire last year in America, the United States 'Census Bureau reports that 7,000 deaths occur from fire in the homes. The toll of young children under five years of age is heavy — 22 percent of the total. Safeguard the lives of your family by practicing the simple principals of Fire Prevention, not only through the holidays, but throughout the year. Fact And Fun White supremacy, in varied forms has been preached so often that it came as a distinct surprise to learn that a noted white anthropologist asserts that the Negro is the most advanced type of human. Dr. Mervyn David Waldegrave recently stated that man's common ancestor was dark skinned and that whites arc only bleached specimens of original, dark skinned primitive man. The doctor said that while whites were still dark skinned, the Negro sprang from the common ancestor. among which were: Gorillas have To prove his argument. Dr. Waldegrave listed several contentions, very thin lips. Negroes have thick lips. 2. Whites are thick skulled as are many early mammals, while Negroes possess thin skulls and slender bones. 3. White's hearts are mammalian with two arteries, while many Negroes have a third large artery. "Those trees are two thousand years old," a father told his sixyear-old son on their first visit to see the California redwood trees. Ten years later they were again viewing the trees. The father asked, "Dou you remember these trees, son?" "Sure," answered the son, "these are the redwoods and they are two thousand and ten years old." A minister of a small church was on his way to service when he passed three dirty-faced lads gathered about an equally dirty dog. The minister stopped, asking: "Why aren't you boys in church?" "We're seeing who can tell the chance?" dog as a prize. You want a take a "The very idea!" exclaimed the outraged minister. "I have never told a lie in my life." "Why go any further?" asked one of the boys. "Giv him the dog. fellows." For those who enjoy telling jokes and funny stories, a word of advice: Make them as short as possible. If you stretch them out you usually give the listener time to think of one to tell you. A short tempered bachelor was forced to make a visit to see the year-old son of his friend. The mother led the visitor into the living room where the child was tottering about, on shaky legs. "Look at him," gushed the proud mother, "he's been doing that for two months." "What's the matter?' asked the bachelor. "Can't you make him sit down?" Out of the usual line, but worth telling is the story told of Stalin once going out in disguise among the population of Moscow. A line of citizens was passing a large picture of him and they raised their hats and bowed reverently at the reproduction of the Russian leader. Noticing that his likeness was bespattered with mud. Stalin passed it with a scowl on his face, forgetting completely to tip his hat. An elderly citizen behind Stalin rushed up, gripped his arm, and confided: "Most of us feel the same way, but what you did is dangerous." Indian Leader To Address Rights Group Sir Iafrulla Khan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and a leader of the Arab-Asian bloc in the United. Nations will deliver the principal address at the public meeting of the Joint Convention of the American Council on Human Rights in the Public Auditorium in Cleveland Ohio on Sunday, December 28, 1952 Ten thousand delegates and Clevelanders are expected to attend the public meeting. President Harry S. Truman will be presented a bronze plaque by the American Council on Human Rights for his forthright contribution to human rights during his administration Secretary of the Interior Oscar L Chapman will receive the award on behalf of President Truman and will deliver a response. The third speaker will be Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson, president of Howard University, who will discuss "The People Mobilize for Human Rights.' Also on the program will be Elmer W. Henderson, Director of the American Council on Human Rights, who will review 'the aims and purposes of the Council. James E. Scott of Washington, D. C, will preside. The Joint Conventions will be a historic event in the history of the six Negro Greek-letter societies who compose the American Council on Human Rights with a total membership of over 70,000 college trained people. They are Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and Beta Phi Beta Sorority. The theme of the Joint Conventions which will attract over 5,000 delegates from all over the country is "Mobilization for Human Rights," and will dramatize the program and activities of ACHR. The Council with headquarters in Washington, D. C, has fought unceasingly on the Federal level for Civil Rights legislation, equality of participation in federal government program and equality of opportunity for all citizens without regard to race or color. Sir, Iafrulla Ehan one of the world's great statesmen has recently distinguished himself as a leader of the Arab-Asian group of nations who are fighting against racial discrimination in Moroco, Tunisa, South Africa and other part's of the world. He will speak on the "Global Struggle' for Human Rights." He will be introduced by Mrs. Edith Sampson, member of the United States Delegation to the United Nations. Season's Greetings Christmas is wonderful.... and its arrival always brings to us the realization that we have such wonderful friends. May your Holiday Season be filled with outstanding happiness. Move Costello To Small Jail Frank Costello, who refused to answer crime probers' questions during a Congressional hearing, was transferred from the Atlanta Federal penitentiary Monday in a move that blocked temporarily his attempts to be freed, A petition for freedom on a writ of habeas corpus was denied because of the transfer to the federal correctional institution at Milan, Michigan. However, Costello's attorney in Atlanta, Ralph Quillian, said he will file notice of appeal from that decision Tuesday in the District Circuit Court of appeals. Costello claimed in the court ac tion that he was illegally imprisoned at the Federal penitentiary. His conviction and sentence— a total of 18 months for contempt of Congress—called for his being held he contended, in a "common jail." The petition was dismissed because, the Milan institution to which Costello is en route falls, in the category of "common jail," Costello was placed aboard a especially-built bus along with other prisoners before daybreak yesterday. Warden W. H. Hiatt said he had no information on when the gambler will reach Milan. HOW'S THIS? Oh, he married a WAVE, but ho waved at a WAC, so instead of a wave from the WAC he won but a whack from the WAVE he had wed,—Navy Yard Salute.