Show TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS ARE I GIVEN O. O K Capital Issues Board Approves Ap Ap- proves ro res of Plans of National T Ass Association oll 1 i New ew cw York Jul July Pressing 27 7 PJ Pressing need for Immediate Increase of oC hospital facilities to accommodate persons said to number more than In the United States Is Js emphasized emphasized em em- In a statement Issued here to tod today today to- to d day b by the National Tuberculosis association asso- asso In the efforts to provide such Increases It was asserted the expenditure expendi expendi- ture lure involved ol would be kept to a uin- uin during the tho continuance of oC the war The Io association announced It Il was co operating in In inthis this connection with the capital issues committee of ot the lire federal fed- fed eral cial eral reserve reser board The statement reads It was recently reported that In connection with the conservation of oC capital for war purposes the Mlle the capital Is Issues Issues issues Is- Is sues committee would probably not approve anything except the mo most L In Inexpensive Inexpensive In- In expensive temporary structures In the the tho wa way of new hospital buildings for fOI care of oC sufferers from tuberculosis Our association and the 1500 or more state and local tuberculosis agencies throughout the country were oC course Ir greatly concerned over o the report We e feared It might m mean an the holding up for the thc duration of ot the thc war of an any adequate Increase In hospital and sanatorIum sanatorium sanatorium sana sana- accommodations As Aa something more than persons are now suffering from this disease in the United States and as the previous shortage in accommodations has hag been rendered more acute b by the problem of or providing pro proper care for men rejected in the draft and discharged from the army arm armon on account of oC tuberculosis an any ban banat at buildings of ban at this time lime on new I proper character would be extremely n I serious I Ao Xo Felt We Ye have ha now gone one Into the question question ques ques- tion with the thc capital issues committee commit commit- tee tec however er and find that Its rulings In this matter are aio b by no means so rigid as first understood and ami that the thc attitude atti atU- attitude tude of OC Its members is one of oC open open- regarding the actual needs In this field and willingness to adjust their policy accordingly The Tho committee according to Information Information information mation now at hand does n not mit t pass upon and Indeed has nothing todo wiil with building projects which do not require I the Issuance of or bonds bond or other securities securities securities ties or those which can be bc covered b by capital Issues not Hot exceeding It also appears that thal other building I operations not thus exempted will 1 necessarily be limited to temporary structures but that permanent structures structures structures tures ma may be approved ed If IC the difference i In cost Is not nol too large or If It special i circumstances such as a rigorous climate climate cli cli- mate make It Il necessary v These facts ha have haC C now been communicated communicated communicated com com- to tho the tuberculosis associations associations associations of every state stale Plans and esti estimates estimates mates as to the I most economical types of permanent buildings and of certain practicable temporary structures ha have haC C been requested to submit to the tho capital capital capi capi- tal issues committee O Our r board of caPI 1 di directors directors directors di- di rectors has adopted a resolution ex expressing expressing expressing ex- ex pressing the desire of or tuberculosis agencies to work heartily and earnest earnest- earnestly i i J ly with the tile government in taking the course which will do the country the I most good with the least harm |