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Show I V Page Four FRIDAY, DECEMBER 291961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Medical Association Sets Date For Finding Indigent Care Plan The House of Delegates of the Utah State Medical Assn., at a special meeting has set April, 1962, as the target date for the working out of a new and up to date program for medical care for the indigent, through the State Welfare Commission, said Harold Bowman, executive sec-retary of the USMA. "Utah's doctors are perform-ing medical services for welfare department on the basis of a temporary agreement set up in July, 1957. The program was supposed to function for about six months until a more suitable plan was worked out. That was over four years ago, but we are still operating on the old pro-gram, which has become more and more difficult for doctors," he said. "Under the long antiquated arrangement, physicians have accepted fifty per cent of the regular fee for welfare medical work, but it costs most doctors at least fifty per cent of the fee to handle patients in an office. In addition, it costs more to handle a welfare patient than it does a regular patient because of the reports and paper work necessary to receive compensa-tion. Most doctors actually lose money handling such cases. This is the reason that doctors, almost unanimously, favor performing the indigent work for nothing at established clinics rather than getting the inadequate fee in the office. "Over the years, funds for welfare aid have increased, but more and more have been spent for hospitalization and , drugs, while a smaller proportionate share has been given to doctors for basic medical care. In this way the responsibility of the state, through the welfare de-partment, has been shifted from the state more and more on the shoulders of Utah's doctors who have always guaranteed that all persons in the state will be sure of medical help whether they can pay for it or not. "This has become a heavy burden for the doctors of Utah who donate from 12 to 14 per cent of their working time to charity, but the burden is now getting heavier. Legislation has been enacted whereby indigent segments of the popultaion do not have to ask for a double charity the state and doctor. Federal funds are available when matching funds are provided by a state legislature, but even with matching federal funds, money appropriated by the Utah Legis-lature has fallen far short of the needs of the state, despite the tremendous contributions of the doctors. We feel that the people in need are entitled to the 'same attention as other persons, and we respectfully request that the problem be studied by the legis-lators, the legislative council, the welfare department and the various counties to put the re-sponsibility where it lies. "Until then the Utah doctors will continue to provide medical care as they have done in the past and will help to establish and staff free clinics but in the meantime the problem must be brought out for a solution by state and county leaders before April 1," he stated. I 1 THE SALT LAKE TIMES S Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal News fCSflcSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second Independent dass matter August 23, 1923, under the act of March 8, 1879. newspaper 71l South West Temple Telephone EM 64 I I . GLENN BJORNN. Publisher Volume 41 Number 31 "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." the LEASED GRAPEVINE The Salt Lake City Commis-sioners and the city auditor who were re-elect- ed to four year terms in November took their oaths of office Thursday morn-ing in city commission chambers. Sworn in by City Recorder Her-man J. Hogenson were Streets Commissioner Joe L. Christen-sen- , Water Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison and City Auditor Auditor Louis E. Holley. City Traffic Engineer James W. Challis this week claimed that parallel parking on State Street from South Temple to Broadway has proved "excellent in moving traffic and has been good for business in the down-town area." He said the test of parallel parking along State Street "appears to have been successful." Richard L. Bird, Jr., a Salt Lake attorney, this week suc-ceeded John F. Eberhardt as president of the Bonneville Ki-wan- is Club. The Utah State Park and Rec-reation Commission this week approved development budgets for 10 projects at a year-en- d meeting in commission offices. The budgets, totaling $515,000, include $286,000 for the Wasatch Mountain Park land acquisition payments and $58,000 for resto-ration of Brigham Young's win-ter home at St, George. Regular garbage collections in Salt Lake City Monday, Jan. 1, will be suspended and continued Tuesday to give employes a holi-day New Year's Day, reported Streets Commissioner Joe L. Christensen. The Department of Interior this week confirmed that the Yellowstone Park Co. is trying to sell its assets in the park, al-though the firm has grossed $5 million last year. The company operates in the park on a 20-ye- ar contract which was signed in 1956. National Wildlife Week , for 19 62 will be observed March 18 to 24. Theme this year will be, "Waterfowl for the Future by Conservation of Wetlands which Benefit Man and Wildlife," ac-cording to the National Wildlife Federation. Observance will be sponsored in Utah by the Utah Wildlife Federation and affiliated local clubs in the state. Raymond W. Nash, airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray-mond J. Nash of 825 W. Sixth South, and Raymond F. Knight, aviation storekeeper second class son of Mr. and Mrs. ohn Super to San Diego recently aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS from a cruise with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. The ship visited Hawaii, apan, Okinawa and Hong Kong, and was a unit of the task group that escorted President Eisenhower from Manila to Formosa during his visit to the Far East. Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes. Daniel Defoe. Action makes more fortunes than caution Vauvenargues. A New Year's Resolution (Continued from Page One) Though he has learned to see and hear electronically to the outer reaches of the universe, his mind has been unable to cross the narrow boundaries of prejudice. Though he has made impressive strides toward the conquest of outer space, he still has much to learn about the intricacies of inner space about man himself and his aspirations for freedom and justice. More than ever before, as a new year begins, we must re-dedic-ourselves to the principle of brotherhood which runs like a golden thread through the rich tapestry of history. It is a principle enshrined in the Declaration of Independence by Washington, Jefferson and the other founding fathers; a prin-ciple which over the years has fired men's imaginations and kindled their hopes for a better world. To remind us of the towering importance of this principle, the National Conference of Christians and Jews sponsors the Brotherhood Week each year during the month of February. Its purpose is to underscore the fact that Brotherhood, to be fully meaningful, must be expressed in terms of action, of something we can all do every day of the year. There is something we can do. We can start today by treat-ing one another rich and poor, Christian and Jew, colored and white in a way that will clearly reflect our belief in the basic ideal of Brotherhood an ideal which has illuminated America's greatest hours. In this way, each of us can help bring about an awareness of its importance to each of us individually, to our nation and to the world, which has become too small for anything but Brotherhood. BLM Completes Survey in Blanding Area As part of a process to deter-mine surface rights on many unpatented mining claims in the Shay Mesa Blanding area in San Juan County, U. S. Bureau of Land Management recently completed an examination of BLM-administer- ed lands in that area. The tracts examined are in townships 28, 32, 36, 37 and 38 south, and ranges 18, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26 east. The area has timber and range improvement projects consisting of fences, re-seedi- ng projects and stock water facilities. According to R. D. Neilson, Utah State BLM Director, the procedure is required under Public Law 167, wheih provides a means by which the govern-ment may manage and dispose of vegetative resources on un-patented mining claims. How-ever, the prcoedure in no way limits individuals in prospecting for and mining valuable mineral which may be located under U.S. mining laws. The BLM procedure enables the United States to manage the surface resources on land now covered by unpatented mining claims located before July 23, 1955. On all mining claims lo-cated after that date, the law provides that surface rights re-main with the United States until the claims go to patent. Indoor Golf Fad Sweeping Country The newest fad in the country club set is holding mid-wint- er golf outings. At club after club across the country they are donning shorts, golf shirts and rakish hats, form-ing foursomes and teeing off for nine holes of tournament play. This does not mean they are turning to a golfing equivalent of polar bear clubs of midwinter swimmers. Rather, the January golf tourneys are scheduled in-doors with a new game, which simulates the real thing with nine table top holes, imaginary clubs and the luck of the cards. The country club crowd as well as society benefits in using the game for tournament play. Developed by golf champion Arnold Palmer, Inside Golf if just what the name implies a way to play golf indoors in any and all weather. Some of the most enthusiastic Inside Golf tournament players, in fact, are wives to whom real golf courses have been primarily landscaped backdrops for the country club dances and bridge games. "The biggest enthusiasts of all may well turn out to be the so-cial chairmen of the nation's country clubs," muses the game's inventor, David Bremson. "They have latched on to the game in their constant quest for new party ideas. I guess they are in-trigued by golf that defies the calendar." The indoor golf idea is spread-ing from the country clubs to charities and community organi-zations, which are holding inside golf tournaments as fund-raisin- g events. ' Of the Highest Character Some people probably believe that the stock market is a dog-eat-do- g operation in which the devil takes the hindmost and caveat emptor is the guiding rule. So it may have been in past times, but it certainly isn't any longer. Stringent rules have been established by the exchanges themselves, by state governments and by the federal government which are designed to assure, so far as that is humanly possible, the highest standard of honesty and reputable dealing. But all rules, like all laws, are subject to violation. Sharpies and crooks are always among us. A short time ago the Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange suspended a firm because ot was "in such financial condition that it could not be permitted to continue in business with safety to its creditors." Thereafter, charges of fraud were preferred against one of the firm's partners. The next step was to expel this partner from membership in the Exchange and to eliminate the firm itself as a member. But this was not the last step. The Exchange's Board took another very long one. Under a set of specific conditions it offered to put up the sum of approximately $690,000 to provide relief for customers "who dealt in good faith and at arm's length with the firm and who might otherwise sustain losses as the result of the misuse of their securities entrusted to the firm." A plan detailing how payments are to be made to aggrieved parties and specifying necessary conditions has been filed with a U. S. District Court. The Exchange has gone all out to reimburse investors from a fraud which was beyond its control no less than theirs. Here, certainly, is an outstanding example of business ethics of the highest character. "Annie Laurie" was written because a Scotsman, William F. Douglas, was so enamored of a bonnie lass that hecouldn't sleep for thinking of her. His thoughts fell into rhyme patterns, and al-though he was no composer, he had the presence of mind to set them down in writing. OO Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.- - Helen Keller. 0O0-- A good intention clothes itself with power. Emerson. Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage, and not a harbor. Toynbee. |