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Show Medical Assn. Okehs Goals of New Medic Political Unit The Council of the Utah State Medical Association approved the purposes and goals of the recently recent-ly organized Utah Medical Political Polit-ical Action Committee and urged all physicians, their wives and interested friends to join UMPAC UM-PAC and other political action committees in their states and communities. "Effective political action must be carried on at the local levei and effective implementation must be done by local groups of physicians," President Ralph E. Jorgenson, USMA, said. "The formation for-mation of UMPAC recognizes the need for a national medical polit-ican polit-ican action committee to coordinate coordi-nate the political activities of physicians groups at all levels throughout the country." The purposes of UMPAC, which is an organization separate and distinct from the Utah State Medical Association as required by federal law, are: 1. To promote and strive for the improvement of government by encouraging and stimulating physicians and others to take a more active and effective part in governmental affairs. 2. To encourage physicians and others to understand the nature and actions of their government as to important political issues and as to the records and positions posi-tions of political parties, officeholders office-holders and candidates for elective elec-tive office. 3. To assist physicians and others in organizing themselves for more effective political action ac-tion and for carrying out their civic responsibilities. - "Medical care in America is the finest in the world and the physicians want to keep it that way," reported Harold Bowman, executive secretary of the Utah State Medical Association. "As guardians of the public health, the doctors feel it their responsibility to steer away from socialized medicine. There are politicians and others who would have us go in that direction but experience has proved that it would be a sorry step backwards. We will fight socialized medicine through UMPAC, along with any other measures we know are not for the public good," said Mr. Bowman. "At the same time we will support any legislation through UMPAC, in or out of the field of medicine, that we feel is sound and beneficial." |