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Show Labels Will Urge Doctors to Back Kennedy Plan The patients will soon be telling tell-ing their doctors what to prescribe pre-scribe for them. On envelopes containing remittances re-mittances for their doctor bills, Americans will be gluing new red, white and black labels supporting sup-porting President Kennedy's health insurance plan for aged through Social Security. The labels will not go to the doctors alone. They will be on envelopes addressed to millions of other Americans in a new campaign to inform the public on the merits of the plan. The labels are being distributed distribut-ed to supporters of the plan by the National Council of Senior Citizens for Health Care through Social Security. They bear the message: "For Your Family's Sake, Support President Kennedy's Ken-nedy's plan for Health Insurance through Social Security." On each label is an illustration of the three generation theme of the plan: grandparents, parents and children. Said Aime J. Forand, former Rhode Island Congressman and chiarman of the Council: "The Council is sending out these labels to all its 700 member mem-ber clubs and supporting organizations. organi-zations. We feel this is an excellent ex-cellent way of getting the issue before the public, and we are going go-ing to glue the labels on all our letters. Envelopes containing remittances re-mittances for our doctor bills, of course, will head the list." The labels will be distributed before and during the week of May 14 when "Operation Petition" Peti-tion" will get under, way. This will be a door to door campaign sponsored by the National Council Coun-cil and will call for personal visits to doctors and neighbors by thousands of Americans young and old who support the President's plan. The drive will be culminated in mass rallies to be held simultaneously in many cities in the nation with a rally in New York on May 20 when President Kennedy will appear at Madison Square Garden for a major televised address. |