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Show 'Or ITTAH ' MAY 291 . p1 Dfsica K0K5D1CAI ROOM lf'lc Brdj JJW(DJJi --ilJlllllliv w) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1962 Millions of Americans Share Hope for Health Care of Aged By U.S. Rep. Cecil B. King (D-Cali- f.) Co-spons- or of the King-Anderso- n Health Care for the Elderly Bill President Kennedy resumed his battle for medical care for the elderly under Social Sec-urity with the heartening knowl-edge that among Americans of all adult age groups 70 per cent now "favor" the social security principle as the best method to provide health protection for our Senior citizens. In addition, the chief opposi-tion, the American Medical As-sociation's lobby against Social Security for health care, is cur-rently being vigorously opposed by a newly formed committee of physicians, mostly members of the AMA. One of the prime objectives of the new organization will be to provide facts in rebuttal to' the AMA's much abused and erroneous claim that it is "social-ized medicine." Although the AMA spent well over $150,000 during the first half of 1961 to defeat the Ad-ministration's health care for the elderly bill, I am confident that no amount of money, no matter how large, will again frustrate the will of the great majority of the 183,000,000 Americans. A co-spons- or of the King-Anders- on health care for the aged bill, I have devoted considerable time to place before the public the undeniable facts surrounding the urgent need for medical care for the aged through Social Sec-urity. And, through the Admin-istration's determination to take this proposal to the people the result has been the overwhelm-ing citizen approval of the King-Anderso- n Bill. The undisputable fact is that among the most pressing prob-lems of the aged is the growing inability to afford health care when they need it most. People over 65 are in hospitals on the average, more than 2Vz times as often as younger people. In recent years these problems have been aggravated by rising hospital costs. The costs have more than tripled in the last 15 years. Statistics cannot measure the anxiety and suffering of elderly people who see their small sav-ings, their homes, their security about to be swept away by the near certainty of expensive ill-ness. Behind the facts and figures are human beings average Americans of 65 realizing that in the days ahead there are al-most certain to be faced with large hospital bills. What they worry about is what happens if they get sick. Will their children be able to help? Will they have to draw their last dollar from the bank, for the first time in their lives mortgage their homes, apply for relief and go through the humili-ation of a test of need, ask help from friends? The general public, it appears, has reached the conclusion that the Social Security approach is the Nation's answer to the prob-lem to meet the costs of medical care for the aged. There will be in existence a significant gap that denies to all but those with the highest in-comes a full measure of security the high cost of ill health in old age until such health assist-ance is financed under the Social Security system as proposed by the King-Anders- on Bill. Sen. Moss Blasts Gov. Clyde For Blocking Monument Growth the House Interior Committee that the Department of the In-terior postpone action on the Natural Bridges addition. Moss said the Clyde letter opj posed the land addition saying: "Continued enlargement of na-tional monuments reduces the potential resources development of our state." Clyde stated that one section of state land and one school sec-tion were within the affected lands. He stated that "there is no oil and gas production in this (Continued on page 8) SENATOR FRANK E. MOSS Senator Frank E. Moss CD-Uta- h) Wednesday castigated Governor George D. Clyde of Utah for blocking the proposed addition of 5,241 acres to Natural Bridges National Monument. Moss said he has been asked by San Juan County officials to investigate the delay and assist in expediting the proposed addi-tion. He said all members of the Utah Congressional delegation support the improvement at Natural Bridges, which was rec-ommended as part of the Mission 66 program. He charged Clyde with using the same arguments he has used against the Canyonlands National Park bill to "delay and attempt to block an effort to improve our scenic areas which attract additional tourist business." In a letter to San Juan County Commissioner Hyrum T. Black, Senator Moss wrote, in part: "We all know that Natural Bridges National Monument has been established for more than fifty years. It is relatively small in size and has attracted com-paratively few visitors because of its lack of visitor facilities and until recently lack of access roads. In recent years a con-certed effort has been made to improve the Monument by the building of roads and by the ex-pansion of the boundaries to per-mit the building of a visitors' center and other accommoda-tions. At the Arches ceremony Senator Bennett recounted proudly the funds that were made available for this purpose under Mission 66. With these im-provements, it is expected that Natural Bridges would attract a great many more tourists than has been the case in the past." Senator Moss then said Gover-nor Clyde had written a letter to Congressman David S. King which formed the basis for a re-quest of Chairman Aspinall of Women Demo Club Planning for Spring Luncheon MRS. VIOLA C. ALLEN The annual spring luncheon and card party of the Women's Democrat Club is to be held at Memorial House, Memory Grove Park, June 2 at 1:00 p.m., $1.25 per person. The president, Mrs. Viola C. Allen, wishes to invite all mem-bers and friends to attend. Call Mrs. Roscoe Boden, HU 32, for reservations. The social committee is as fol-lows: Mrs. George Daly, Mrs. Roscoe L. Boden, Mrs. Alvina Mayne and Mrs. Marguerite M. Dougherty. The decorations: Mrs. Louis Holley, Mrs. Joseph M. Barnes, Mrs. Glen B. Woolley, and Mrs. Sunday Anderson; hos-pitality, Mrs. Clara Morgan and Mrs. Sunday Anderson; tickets, Mrs. Charles E. Pickett, Mrs. Wayne Carlson and Mrs. Mar-garet Evans. Senior Citizens Attack AMA For Medicare Stand An organization of 600,000 older persons today attacked the American Medical Association for opposing a government plan to help the aged pay hospital bills, while doctors collect mil-lions of tax dollars from gov-ernment programs. "The American Medical As-sociation's record," said the Na-tion Council of Senior Citizens, "shows the AMA believes what's good for doctors is not always good for their patients." The National Council co-spon- sor with its 700 member clubs of more than 30 mass ral-lies throughout the United States next Sunday is spearheading a campaign for President Ken-nedy's program for health care for older persons. The President made a national radio and TV address at the Madison Square Garden rally in New York City. In an eight-pag- e pamphlet released recently entitled "Oper-ation Negative The Record of the American Medical Associ-ation on Social Legislation," the National Council said: "The AMA is not consistent. By its actions, it apparently con-tends that direct Federal assist-ance is OK for doctors, but that a program that would help the aged pay their own hospital bills is bad for their patients. This simply does not make sense. Somewhere along the line, the AMA has developed a split per-sonality." The pamphlet states: Doctors throughout the coun-try are borrowing Federal funds to expand their offices or to buy new medical equipment; Under the government's medi-care program for civilian depen-dents of servicemen, some pri-vate physicians near military bases collect as much as $10,000 a year; And, the public health service is spending close to $10 million a year in direct payments to phy-sicians and hospitals for medical services to merchant seamen and American Indians. The AMA, it is reported, goes along with these programs and does not condemn the govern-ment's program of direct finan-cial assistance providing (Continued on page 8) TODAY'S a EDITORIAL f We Have Moved Thanks to Democrats The record of these months of new American pur-pose is clear: We have made our beginning. We are moving forward once again. We are once accomplishing things more, and we are going to continue the job. During these new months of Democratic stewardship not just Democrats but all Americans have moved for-ward. We have moved to help wipe out the pockets of distress, poverty, and despair which have dotted the (Continued on Page Four) News Preview j 1 An anti-Hoff- a Teamsters j I clique is negotiating terms for j j a return to the AFL-CI- O . . . j jThe Billie Sol Estes-Agricul- -j ture Department scandal is j I expected to reach into at least j j three other states . . . Vatican- - 2 Israeli ties are being im-- j ! proved . . . The U.S. is willing ! ( to underwrite Monorail mass j transit plans. j |