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Show : HEALTH CONTROL I PUNJIITS WALL Because of controversy that flared during a hearing Wednesday, the senate state and municipal affairs committee voted against sponsoring the proposal to give the state jurisdiction juris-diction over health administration in cities, towns and counties. Dr. J. L. Jones, state health com- miasioner, urged support of the measure on the ground that It would standardise sanitation throughout the state and equalize health opportunities oppor-tunities among rich and poor counties. coun-ties. He said It had the support of the American Medical association, the federal public health service, the state Parent-Teacher association and chambers of commerce in Salt Lake City. Ogden and Cedar City. Opposition was voiced by Walter H. Anderson, Salt Lake county commissioner com-missioner of health and charity, who termed the proposal "a vicious attempt of a group of Individuals to seise control of another branch of government and set up a bureaucracy." |