Show Control Plan Prepared to Aid Indians Eyes The Department of Health Education and Welfare has pre pre pre- prepared pared year alive expanded con program to help combat serious disease trachoma a eye among utah and Southwestern United States Indians accord accord- according ing to Sen Wallace F Bennett EARLIER the Senator recall recall- recalled ed that the Senate and House Conferees on the Interior Ap Appropriation Bill agreed that a 1 total should be made madeI I available during fiscal year 1967 to help finance a study of I the problem The new program will be un un- under der direction of the Public Health Service the University of f California School of Medicine and the Bureau of Indian Af Af- Af Affairs fairs Division of Indian Health Sen Bennett was informed today that that the objection of the program is to reduce in five years the number of new and recurrent cases of o trachoma among Indians from per In the school age child child- children rent ren and per in the school after age population down to 1000 to per 1 1 00 population SEN BENNETT had urged Interior Secretary Stewart L Udall and the Senate Committee to approve the funds for the program to handle consultant services to broaden medical coverage improve qua qua- quality lity of care maintenance and coming existing backlogs and for equipment Trachoma inflames the lining of the eyelid and produces a sandy granulated material that causes a patient to suffer suffel blind blind- blindness ness if the eyes are neglected too long the Senator explain explain- explained ed |