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Show 2 , EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH "r-- l ill i i II 'Round Trip Sea Flight in 43 Hours 45 Minutes fc- -i WHO'S -' yv - I L- 1 II V II JJbM r NEWS SUi poratlon had out of it! own treas- loaned $40,000 ury to it! employees who wanted to organize a group which could hire Its own doctors on an annual basis. This was public money, because the HOLC is wholly owned by the federal treasury and its function is to loan money on private homes to enThe courage home ownership. Group Health association, aa it was named, guaranteed medical treatfixed ment to its members for annual fee and hired doctors to do the job. There was a roar from many quarters at the time because of the use of government money In this manner, but the loudest roar came from the doctors who are members of the District of Columbia Medical society. Few of us realized then, I think, where this controversy was going to lead. I doubt that there were very many persons expected to see the tiny spark fanned into a flame so large. Now, however, that spark has become a national flame, national issue of serious import. For what could be more serious, indeed, than a chance to live when the cold fingers of death creep closer? The issue as it is now defined, succinctly, is whether the long and honorable history of the medical profession, and all of the scientific assets that this implies, shall be thrown to the winds; whether, in the place of that history and gain and the services of those individual doctors, there shall be created a new basic method, a procedure where the doctors are hired by a corporation subsisting on the annual fees paid by its members who will telephone the- corporation offices and say: send me one of your best doctors. In short, as I see it, the issue Is whether there is to be personalized, conscientious service or service as lacking in personal Interest as a "fill my tank, please." at the gasoline service station. That is the preface to the recent legal proceedings by our own government against the American Medical association and the District of Columbia Medical society, which are threatened with prosecution as a "trust." The government's action, of course, makes the controversy a national Issue, one which interests all of us. The trust busting assistant attorney general, Thurman Arnold, former Yale professor, vows he wiO break up the "trust" which is the national organization of doctors, but there are those of us who cannot help linking the corporation method of medical practice with Professor Arnold's blast and threats against the doctors who believe in individual practice. The whole department of justice position strikes me as rather fuzzy, rattier asinine and, in some re However, if spects, reprehensible. there is to be a complete analysis made and a complete understanding of the situation obtained, it is nec essary to know that "President Roosevelt wants it done," and Mr Arnold is proceeding. It does not seem to matter that there are only a few medical crooks, only a few un ethical and unscrupulous medical practitioners; the whole profession must be attacked and defamed. Nor does it seem of great concern to the prosecuting officials that some of those doctors who are promoting corporation medicine throughout the United States have been denied ad mission to the American Medical association for reasons of character and ethics deemed sufficient to war- rant And while I am about it, I want to pay tribute to that greatest of all American charac-LauCountrylers, the country doctor. I have perDoctor sonal reasons for offering my humble praise to one of their number, but throughout America there can be found no greater asset He is a friend and confidant and adviser, minister to the body and the mind. There are some among his numbers that will not have, even do not warrant, respect But that obtains in every walk of life and my belief is that there are fewer country doctors lacking in honesty and good conscience than in any regular profession or avocation of life. The country doctor is different from his brother practitioner of the city. The latter probably is better trained, more up to date on all developments of science, perhaps more expert in most fields, but I think I can say without equivocation or doubt because of personal experience that the country doctor is not excelled anywhere among humans for good, common horse sense. And the man or woman who is equipped with horse sense keeps the human race on an even keel. But to get back to the government proceedings: here we see an action, or threat against a whole di PHOTOGRAPHY can be, no justification, for example, of some of the high fees charged in cases where people without worldly goods are concerned. Their lives are as valuable as the lives of the richest multimillionaires. There can be no defense, as a further proposition, for laxness and disinterest which are matters of record. 'But I main- tain and shall always believe that there are comparatively few members of the medical profession who fall to give the best that la in them. And when I mention disinterest, I cannot help wondering whether doctors hired by group health associations are going to be much concerned about hurrying to the bedside of an association member after a few years of such practice. The monthly check Is going to come in whether the corporation doctor Is sympathetic and skillful or apathetic. But let us get on to another phase; two of them, In fact According to the best legal opinion that is available outside of the depaitment of tice, it seems like--' tort no court Phatet 'y will hold the medical society to be a "trust." The organization of doctors is effected for the purpose of maintaining high standards, to keep racketeers out of the profession. Its members must be of good character; they must adhere to rules that are designed for the protection of the layman who obviously is at the mercy of the man trained in the science of medicine and surgery. The whole purpose seems to be the very simple proposition of (I might say just here that New Dealers all along have called for among business and professional men.) The medical men want to destroy the type thst feeds upon the hopeless individual's desire to regain health, to Jve; they want to rid society of the abortionist, the quacks and the men and women who traffic in blood. And the question I propound, therefore, is: can such a profession be catalogued in law or in morals as dealers in commodities like steel or oil or calico? If it can be so held under our laws, then there surely is no point in young men and women slaving through six or seven or eight years of training for the profession. They had better go out and start practicing medicine aa the unskilled laborer digs ditches. In this connection, too, it seems proper to mention an implication of a decision holding the medical socle-tie- s to be trusts. As set down above1, membership is based on character and training. If the medical society is a trust, what are all of your fraternal organizations, your civic societies, your clubs, who elect or fall to elect members because of good character or lack of it? The Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World? And, what of Knights of Columbus? That great organization for good also could be broken down if a crook, for selfish reasons, would want membership. And now to the politics of the situation. It appears to me to be a great tactical blunder on the part of the board of strategy which has President Roosevelt's ear. Those men, most of them untrained in political campaigning, have failed to recognize the human element that Is involved. They have listened to the generalities of those who have their own nests to feather and have so far forgotten common sense in politics as to propose a move that can be offset by direct personal contact Let us think of the picture here presented in a hypothetical case. Suppose you are a great supporter of President Roosevelt believe him to be sincere in his announced interest in the masses, praise his courproage and his forward-lookingram for government Along comes Old Man Sickness and lays you down flat on your back. Your doctor comes. You know him, have confidence in him, or you would not call him. Then, after the manner that usually happens, the doctor talks about a number of things with you. Of cdltrse, you know something about the government attacks on the doctors and you want to hear the story from the other angle. I would, and so would you. What is all of this about, Doctor? Is there such a thing as a medical trust? Well, unless I miss my guess, unless my understanding of human relations is as wet as swamp log you are going to feel that the whole proceeding is quite unfair and possibly you will condemn the man who "wants it done." That thing will go on in thousands upon thousands of households and hospitals, because the smart alecks who started Mr. Roosevelt in that direction put him on the spot Jus-Oth- er ROLLS D ota.1 haS WEEK Peasant Motifs AAA The Geraaaa meaoplaae Brandenburg which sacceas-fsdt- y ceainleted rand trip flight between Berlin and New fork city. The plana covered the flight from Berha te New Tark ta U boars and II solawtea aad twa days later evade the homeward flight frara New Tark to Berths fa 19 hoars aad SB mantes. Cast. Alfred Beake, wbe waa assisted by a crew af three, wears a big smile aver his remark-abl- e feat. The east to west r rasa lag waa tha first thus ta history such a a feat has bees acoampUated. The flyers clipped S bears and M west to east crossing ta Berlin. frasa the aaly previa nan-at-e The late Wiley Peat made the previ a record ea the first leg af his 'reaad th world flight fas 1943. Airmen hailed the flight aa ane of the precision. greatest achievements af avlatlea becaaae af Its clack-lik- e feev-snator- .':,tVv By LEMUEL F. PARTON YORK. When Sir Walter NEW was here in 1837. it was reported that be was trying to persuade Washington to lead money to to Germany, Rtmeiman soothe Hitler and make him stop MoMtcr oi 1 credit-and-raw-m- A Pirate Dents the Plate Czechoslovak-Sudete- 9 re four-pow- t I 5 j- 'it - M ... .:.- I I i I -- 4r Peter Behaa, 1M - 33 years eld, of Boxbnry, Conn., stops long enough from his scythe sharpening ta observe that "There's Bathing beautiful abeat aid age. It'a a delusion. It's aa fan growing old and there's aa asa celebrating birthdays." Mr. Behaa waa born ta 1834, during the aecend term of Andrew Jackson as President aad baa lived throngh four major wars. xjL. er m a i i rof awloth The peasant note spells sm ness in linens today. These II ures in simple stitches will coior 10 accessories and o: hours in their embi F"nc n) pleasant CheuGamo 1743 contak Pattern ering. Italy, the moment transfer pattern of 4 motif the Daladier government came in, by 914 inches. 4 motifs 3 hv 'J V" V . German nego- n tiations, but the Czechs toned that down to adviser. Viscount Runciman has been a silent ally of Viscount Halifax adin the quiet, glacial-pressubleo vance af the scheme for a Europe aa coalition and the final and complete Isolation of Russia. It was reported from London, unverified so far as this writer knows, that it was he who Make, Move put over a fast credit double-pla- y In World' IS It Smartness to Line: Eng- frightening land. That may or may not have been bis mission, but as a master of the old rials squeeze play, he works that way, and, now. as Vis count Runciman, he is deep in the Downing Street strategy which swings these two cudgels of empire. Prime Minister Chamberlain appointed ' him as mediator in the mia-ate- LONG LIFE A DELUSION - Pv, and he has been tagged as the man who deploys the empire's financial resources in the diplomatic chess game. His father was a ruddy old sea dog who sang chanteys, a cabin boy who became a shipping czar and a baronet Viscount Runciman is a pallid, tight-lippe-d little man. a total abstainer, a former Sunday School teacher, and a faithful chapel-goe- r. v.JSk f t , Arky Vanghan, Pittsburgh's shortstop, slides home safely for a Pirate score in a recent game against the New York Giants. Vaughaa doubled te open the inning, took third on a long fly and slid across the plate when Clssell, the Giants' second baseman, threw high to Catcher Mancnso after fielding a grounder. As president of the British board of trade, he made concessions in. empire free trade, but he ia a protectionist of the Chamberlain tradi- tion. Like many men of small stature, he has the Napoleonic psychosis, writing books about Napoleon and hoarding memorabilia. When Georgia U. Honored the President THIS writer has heard from n Johnson as aer of the Metro- To Bott politan Opera. S100' Serafln has TJlie Met ? been highly esteemed here for his musicianship, but all was not well between him and the Metropolitan management when he returned to Rome in 193S, after a number of years as Italian conductor here. "The Metropolitan has not kept pace with the artistic progress of the modern stage," he said, on his arrival in Rome. "The way opera is put on at the Metropolitan is ridiculous . . . The great fault with the Metropolitan is the little encouragement it is giving to its latent talman-Seran- ent." LEI VI n. y. Please write vour name, dress and pattern number plain i Health of the Mind Reading is to the mind wl exercise is to the body. As bv one. health is preserved, sirens' ened, and invigorated; by the o) er, virtue (which is the health! the mind) is kept alive, cherish and confirmed. Addison. NERVOUS? Do ym (mI to dttous yon wut to hmi roa eras sad irriubtot Do jou tkoH iisurt to jrouT ! an on 4n tad Tt t If tow roa BMd a (ood rDrl lyttta toik, d LfftUa as. nnkaain'a VeuaM lanpoma saada mpteiallt for vomtn. rMnnrMnuiouTOiulllittoMll oUmt kow to o "miUn tW' witk iM PinkJban'i Compouni It kdpa aatoa bul mm ahnicsl raaiitinca and thai Bali calm qui Taring Danraa and kana diatoarfod from aaojriBC symptoma whfca ana a ta MaTOI Way Kt gira it a ehaneahavi wntttal Orar aaa aifUion wonwa from PlaUaaf baneflta wonderful rapords uompooaa. Ai n Admittinr Error An error gracefully acknoi edged is a victory won. u coigne. than art. In the aeason he had a fair subsistence wage of $58,20 for the season. This had been worked down to 134,000 the year he left. He did indicate that he thought that was pretty shabby pay for an ace conductor, but insisted his criticism was directed solely at artistic shortcomings. Several years ago, the Metropolitan was intent on national self-su. flciency in music. Home 1 alent it was going to For Opera discover and nur-N- o ture native talent Bargain That hasn't quite come off, and there have been the usual number of importations. It will be interesting if it brings in not only a European manager, but one who is its sharpest critic. Among music lovers of this writer's acquaintance, there seems to be great indifference about where the singers come from as long as they are good. They insist that music, above all, must be free from the sharply nationalistic trends of the day. As a lad, Tullio Serafln laid down a shepherd's crook for a baton. Tending the sheep near Cavariere on the Venetian mainland, he used to walk several miles to town on Saturday night, at the age of ten, to conduct the village band. He attended the conservatory at Milan and waa a conductor in his early youth. At La Scala, in Milan, he was assistant conductor under He became one of the most widely known and popular conductors in Europe. A stanch supporter of the Fascist regime from its outset, he has been conductor of the Royal Opera at Rome since his departure from New York. He was replaced here by Ettore Panizza. Potential Annie Oakleys f- $50,000 STAMP Mt - "r lWVls1K'''t c1 The dream of every philatelist came true to Warren R. Du Bois of Los Angeles, Calif., when he found a stamp worth $50,000. Purchasing a collection from an estate three months ago for $300, he sorted and rearranged it, marking this one-ceof In Chief an Police from instruction blue one for sale at $3.00. Then expert, pistol shooting Receiving Fred Spoolstra of Sparta, N. J., these fair marksmen are trying their Du Bois, examining his treasures skill on the target. Left to right are Dorothy Cerny of Hillside, N. J.; discovered the cancellation date of Jean Bauer of South Orange, N. J.; Anlte and Edith Mumford of Bogoto. Augnst 17. 18G1. ,If Earned that N. J.; and Lee Drew of Oakland, Calif. Chief Spoolstra declared the he had the only stamp of Its kind in existence. girls drew a bead on the target like veteran pistol shots. nt ifial -- To Get Rid of Add and Poisonous Waste '3-'3- Lawrence Camp, who is opposing George. I inches, 4 motifs 2 by 2Y inch Illustrations of stitches; mater 4L required: color schemes Send 13 cents in stamps or col (coins creierred) for this nattJ 1 to The Sewing Circle, Needlecr Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New To IMJ 11.11 TI 1.11 1 The Metropolitan reply hinted that Signor Serafln was really thinking about money rather President Roosevelt dons the cap and gown with help from Dr. W. O. Hooper of the University of Georgia. The President received an LL. D. degree from the nniversity and then addressed students In the Sanford stadium, restating the objectives of the administration, particularly as they apply to the South. From Athena he went by special train to BarnesviUe to participate in a celebration commemorating a rural electrification project. It was at this meeting that he urged the defeat of Sen. Walter F. George and the nomination of i sev-- x eral assured but not necessarily authoritative sources that Tullio Serafln would succeed Edward g C Western Newspaper Union. (t THIS iii Some thins like a profession that has done as much or WASHINGTON. year ago, quite a furor waa raised- more for mankind as the ministers here by the revela- of the gospeL I take it for granted Roar Over tion that the Horn - that there are skeletons in the closets of many doctors. 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