Show TAX REDUCTION CRY KILLS EFFORTS ara TO lu AID dra OSIS at a meeting held lit fit the lie stile capt tol on I 3 1923 the tile matter of introducing a bill in the for the erection and maintenance maint enante of a n state staten tuberculosis sanatorium sarat orium was dis di eusse I 1 there were present 16 tit t aid sald meeting ilon george albert smith chairman of 0 the state tub sanatorium committee dr T D det dept ty state health commissioner dr al fred blumberg leroy dixon bliss kate and anti james 11 walli wallis members ot 0 the state vanator lum furn committee in addition th fol lowing members of the executive eom earn cittee of the utah public health as a were present george D keyser president dr heber J beare sears dr 0 N jensen state school ceol auperin tend mrs clarissa 8 Willi william amil dr 0 K hanson mayor of prove and mrs W C ilowe on the invitation of senator dixon the following members of the legislature le were pr frelent elent senator senators john S lewie lewis davi I 1 jonn clarence L funk 0 prank frank byan ryan wilford NV warnick War niek joe jos T finlinson dovid IlIr hirschi sehl and representative chaa chas D petty george albert smith presided and in his opening re marLs alluded to the tuberculosis situation in utah and the urgent necessity of the state doing something to care for those flose suffering with this dread disease and protecting the well people from becoming infected ile reviewed the work which had been done by the utah health association and the tuberculosis sana anna corium committee for the proposed can san at orium and spoke of the meetings held last fall with mr T D kidder of the national tuberculosis ass assonia tion and dr james waring of denver both eminent national authorities I 1 in sanatorium planning he ile also stated that elaborate specifications for a pro posed institution for utahn needs had been prepared by mr kidner kidney together with valuable suggestions in ing plane plans A bill had also been drawn to be introduced in the legislature pro for the nece necessary appropriation if f those present concluded conclude a after thor hughly investigating the matter that this was the proper thing to do senator divon a member odthe sen ten ate committee on public health who lad had been requested to interview mem bers bets of the legislature and make a report stated that he h had done so 0 o and it was his opinion that a measure asking for lot lund at this tilts time when the denand for a reduction of taxes Is s so general would fall of passage and might I 1 lurt art the cause when the legislature egi slature next convened each senator present endorsed the conclusions of benator dian and ex pressed their deep sympathy with the movement that while they personally favored the proposed they were pledged to vote against any mear ure proposing additional burdens in taxation axa tion and should they ave to do so their votes might be bisinte misinterpreted by y those who did not understand the situation brief addresses were made by others present in which it was pointed out hat that there arc are 1500 peo poe ale ile a suffering I 1 ering with tuberculosis in utah tind tit that the averam number of deaths death a each year tor for tle ten vears vears ending 1925 was la in he absence of prop er or home teat treatment ment and no sanatorium to which to take the infected cases it t was wall shown that it was impossible to expect any appreciable decline in the he death rate dr C no jonsen jansen offered the follow ing mutton motion seconded by dr debem J searl resolved Ke solved that it be the sense of tale meeting in view of the demand for vit reduction redaction from all over the state and after hearing from members of the legislature present as to the hopelessness at of success that no attempt be made at this session of the le gials ture tote to secure an appropriation for a state tuberculosis 9 sanatorium but that a statement covering the transactions and conclusions of this meeting be pre pro pared by the chairman hon george albert smith anil and given to the public batti entime nf forth in detail reason why thie attica Is deema advisable the motion was un unanimously adopted lion georgo a albert albert smith in a ing addre 48 espres ed his keen dis ali appointment at not being belli able to lit re soine relief for the anfor of this dread disease in our state but pledged those pree pros cut that lie 1 kulil devote eve every energy he aa in the next two year years to organizing a campaign which he hoped would bring iring the desired relief at the next it leia ta liture signed GEORGE ALBERT SMITH chairman of state aube aus adaa bottum committee signed JAMES it WALLIS ex secretary ot of the utah public health association |