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Show I PRESSING NEED FOR HOSPITALS 'Many Tuberculosis Patients Needing Special Care in Exclusive Ex-clusive American Sanitariums. Sani-tariums. NEW YORK, July 25. Pressing ieed for immediate increase of hospital hos-pital facilities to accommodate tuberculosis tuber-culosis persons, said to number more n 1,000,000 in the United States, is asized in a statement issued here vby the National Tuberculosis :ion. In the efforts to provide ises, it was asserted, the ex-nvolved ex-nvolved vrould be kept to during the continuance of '.e Association announced " ' ' rating in this connection "v ital Issues Committee of .'eserve Board. The state-" "' tly reported that in ,the conservation of urposes the Capital Vould probably not - 1 ycept the most in-v. in-v. - V structures in the ?.V - buildings for the , -om tuberculosis, the 1,500 or more rculosis agencies i'Y -were o course V j,; " 3r the report. We .p. the holding up 2 war of any ade-tspital ade-tspital and sana-' sana-' . : ' , .3. As something iS-V.y , " , persons are how -"disease, in the w;" " is the previous & -' ; ,iOdations has been by the problem ff '. ir care for men re-aft re-aft and discharged v . .p. account of tubercu- . - " j at this time on new i v" roper character would t- fserious. I' mow gone into the ques-e ques-e Capital Issues Commlt-ir, Commlt-ir, and find that its rulings -.ater are by no means rigid 'understood, and that the at-,uf at-,uf its members Is one of open .edness regarding the actual needs l this field, and willingness to adjust ad-just their policy accordingly. "The committee, according to information in-formation at hand, does not pass upon and indeed has nothing to do with building projects which do not require the issuance of bonds or other securities, securi-ties, or those which can bo covered by capital Issues not exceeding 100,-000. 100,-000. It also appears that other building build-ing operations, not thus exempted, will not necessarily bo limited to temporary tempor-ary structures but that permanent structures may bo approved if the difference dif-ference in cost is not too large or if Bpecial circumstances, such as a rigorous rig-orous climate, make it necessary. "These facts have now been communicated com-municated to the tuberculosis associations asso-ciations of every state. Plans and estimates es-timates as to the most economical types of permanent buildings and of certain practicable temporary structures struc-tures have been requested, to submit to the Capital Issues Committee. Our Board of Directors has adopted a resolution res-olution expressing the desire of tuberculosis tu-berculosis agencies to work heartily and earnestly with tho government in taking tho course which will do the country the most good with tho least harm." nn |