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Trip Through Hospitals
Convincing of Need for Aid
By AL LOUCKS
(City Chairman, Hospital CampaUnl
Recently I accepted the responsibility of heading up the Salem
city campaign of the hospital development program. I was
anxious to help in this program because of my conviction that
many of our leading citizens and-) :
physicians were right when they . Hons of the C. A. Sprague corn-
described the urgency of our
needs for increased hospital
beds.
I then wanted to assure my-!
self that in this campaign we
could honestly and fairly present
to the community the facts in
volved. I went over copies of
the long-range planning com
mission's report and the de
tailed analysis and recommenda
mittee.
Wanting more than statistics
and cold figures and reports and
estimates, it seemed wise to go
directly to both of our hospitals
and visit each floor and each
room.
Let me tell you of a few of
the conditions I found.
On one floor there were 45
patients in rooms and halls
which were originally designed
for 25. There were "private"
rooms with two and three pa
tients each.
There were seven beds In one
hall and in one of these was a
patient so critically ill that she
was not expected to live. With
her life at stake, few of the
privileges of even a ward were
available.
How discouraging it must be
for doctor and nurse to work in
a concrete hallway.
In one of the nurseries, 17
babies were crowded in their
bassinettes in place of the six
for which the room was built.
I wondered if even medical sci
ence could prevent the possibil
ity of contagious infection un
der those conditions.
I saw surgery schedules
booked so solidly that there was
no room or time left for the
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emergencies of an automobile
accident or a fire cracker held
too close; to say nothing of a bus
or train crash.
I saw overcrowded kitchens,
store rooms, and other facilities.
I saw an entire floor with but
one lavatory. I saw not one sin
gle room for isolation cases.
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I saw many other conditions
which more than convinced me
that this hospital development
program is an urgent, just order
of business In Salem.
We must provide the funds
for increased beds and hospital
facilities. It's the best insurance
we can procure for ourselves
and our families.
Let me urge everyone In our
community to give of their avail
able time and money.
St. Louis Offering
Annual Parish Dinner
St. Louis Members of the
St. Louis Catholic parish are
sponsoring their annual old
fashioned home cooked chicken
dinner picnic on the parish
grounds July 17 with dinner to
be served from noon to 2 o'clock.
In charge of the dinner will be
Mrs. C. I. Grassman, Mrs. James
Leith and Mrs. L. G. Fershweiler.
Mrs. Bernard Ferschweiler, Mrs.
Leonard Ferschweiler and Mrs.
Jack Nibler are in charge of
games. A variety of prizes will
be offered.
Meat packers use 78 per cent
of the live weight of a steer or
lamb, and about 22 per cent is
shrinkage and waste.
Death Car All that remains of car which carried seven
people to their deaths is shown above. The car collided with a
heavily laden vegetable truck on US highway 99 north of
Madera, Calif. Two others are In serious condition in a
hospital. The truck driver, Don Allen, of Stockton, Calif.,
told police the passenger car swerved into his lane. He was
not held. (AP Wirephoto)
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WnAI lib ALL AoUU I :
Why Truman Wants
Department of Welfare
(Editor's Note: This is the second of several stories on
President Truman's plans for reorganizing the government.)
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington IP) President Truman wants to create a brand new
government department, called the department of welfare.
This was one of the seven plans he laid before congress last
week as part of a program to
reorganize the government and
make it run better.
To understand why he did
this, and the background of it,
Imagine you're looking at a
chart of the government's make
up. You start with:
li. The nine big departments
whose heads are members of
the president's cabinet:
State, justice, labor, com
m e r c e, agriculture, interior,
post office, treasury and the mil
itary establishment (army, navy,
airforce).
2. Then you see the big in
dependent agencies and commis
sions which stand alone, not con
nected with any department,
such as: ,
The federal security agency;
civil service commission; and
the Interstate commerce commission.
3. Then you see swarms of
smaller agencies and bureaus
tucked away inside of (because
they're part of) the depart
ments and the big independent
agencies, such as:
' The federal bureau of investi
gation (FBI) in the justice de
partment; the U.S. office of ed
ucation in the federal security
administration (FSA).
The FSA, with 35,000 em
ployes is bigger than three gov
ernment departments: the labor
department has only 3,500 em
ployes; the state department has
20,000; the justice department,
26,000. Next in size is the com
merce department with 40,000
,
Now Mr. Truman wants to
create a new government de
partment by changing the name
of FSA to that of the depart
ment of welfare. The FSA was
established in 1939 but Mr. Tru
man says creation of a depart
ment of welfare is long over
due.
The FSA now has a number of
Agencies under its wing. If it
became the department of wel
fare, Mr. Truman would want
it to keep those agencies which
promote the health, welfare and
social security of the people.
For example, the department
of welfare would keep these
agencies which the FSA has
now:
U.S. public health service; i
cial security administration;
U.S. office of education; food
and drug administration; and
the bureau of employes' com
pensation (it handles injured
government workers).
Other agencies, now part of
FSA but which Mr. Truman
thinks belongs outside a welfare
department, would be transfer
red elsewhere.
The Hoover commission a
12 - man commission appointed
by congress and headed by
Former President Hoover to sug
gest ways of making the gov
ernment run smoother recently
recommended setting up a gov
ernment department to handle
the social security and educa
tion lobs of the government.
Mr. Truman s plan doesn t
follow in every detail the rec
ommendations of the Hoover
commission.
Davis Home Scene
Family Gathering
Brooks Guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Davis the past two
weeks were Mr. and Mrs, H. A.
Baker and their sons, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Baker and Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Baker, all of Prince
Albert, Sask., Canada. H. A.
Baker is a brother of Mrs. Davis
and this is the first time that
they had seen each other since
1923.
Honoring their guests at a
family gathering at the Davis
home were Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Baker and two sons of Monitor,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Johnson and
children, Mrs. Alberta Moore,
Nora Mae, Darrell and Wanda
Fae, of southern Oregon, Mr.
and Mrs. Abbott Myers and two
sons of Vancouver, Wash., Mr.
and Mrs. Sammy Coates and
children of Newberg, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Davis, LaVern, Dor
is Ann and Arlon of Hopmere.
The group visited Newport
and other Oregon beaches. On
their way home they will visit
Yellowstone National park.
The gallstones sometimes
found in cattle are prized by
Orientals as good-luck and good-
health charms, and sell for $125
per pound.
Hear
Louis Untermeyer's
favorite story
"Looking Backward'
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