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Bit of a Bittern
Outflashes Flash
Socialized Medicine Fight
May Culminate Next Year
Washington, Dec. 7 (U.R) Leaden in the battle of the American
Medical association against what it calls "socialized medicine"
say that the final win-or-lose struggle may come in 1950.
Members of the AMA have been informed by their top officials
that backers of the Truman proposal for federalized compulsory
health insurance have given'
ground but only temporarily.
They've been told that "skir
mishes" have been won by the
AMA against its "enemies" and
that extensive public support
has been rallied to the AMA's
cause.
But they've been placed on
notice that the war itself has
not been won.
President-Elect Elmer L. Hen
derson of Louisville told the
doctors yesterday at a clinical
session here:
'American medicine is strong
er today than at any other time
in its history, bulwarked by the
support of hundreds of other
groups and millions of aroused
citizens. But we would be fool
ish, indeed, if we assumed that
the final victory had been won.'
Declaring that in the 1949
session of congress, "the fight
for compulsory health Insurance
was abandoned, even though the
White House itself had become
a sounding board for the social
izes," Henderson said in a pre
pared report:
'The advocates of socialized
medicine, at the start of 1949,
were in full cry. American med
icine was under violent attack
from those who would destroy
it, or reorganize it as a political
arm of the government.
"But the Battle of Armaged
don the decisive struggle
which may determine not only
medicine's fate but whether
state socialism is to engulf all
America is still ahead of us.
"That fight may be lost or
won in next year's congress, or
in the 1950 congressional elections."
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1949 3
Everything Barred But Fun In Elks Dude Ranch Show
By EILEEN SCOTT ROSS
Barring everything but fun from .he remises, the Salem Elks
opened the gates of the Bar Nothing ranch for the second time
last night.
The enjoyment of the performers was contagious, and the
audience was caught up Immediately in the good humor which
prevailed.
The greatest enthusiasm was
displayed in the rangers' song
from "Rio Rita, which opened
the second scene and was also
the finale. Bill Roble's gold
tooth and surrounding talent
brought down the house just as
on opening night.
Scriptwriter George Bynon
wove a plot that contrasted the
sweet and hot western tunes of
the chorus and Al Finn's orches
tra with the classical music of
fered by two Willamette univer
sity music students, Bob Gwinn
and Betty Jean Mullin.
Miss Mullin, portraying Lili
Ponsell of the Methropolitan
opera, won decided approval
with her spirited version of
"Italian Street Song," later com
bining her outstanding soprano
voice with the rivals, Gwinn and
Finn, for some colorful duets.
The cowboys stage their show
before a background of north
west scenery, planned and con
structed by Joe Krauger, Lloyd
Thomas, A. C. Baker, John Gil
mer, Jack Cherrington, Amil
Kilin, Bish Bishop, Louis DuBuy
and Pete Peterson.
Emcee Dick Schmidt keeps
ranch life moving, and audience
reaction proved that the Carl
Steelhammer production was as
action-packed as could be desired.
Exalted Ruler Gib Wynkoop
appeared at intermission to ex
plain the Christmastime charity
for which the musical is a bene
fit. The Bar Nothing boys will
be back tonight and tomorrow
for two more hoedowns.
(AP Hewftuiu)
What's Quicker than a flash 7
It could be a little bird called a bittern, smallest member
of the heron family.
Here is one held by Mri. Peter H. Snyder, amateur
ornithologist and member of the Audubon society, who rescued
it from a San Diego, Calif., lawyer's office.
It was terrorizing the lawyer and his staff. They were
afraid of its knitting needle beak lunging quicker than a flash.
A stenographer called Mrs. Snyder, who now feeds it
amall frogs and minnows. It snatches its food so fast that a
camera set at 1400 of a second ean't quite catch the action
without a blur. It lunges nine inches.
Bitterns usually are so tricky about concealing themselves
that they are seldom seen, says Mrs. Snyder.
Sheep Breeders fo .
Meet in Corvallis
Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 7 (U.R)
The Oregon Purebred Sheep
Breeders association's annual
meeting will open here Friday,
Dec. 9, it was announced today.
C. M. Hubbard of Junction
City, association president, said
discussions of tick control meth
ods and marketing problems
would be on the program.
R. A. Ward, manager of Paci
fic Wool Growers, will discuss
the current outlook for wool.
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