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Surgeon General Thomas Parran was unduly grave as he broke ground for a new group of U. S. Public Health Service re-search buildings near Washington fortnight ago. No one in the nation knew better than he the necessity of hurrying the construction and use of the establishment. For in his Washington office lay a heap of data, accumulated by inquiring...
...workers, showing how sick the people of the U. S. actually are. From the health and economic records of 2,660,000 individuals living in every part of the U. S. and every type of community, of every economic level of society and every age group, Surgeon General Parran prepared a preliminary report, which he communicated last week to State and local health officers for their information & guidance. Presuming as he did that the 130,000,000 inhabitants of the U. S. went through just what the 2,660,000 did, then...
Concluded Dr. Parran: "It is apparent that inadequate diet, poor housing, the hazards of occupation and the instability of the labor market definitely create immediate health problems...
...came to the studio tonight prepared with a speech in support of Surgeon General Parran of the United States Public Health Service in his crusade against social diseases. A few minutes before I was to go on the air, I was informed that the discussion was not in accord with the policies of the National Broadcasting Co. Thank you, and good night...
...leading nominations for Man of the Year, running in order listed, are: Senator Burton K. Wheeler, John L. Lewis, Charlie McCarthy, Chiang Kaishek, Justice Hugo L. Black, Surgeon General Thomas Parran...