Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1919 — TUBERCULOSIS ORGANIZATION SOLIDIFIED AT lOWA MEETING. [ARTICLE]

TUBERCULOSIS ORGANIZATION SOLIDIFIED AT lOWA MEETING.

There were 605 registered delegates at the Mississippi Valley conference on tuberculosis held at Des Moines, la., September 22-24. These delegates weTe gathered from twelve states and represented many vocations. Gov. W. L. Harding made the address _ ,of - welcome and expressed a deep interest in the fight waged against this deadly foe of humanity. He said he had just returned from an automobile trip of several days ~ through lowa visiting schools and he believed that the time had come when no governor could be a success in his job and stay in his office. The morale of the volunteers in this anti-tubercu-losis army runs high. They recognize the fact that the fight is a long and hard one for general ignorance an dcorporal filth die hard and until human values are held as high as property values the necessary equipment cannot be secured. There is a confidence and a determination to go over the top and win, put the bayonet through ignorance superstition and indifference and bring about the time when if a man goes to a doctor’s office sick the rest of the family will be ordered in to learn what is wrong in the home.