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stantly ashamed of our poor Spanish. But many of the South Americans who speak

- Some ‘English don’t do so well either. There . tan be misunderstandings. To wit:

The first night we were in Guayaquil,

_ Ecuador, a local newspaperman came over to see me

under the impression that I was a famous American

3 engineer Who had come to build a new railroad in

Ecuador. I tried to straighten him - out on that. But the next morning, according to the newspaper, I was a big

American journalist, and editor of’

all the Scripps-Howard Newspa= pers, including The New York World-Telegram. And two days later, in a Quito newspaper, I had been elevated to “President of the great organiza-

tion of North Amerjcan newspapers |

known as Screps-Howard.” There is one English word used by absolutely everybody on the bo West Coast. That is the word in answering the telephone. They don’t say hello on the street. It’s just on the telephone. In Mexico they answer the phone by saying “bueno.” There is no word for “please” in the Spanish language. The only way you can say it is through a long phrase something like “have the kindness to do me the favor,” so you just don’t use it. As a Peruvian explained it fo me, Latins are £0 polite in their manners they don’t need polite langliage. I looked, but couldn't tell whether his tongue was in his cheek. or not. While we were. waiting to change autos at Cajabamba, high up in the mountains of Ecuador, a sly, whispering fellow wanted to sell us some shrunken human heads. But we said no. After seeing how big South America is, and how lost we are In it,

Mr. Pyle

{ our own heads have shrunk to the size of ping-pong . balls, so why buy any others?

We stayed one night in Arica, Chile, the city that

was part of the famous Tacna-Arica dispute a few . years ago.

There is a nice hotel there. They say it was built for Gen. Pershing when he came down to mediate the dispute, but they didn’t get it finished till long after he had left. : * Well anyway, in this hotel you have to share your bathroom with the occupant of the room on the

‘ other side. And they don’t give you much time ‘in

the morning to do your ablutions. A Typical Peruvian Dinner

We passengers were called at 4:30 a. m. We were to be down to breakfast at 5. The bus was to leave for the airport at 5:30. Every minute had to count. Well, the phone awakened us. But before we could get in the bathroom the fellow on the other side had it. | » Finally, at 5:05, I was so sore I walked in on him. He said he needed five more minutes. He left the bathroom after using it 35 minutes. That left us approximately two seconds. Later that day, on the plane, I learned that he was a high South American statesman. Somehow the “good neighbor” policy kept running through my mind all day. : 2 One night in Lima, a Peruvian friend of ours took us to a native restaurant for a “typical” Peruvian dinner. | { The main course was guinea pig. I knew what it was, and much to my surprise, actually liked it. It tasted pretty much like chicken. But I noticed that a couple of the others stopped eating as soon as they found out what it was. Before leaving, we were advised that the trip would be much simpler if we didn’t carry a camera. So we left ours in Miami, end have missed the best ‘pictures we would ever get in our lives. And so far a camera would not have complicated things in the slightest. They take it away from you over the Canal Zone, and over a couple of fortified areas down here. Otherwise, there is no bother. When you come, bring your camera.

My Diary By Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ~ Enjoys Dixie Hospitality Again; ~ Speech Worries Aubrey Williams.

IRMINGHAM, Ala., Tuesday.—One of the delightful qualities of the South is that the people do give you a feeling that they are very glad to see you. When we arrived from Atlanta, Ga., by the night train, we were not only greeted at the train by some very delightful people, who must have arisen at a very early hour to be there, but the porter at the kotel seemed to envelop us in a kind of welcome which could only be extended to an old friend. From then on everyone gave us the same sense of being glad to welcome us “home” again. Mr. Aubrey Williams had breakfast with us and seemed somewhat disturbed by the fact that something he said yesterday had been misquoted and misunderstood. I assured him that the people whose opinion is worth anything, always take the trouble to verify any really important statement, and that no one would expect that an extemporaneous speech could be reported without some inaccuracies and misinterpretation. After a press conference, at which Mrs. Bib Graves and I sat side by side, but at which I confess she did - not help me very much in answering the questions,

Mrs. Ralston and Dr. Petrullo took me out to the |.

WPA ‘Archaeological Laboratory. It is an extraordinarily interesting project, but what seemed to me remarkable was that this work which requires so much knowledge and skill is being done by WPA workers who never before reconstructed a poitery vase from fragments found in a burial mound, or rearranged the bones of skeletons or reconstituted a skull from a variety of fragments. From the results of this work, one woman is actually making water-color sketches showing the life of the Indian tribes in this vicinity.

Worthy Project Lacks Funds

We stopped for a few minutes on the way back

at the community center -near the Negro housing * project and looked at pictures of a proposed housing

recreation ground in this vicinity which would serve

, a quarter of the Negro population of the city. The

needed, that nobody questions, for Negro youth has no well-equipped playground in the city, but where the money is to come from seems to be the. difficulty. : : “le ‘This sounded very familiar to those of us who know things are needed, but find it hard to discover the money by which to obtain our objectives. I hope,

project is

. however, that they will be able to work out the solu-

tion to these important problems, for there is danger

_ in any city when a large part of its young people

are without adequate recreational facilities. ‘Back at the hotel I attended the panel discussion on working conditions, wages and hours for women; Junched with some of those who are responsible for this Southern Conference on Human Welfare, and then went over to spend an hour and a half at a meeting on youth problems.

Bob Burns Says— OLLYWOOD, Nov. 23.—I suppose some of these ‘publicity agents out here do stretch a point now

and then when writing about their stars, but I want’a tell you some of the actual stories of the trials and

. struggles of these actors on their way to fame, pret

near makes your hair curl. The other day I was talkin’ to one of the stars

i* of a little studio out here and I asked him to tell me the truth about how he got into pictures and he says

“well, I was a waiter in one of them high priced.night

# clubs in New York. The producer come in there one

night and I waited on him and when he got through he had jest enough money to pay his check, but not enough to tip me, so he gave me the lead in his nexu

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1938

Stand of A.M. A Depends On Details of Program Submitted to Congress

(Fifth of a Series)

By David Dietz

Times Science Editor

THE American Medical Association is in a fighting mood. While it has gone on record as favoring an expansion of medical service to the people of the United States, it has left no doubt that it will refuse to compromise upon certain matters which it regards as the fundamental principles of American medical practice. The stand of the A. M. A. this January, therefore, will depend upon the exact details of the program which the New Deal asks Congress to adopt. It is possible that the A. M. A. will approve all of it. It is likewise possible

that it will oppose all of it.

Most likely it will support

some proposals and oppose others.

Congressional hearings eventually may bring about a program generally accept-

able to’ all parties, con‘cerned.

The latest expression of opinion of the A. M. A. was made at the meeting in Chicago on Sept. 16 and 17 of the House of Delegates, the governing body of the A. M. A. I shall try to analyze and interpret those proceedings. First of all, it can be said that the A. M. A. will battle any proposal which it believes will lower the standard of medical service in America. A. M. A. is proud of the progress of American medicine. In this pride, I am certain that they are joined by all thinking people in the nation. But the argument will come over the interpretation of what will or will not lower the standards of American medicine. The feelings of the A. M. A. have been outraged by the threat of Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general, that the Department of Justice intends to investigate the A. M. A. and seek its indictment as a monopoly. ” u ”n HE tone of the Chicago meeting was set by the opening addresses of its officers. “We all are familiar,” said Dr. H. H. Shoulders, speaker of the

House of Delegates, “with the fact that a campaign has been going on for a number of years to create sentiment in favor of some radical changes in medical practice. At times this campaign has had the appearance of a ‘smearing’ campaign. Our attitude and our motives in many instances have been misunderstood and maligned.” Dr. Shoulders charged that Miss Josephine Roche, chairman of President Roosevelt's Interdepartmental Committee to Co-ordinate Health and Welfare Activities, is

seeking to bring about a radical change in medical practice. “In effect,” he charged, “she proposed that individual medical care

_become. a function of health de‘partments.”

Seeking to defend the stand of the A. M. A. against what he regarded as unjust criticism, Dr. Shoulders said: “We never have taken action in opposition to Government aid to the needy, whether the need was for food, clothing, shelter, or medical attention. “We have opposed the administration of these benefits, and especially medical benefits, on a basis that would do violence to our whole idea of democracy. : “We have opposed legislation which would have the effect of investing in. some governmental agency the power to enforce its de=crees on patients and doctors. ” 2 ” * E never have opposed provisions in any regulation or statute to protect the Government and taxpayers against fraud on the part of anyone. “We have been mindful of a philosophy we learned early in our professional career, to the effect that ‘everything that is potent for good also is potent for evil’ It applies to morphine, to ether, and to surgical procedures; in fact, it applies to every therapeutic measure at our command. We recognize

also that the same philosophy ap- °

plies with equal aptness to legislative proposals aimed at some political, sociological, or economic

ill. “This House of Delegates has not assumed to answer for the taxpayers of the United States the question as to whether or not they wish to assume the financial burden of financing the complete and adequate medical care of all indigent persons as a governmental function. Nor should we assume the responsibility for answering

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that question now. The answer rests with the people of this coun-

try. “If they should answer it in the affirmative, it will be our duty to accept the responsibility for drafting the plans. We can do no less. Our training and our experience would not allow us to shirk such a responsibility even if we were so disposed. “Our knowledge of this question of medical care is the product of long years of effort and experience gained at the bedside of the afflicted and at the operating table. It is not limited to a knowledge gained from a brief study of a few statistical tables of doubtful accuracy.” 2 8 8 T would seem to me that few readers would regard Dr. Shoul= der’s remarks as evincing any en=

thusiasm for a positive program of Congressional action. Apparently, he is prepared to dismiss the National .Health Survey conducted by the U. S. Public Health Service as “a few statistical tables of doubtful accuracy.” I find little difference in tone between Dr. Shoulder’s remarks and those of Dr. Irving Abeir of Louisville, Ky., president of the A. M. A, who next addressed cke House of Delegates. He emphsasized the contributions which American doctors have made to the science of medicine, praised the ethics of the A. M. A, and charged that the association was now the victim of unfair attacks. “Forces of propaganda apparently have made a studied effort te indicate that the American Medical Association opposed all change and that it essentially is a stand-pat organization,” he said. “The American Medical Association constantly has recognized the

need for continued expansion of

preventive medicine and a wider use of medical care. It, however, at the same time has been greatly concerned with the methods of administering both preventive medicine and medical care and

with the ultimate effect of various changes on the morale as well as on the health of our people. “The charge which sometimes is made, and which was made by radical speakers during the National Health Conference, that physicians oppose changes because of a desire for more and more money, misstatement of our attitude.” ” ” 2 R. ABELL made it plain that the A. M. A. is opposed to state control of the practice of medicine and that it is afraid of the entrance of politics into medicine. “The association constantly has opposed the. adoption of any form of state medicine by any definition of that term and it has refused to indorse vague p.ans that would make the care of the indigent and of those on the borderline of indigence, or those well able to pay, a burden on the workers of this country,” he said.

«The American Medical Asso-

ciation never has opposed suitable participation by the Government through any of its agencies in preventive medicine or in any legitimate function of Government in relationship to the care of the sick. By and with the aid of local, county, state and national medical organizations, the

U. S. Public Health Service has

been enabled to carry out farreaching plans for the control of venereal disease, of pneumonia, and of cancer, for the expansion of personal and public hygiene

‘and for the prevention of infec-

tions. Without such participation, these accomplishments never would have been obtained. : Upon the subject of politics, Dr. Abell said, “The American Medical Association and its constituent bodies constantly have opposed any attempts on the part of local, county, state or Federal Governments to make medical care a po= litical issue. . “American medicine fears po-

is an outrageous.

Left, two leaders of the A. M. A— Dr. Irving Abell, president (left), and Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Medical Association’s Journal, photographed at the National Health Conference in Washington.

Below, scene in an operating room.

litical bureaucracies. It fears the acceptance of European models which have been set up by various so-called philanthropic foundations in an attempt to socialize medical practice .in this country. The medical profession in this country wishes to keep the practice of medicine within the medical profession. It does not conceive that any political agency can do the job with one-tenth the efficiency at 10 times cost.” ” ” ” R. ROCK SLEYSTER of Wauwatosa, Wis.,, president-elect

of the A. M. A,, began his remarks

. to the House of Delegates by

pointing out that the onset of the depression had brought about the present situation. “When our country followed

‘others in a state of world-wide

depression, a period of greatest

‘prosperity ever known was fol-

lowed by unemployment. A large part of our people who had failed to save for a rainy day found themselves in actual want. Others were forced to curtail and economize. “Standards of living never before enjoyed by any people were lowered. Necessities hecame more difficult to attain, and many luxuries formerly enjoyed were impossible, Conditions have not improved. All of this has contributed to a state of mind ready to seize any scheme promising greater social security. ; “A people formerly independent has through want become susceptible to promises of a panacea,

with little inclination to consider -

deliberately the price they will be forced to pay.” * From ga careful reading of the proceedings of the meeting of the. House of Delegates, I am inclined to believe that the main battle will be fought around the doctorpatient relationship.

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Who was Secretary .of State in the first Cabinet appointed by George Washington? 2—Name the instrument used by physicians for examining the heart and lungs by sound. 3—What is the popular name for a halo around the sun? 4—In which war was the Battle of South Mountain fought? 5—Name the secretary of the Republican Program Committee, who recently resigned. 6—Who first advanced the physical theory of relativity? 7—What is the common name for methyl alcohol? ”» » 8

Answers

1—Thomas Jefferson. 2—Stethoscope, 3—“Sun Dog.”

. 4—American Civil War.

5—William Hard.

* 6—Albert Einstein,

7—Wood alcohol. ” ” 2

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Our Town

By Anton Scherrer

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Mysteries Are Annoying Things and

‘There Are Some Around Here That |

“Are More So Because Still Unsolved.

CAN'T help it, I always start stewing when I think of the number of mysteries around here which, for some reason, remain in a state of suspension. : Twenty years ago, for instance, Gaylord

Yost brought Theodore Dreiser, the novelist, around to Simon Baus’ studio. Mr. Dreiser wanted his portrait painted and he wanted the picture big enough, he said, to include‘ his feet. Immediately, Mr,

Baus put in an order for a seven-foot-high canvas. While waiting for the canvas to arrive, Mr. Dreiser received an urgent call to return East. He said he’d see Mr. Baus the next time he got to Indianapolis. He never showed up again, despite the well-known fact that he had been in Indianapolis any number of times since then. : To tell the whole truth, Mr. Dreiser was here just two weeks ago, but he didn’t get around to see Mr. Baus. Apparently, he’s forgotten all about his 20 year-old appointment, and it’s got Mr. Baus guessing as much as anybody else. Nor has anybody explained what happened to Wile liam P. Hussey in 1912. Mr. Hussey, you'll remember, was the father of Mary who married Alfred Stead, son of Wiliam T. the famous British journalist who founded and edited the English Review of Reviews. I lug Mary into today’s piece because if it hadn’ been for her moving to England maybe Mr. Hussey wouldn’t have met William T. Stead and had his long talk with him in London in 1910. Mr. Hussey never would tell what the two talked about, not even when Ma Stead went down with the Titanic on April 15, Well, five months after the Titanic went down, Mr. Hussey happened to be in Bangor, Me. and it was there that a Mrs. Edgerley, a medium, put him in touch with the spirit of Mr. Stead who not only recalled the London conversation, but continued it from iat point on. And except for the well known fact that Ja Whitcomb Riley always went out of his way to pi meeting an undertaker, nobody has cleared up the mystery surrounding July 22, 1916. 0

The Undertaker Arrived Early

That was the day Mr. Riley died. His death came in the afternoon and it was still early when the undertaker arrived. The death chamber was a room on the second floor with but a single door and a Vinow opposite which looked out on a narrow side The undertaker spent half an hour an 3 be back later. He returned just when a iti he drawing to a close. ‘When he reached the top of the stairs of the Lockerbie St. home, he tried to open the door leading to Mr. Riley’s room. Believe it or not, it wouldn't budge notwithstanding the fact that it worked perfectly a few hours earlier. He summoned those in the house and asked for a key. He was told that the door had not been locked, and what's more, /- that nobody had been on the second floor since the Ungeraners, or Visit I 30 complicate matters still y e bunc : ane that on She nen of keys turned up, there wasn’t er that there was nothing to do but get a la and enter the room by way of the dint A hiss

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disclosed that the door was locked from the inside

and that the key had been left in the door.

Jane Jordan—

Girl Is Told I+ Would Be Unwise - To Delay Her Marriage Five Years.

DEA: Jame JORDAN a very serious problem me, one which involves m 2 future life. I am a girl of 19 and for the ig qs have gone with a young man of 23. We hope some day to marry and this is where the problem comes in. I am a sophomore in college. My grades are high and I stand an excellent chance of getting a school when I graduate. He has a good job and gets regular raises® If we postpone marriage until I am secure in my position it will take four more years, two of school and two of work for me. If we follow this plan he does not want to become formally engaged until after I have graduated. He says that such long engagements usually cause quarrels and eventually the couple split up. What really breaks my heart is his attitude. I believe that he/loves me because he treats me with respect and courtesy, but he says that a girl can’t expect any man to go with her alone for five years and really be faithful to her. By this he means that if we don’t get married by the end of two years I shouldn't hold it against him if he occasionally goes out with wild girls. I never could forgive this. The other plan is to be engaged next summer and be married in the summer of 1940. He will have enough money to pay for all our furniture by then, We have talked it over and over but we go in circles. We must make a choice between our happiness and material benefits. Which shall it be? : UNDECIDED, ” ” ” 5 : Answer—This doesn’t sound like such a hard probe lem to me. Since the young man has a job and is making steady progress, why do you feel it necessary to wait until you, voo, have accumulated enough money to make a financial contribution to your mar» . fare? Why not let him assume the whole responsi ity? . * * He should be willing to wait until you have grade uated from college and from your letter I think he is, but he is not willing to wait two more years while you work and save enough money to make an ambitious start in marriage. This attitude on your part infers that you aren’t satisfied to begin on a modest basis with your furniture paid for, but must insist on owne ing your own home as well. You don’t trust him to solve the financial problem by himself as soon as 1940, Doubtless this is a blow to his pride and he retaliates by threatening your security in his exclusive devotion. The young man is right about long engagements. They are nerve wracking to healthy young people and he doesn’t want to assume an obligation which he

might break. I believe you're wrong in putting him fo

through a five-year endurance test ‘for the sake of

your own ambitions. Why can’t you work after you're' © married, or does he object to this? If he does; you

would do well to comply with his wishes and let him carry the full financial responsibility by himself. So

many young men are economically timid in these

times that you should be proud of his courage. JANE JORDAN.

Put your problems in a letter to Jane Jordan, who will answer your guestions in this column daily.

New Books Today

Public Library Presents—

i HE volume containing the short stories of Ernest 1 Hemingway and a play which no producer evex quite got around to producing affords a scattered pic= e world during the last 25 years—at least, aspects of the world which Mr. Hemingway has fouhd worthy of comment. Le THE H COLUMN, AND THE FIRST FORTY: NINE STORIES (Scribner) takes the reader 1 the years of the World War, through the post-war madness and disillusion, to the years of the Civil War in Spain. THE FIFTH COLUMN, a play depicting the work of “counter-espionage” in Loyalist Madrid, is the dramatic work of a man who has spent long months as a jo torn Sp and whose heart is with the Loyalist cause. Among the stories are many whose titles familiar—“The Killers,” “My Old Man,” “The Undt ‘And there are others, less familiar, Whi life and the author in many,

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