Health and Welfare, 1949-1951

File — Box: LG 9, Folder: 12

Identifier: CAC_CC_31_3_9_12_0000

Staff Only

Rough draft of Senate Joint Resolution authorizing the creation of a National Poliomyelitis Study Panel to investigate poliomyelitis conditions in the United States and to make recommendations to the president for possible federal assistance, newspaper articles dealing with polio, copy of S. 614, to amend the Hospital Survey and Construction Act Title VI of the Public Health Service Act, to extend its duration and provide greater financial assistance in the construction of hospitals, copy of Public Law 81-380, copy of H.R. 4057, to prohibit the utilization of the facilities of interstate or foreign commerce in connection with the desertion or abandonment of dependent children, copy of S. 2591, to amend the Public Health Service Act to support research and training in matters relating to arthritis and rheumatism, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, poliomyelitis, blindness, leprosy, copy of Public Law 81-692, copy of S.J. Res. 160, to name the Veterans Administration hospital under construction at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the "Will Rogers Hospital," copy of S. 337, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Vocational Education Act of 1946 to provide an emergency five-year program of grants and scholarships for education in the fields of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, dental hygiene, public health, and nursing professions, Senate Report on S. 337, tables and correspondence concerning Kerr's amendment to S. 337, copies of H.R. 1081 and S. 925, to establish a Federal Board of Hospitalization, copy of S. 1140, to establish and to consolidate certain hospital, medical, and public health functions of the government in a Department of Health, copy of H.R. 910, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a program of grants and scholarships for education in the field of nursing, copy of H.R. 3298, to amend section 503(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Senate Report on H.R. 3298, summary of the proposals for the Child Welfare and Foster Care Bill as prepared by spokesman for Children, Inc., appropriations for National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, radio copy from Fulton Lewis, Jr. program discussing creation of a department of health, education, and security, press release from George Smathers regarding National Mental Health Week, correspondents include American Legion, Veterans Department of Oklahoma, George Lynn Cross, Oklahoma Osteopathic Association, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma Department of Labor, Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers Association, Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Dates

1949-1951

Language of Materials

English

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