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laying services of a Federal Government supported h0me for the

aged at Kansas City, Kansas . On the following night he met with

the NMA Component Society of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas, and

discussed common medical problems which are the concern of our

organization. Oc tober

On Xcnct!llll-lm 29 , 3ql964, the president-elect visited Cincinnati

and conferred with the Component Host Society for the 70th annual

convention and its various Arrangement Committee Chairmen, regard

ing matters for which he would be primarily responsible during

the Cincinnati convention, where he would preside as president.

These discussions concerned primarily the formal opening Tuesday

morning program and certain problems which had arisen in this re

gard.

On October 11 , 1964, the president-elect met with the

Detroit Component Society of NKA, arranged by Dr . Lionel Swan

and Dr . Arthur Boddie. Between cocktails there was a "skull"

session on the geographic aspect of problems of equal opportuni

ties and services in hospitals.

The president-elect attended the interim session of the

NMA Trustee Board as a participating member at Netherland-Hilton

Hotel, Cincinnati, February 13-14, 1965. He presented prelimi

nary plans for the projected program of his administration as

president. He requested Trustee Board approval of the names of

four outstanding medical men to receive NM.A awards at the open

ing formal session in August 1965. These men were Dr. Albert Sabin,

Dr. Henry N. Harkins, Dr . Charles W. Mayo, Dr. James A. Bailey,

and Mr. Aaron Henry, pharmacist . The selections of the president

elect were approved. The remainder of the program for the formal

-3opeaias •-1• ••• r.,.i..,N, dtaou••ed, ••• ell4oraecl b7 waaai110U• •ote.

OD r"a•t of tile Kt•lnippl ..uoal uca suralcal .tuoctatloa, a Coaatltueat 8octet7 of•~• mil, t•• ,nelcteat-elect aa•• no leeturee ta olla1-oal aad research 1utroeaterolOSF cmrlq tlM fOtll auual atate llfttla& at GrNAYill•, w...1u1pp1, 1111. Tb• •-1089 were lle1cl at tbe .&fflOl'J' of tu lliaa1Nipg1 Natloaal Guard, wltb •esro •llieipal policte officer• •enl.. •• .. laoaor parda." It waa tlle flhlt aoa-wblt• poup .,,_. to bold a ....1.. la tb•• qaartera. oa llarcb M, lNI, tbe pr•td•at-el•t ooneeect a sroup of tbut7 .lataaiata, wbo ue •• aad potntlal Jllll ....._., wltb tile Cblcaso Kedloal

Aaaooiat• aad otlaff Cbtcaso tateratate •••lna •• boat• tor•• neat.as of fellonb1p aad cll•oualoa of prol>l- of OOIIIIOD tater..t to

ib• IIM • ...bffabip recnltant ••• eaplaa•ta4"1. Tbe•• •a••• atteacltaa tbe 1oldea aaa1•era&7 ...,,., ot tbe A_..icu Collea•

of fty•1cbu 1a Cllleaco, durtaa whloh. the &W•ldeat-eleet •enect

u vice &•

capital plua oootrontat!011. Fortunately, hen• c.lled vpoo to

treat oely oae caaualty - fiat larulaea to the face ot a

Korthwc•tern Uatv..ralty pbyatce proteasor. The prntdeat-e1.ot

••• plea•ad to aeet on that occaeioo and aerve with ~ur t~Utff

board aecretarr, Dr. J.L.S. Holloaan of•• York. Otlaer m ll4tllben pr...at la 11o1tt1••r1 • tllta ocoaatoa •••Dre.Herbert C&••,

•• 'fork Cit7, w.B• .Joaee, lld., Queatta 1'ouas, .reaa Sparlook,

aacl .Jolla lll'aat.oa of Cbic-,o, Da•ld rreacll, D.C., alld otllera. All

4octora llw• luted av.eel •olaatar11J la lbe aau of tb• lflfA

aacl tb.e llecllcal can ttt.. tor au.an a1cht• ta cooperattoa w111&

looal Alaba• doctor• •

...... JlaJ 15, •nd Hay u, 196G, th prNldnt-eleet attead.. tbe Jolat ...t1nc b•t..en tb• A1181'tcu aad caucttaa ,..._

trMtaterolos1•1 ,.....,. 1D l!oatreal canada... opeaed t• 41..

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owtoa ot a ,-per, rei,ortlq r••rob la "Bllclwopio Gaet•obiOPIIJ

Gbitffftt1ou" bJ a•• York Vnt•enltJ poup...w... •-1.., tbe prHl4eat.-.1Mt beld eDCOllr'aalac 1.i.,.1 .Pl'i•••• talka with four •ocatlMtra white ,..ttoeateroloalllt• OD a JWOPGNd Pl'otrr•• tor

eatabll•blng "oor aaloatloae" aorOIIII raoe aacl ,._.-aplllo lla•

at• oa•oa proi...1oaa1 lffel OD bUMD rllllte la 1141d1o1M.

Jlurlaa tbe rear the pr•tdut-elect WOl'Jled •ff7 bard aad

ol01Jely witb tile Ctiail'llaa of Ille COUaoll Oil 1141d1oa1 Bdu0at1oa

alld ._pitala• Dr." L. Barri• lleft'J"o:f Cbicaco, ia uteAdl.. re

oruJ.t•at 1Ja 1Nd1ca1 oaNeH CUl!f!8wblob bad MIU dur1.. tbe Prfftou• 7•r. Be waa ateo aot1•• 111 tbe ar• of recrutt

-t ot HW ...._.. lor tu l'JIA. Other ••t111C8 atteaded 111 order to keep ••••t of c•aeral

ae41cal "breNtea Dftll" to aid la hi• upo•1DS adlllllillt•atloa •••

the AIIA'a flat •••1 Coasr•• oa lledtaal Jlducattoa la Cbtcaao F•brUarJ' e, 1NI, au a one-da7 •ialt to tbe auaal AIU. coav•.. tloa la•• York C1'7, JU11e lNI.

In ti.. late.et of u.pia, up tbe 1ad1•1dua1 prof-toeal

taas• of th• Pl'•icteat-eleot 111 a41dlclae aad cOIIIIUDity attain, be coattaued to aer.e u ehall'IMlD ot tile H•altb CC1altt.. of tile

Mayor•• Coewt.utoa on Buaaa aetat1ou ta Cblcaco alld ...._. 01

tile Pro1...1w1 Orlotatloa Ca 11 1t.ttff Of tbe Cbicaao llectloal

Soo1et1, eo.»oaeaat Dalt of AKA. "~of•••1oaal :l•a•"

• .. . ' • • fl •FtaallJ• ta tile uea 01 • • ~ •• ', ',' for the IOIA, your

p,•ldeat-eleet aeat to prea aa article OD "hrtber -•leao•

wltb the &err, Ga•trOblGPIQ' lcop4a" ao4 aubllittecl a requ..t•d

artlol• iitled "Yinl Gaetroeat•ritl•" .. a ooetribut1111 autbor

to a ..., book publuhe4 1>J tbe • .a. laulldel'a Co. , tltlef'Cuneat

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D1a_t•• " Aleo, Ile putlolpated la a a,.,_1u Oil "Up,- G.I•

.__,..•••" •ltb. a ll'CNP .i Mtloaally -- petrCMatwol..late for

tile "lle4lleal TrltMaae."

•.. .. , I ' p The pr•ld•at-ele.:t p,reaeata the tollowiaa recOllll4tndatiou

for a4opt1oa aad to bacOM ettectt•• at tb• boclmuna ot bill act

tatat.atrattOD •• pr..idnt. Thlt tint P'ObP wtll coaoua aatte111

Wbi.cb aay pro,-rl.J' r-autr• aou.. of Del•cat••' actioa, 'bllt eadorae-t b1' tile 8oard of Truat... t• requ..ted.

1) l'llBID>m'S AllYI8Clt1' COllll'ITU QI urGULATIQI

It 18 r•cOM.eladed tllat tben N cNate.S a utloml coaattt.••

to" kaowa •• tbe 'Pr••ideat•a AdYlaory C011111tt.. oa IM•l9latloa.

Appo1ataoata aro to be u.de b7 tbe pr•1deat. It abou14 1>e a

coaa1tte. oft~• 1Dd1v1dual• wttb tllre.e-year t... atauered

ao ~bat oa. appoint-at u aad• each 7nr at t.be boataaiq of the pr•J.dential tar.. Tbie CCllllllttff WGCtld ..,..... • re..noir

of curr•t latonaatioo on 1a.,e0d.1aa leatolatioa affeettna 11MN11eal

.Pr"•otl:c., aedloal ecluca:ttoa. end b_..o rigbta in aed.1c1a•. Tb•

•daia1strattwe ..cr•t•l"J', the leaal counael, tbe public r•latiou

repreaentetl•• would •hue tb• r••po-ibility wttb otber eourcN

ta routlDS la10l'!Yt1oa to tile coaa1tt•• oa current lll0d1cal lqia

lation, coaalttee Mariap, title aad awabe.r Of le11.alatlv• bllla,

•tc. C...tttff Mabel'• would ao11c1, iatOl'll&tiOll fr• aeutora.

b••• ..llben, oaaalttee cbairaaa. etc., aDd k••.P the pnatdeat

Of tM aNoclatloa ad•iaect at all ,1... ao tut be at111t act appro

,rlatelJ aDd coaat1tutioaa11~. The preaidaat_.leot •hall be aa

otflcio -bei- of t~ia cGlllli,t•, alo.. witb cllalraaa of trGat••

board aacl ai-ue ot b.ouae. lo otbw offtar or iad1Yldut alaall •••WM

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tbe prerogatlye of aotl.. o1t1o1ally or UJ10tf101a117 for th•

au-,1atiOJ1 la alldl..o• with CODP"-loul cOllllltwee, lobbJ'•

teta, tlMt utioa'• Preet.deat, b1a oablMI ....,.... , or ad•la••

• ottMtn cooaectod with natloaal lest.ttlatloa, sew•-•• policy,for thta purpoee

eto., • la oa111118 national ...t1DS-.'Ucept tbrc,usb tbe office

ot ,reatctqt aDCI bill acs.1._,. coaitt••• I) LIIIITDO OITICS IIOLDllfO 81' OD COll8TITUIIT 80CIB'IT

ca on DDIVIDUAL It 1a reao•tacled tllt.t thltl body •tabltllb •• a •tt• ot

fut•• Polle,~ tbe upaSS.\lOD, atataa at peat•r rans• of

coMtltuat eocietJ l"•pr....tatl• ad fU'~lol,atl•., •1aat ••Pt

where there ua prOl'ea laoll: ot •• ayallabl• qua11f1ed peraoo eleewbel"e aot ..,. tba two Mlll>en ot the u.a CODlltltu•t -.oolety

ur OOllCUITeatly b.Old •• offto• ta the utlODal ...ociat1on or

oba1naaabip of OM of lte couDGlla or aatlonal C011111•1oaa or

oOlllalti... Bo1d1ns ot two otflc•• ooacul'l'•atlr by aa ind1•1dual ov.rtl7 or COV"er~Jl' aball be 1lf~&'&l.

3) CXllllDIDG THI ACrlVIT :m a, TBJ COOJICILS QI lllDICAL DVC&Tlc:11 AID B08PITAUS di> COUIClL QI UClllJITIIBIT

In order to ••old dupllcatlon o• effort a•d CloUbl• upeue, lt 1a rec-..Qded tbat the atructure uttli&M bJ the recruit

aent couJSCll duriq lte one year of exlatence be •tntalned;

aa.cl tbe PHae•tlJ' appolat•d ,-•oanel of both couaotl• ~ coa

timtff. 81GC• th coutituttoaallJ eatabllehed Council OD

lledleal Education and Boepitala cleal"lJ' baa the tuacttoa by

p,ec.Sent a11d otherwS.H of recrui t ..at • acJ other educatioaal

alld hmpital JrOblea activltl.. and flextbllltJ, th• COW1Cll•

ahould be cOllbtraed: and tbe •• of tbe co.billed ceunctl• aball

be Coaacil oa lledlcal Bduoatioa ead. R•pltala. The proJected

pro,ra• tor recruitaent •• eun-entlJ proJect•d oaa :r..a1a U.e

.... witb tbe aau ebatnaan, if ......1.ctect by tile eouactl,.

4) A CGIIIIISBIOJr OH IRDIU ftJGllT8 IW IIIDICJD "

It 1• ree0111Nndcd thnt tu~• bo oatablt•h•d a eo.te•toa oa ••o a11bta ta •odtclae. conat•tlag ot five ... wtth atenered

tenua ao tbat OM ao ....,.~ la uaed each 1•ar. Tho auttaoi-lty

zw ••tablisbaeat aad ••1atena.ao. of tb• coaai•aioa a.ball ~id• la t11• Boaae ot Del•s•t••· The ,ar,oee of th• eCM!llli..loa aball M to ••tabliab lulttoa between tts. ID and c1vi1-r1sbta aad

hwaaa-r11bta •••aJ.aatlou, wbether they be aoa ••dlo•l, •odical,

or paralledtcal, in glviua DA suppc,rt ~r •dloal eaerceneie• tn

the cl•il•rlgbta atrunt• aad la the l•pl...otattoa of civtl•riabta

1•••• for greater equ lity aaoq all A•ricaaa ill tbe d1atr1but1oll

of uu~gr•ge ted quality aod1~al care. 1 iaeactal contrt butloaw

by the Asaoci nt 10J:l to aaapaig-• tn eouthf>rn •tatea and elsewhere

ahould bu cleared t hrough thta cooti nu1q CGIUliUton. TM eOIUlia•

aion ahttll promote t he J ust iflplettont Jt t ioii ot "' d1caro." Tho

,restchHtt, epeakor, f4Dd truatee bo rd chaina11 ailall bo ex-oft1•io

members. I}>

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I t i ~0111mended t hat t he d i t in uiah(td a ervl .co award

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0 ,.11 contiauo to be given. to ou t• Jldiq edical ac1ent1ate for I

tbelr c/atributioa to aecltcloe 1tael!, wbo u-e ...._,. 01 th•

Aaoolatloa, and that tbe Couacll on D1atlJlluieb•d S.Z.Y1c• Anrda

••t up• ..coad •••»'d wltll appropru-. but d1ffereat aa• to be giYen amw.a11y or pnolOdlcallr for outatall41ag ae.rvtc• to tb.4t

Watloaal tledloal A..ociatloa, ~-l~dtas lo,altF la att•auace, etc.

aad tbat atiaite alterla be ..t UJ) w1tb tb• ala of elilllaatiq

poltttcal OOM1derat1ou ••faro• posai ble.

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The ooaeept of prett1deat-elect hae el••1• bad a ntiou.le

ia orsaalsattoaa which ha•o auob aa office. l dollbt tllat ta tbe

•at1-..1 lle4lca1 A••octatioa it 1'Ml eYer •ant to bo • ..-.1, a

drape with wlilcb to cover a 4octor whil• be •tool •ot1oa1... aacl

•1•1...ly for oae 7eal." ta tbe ahactow of t!Mt ttr..1deaoy. The

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attaiatatratt•• •.aetarr. liJldue aa.d oaa-.tborla.«l pr...ur•• upoa hla office tor ,-rforaanco of t:uaka aa~ apectal fa••• •hould IMt

•• kaowD to tbe total Tnsatoe Doard 1n h1a oftlela1 re~t.

beret•• of coatllct11li autbQrity cagataa ..,_na....at of th•

adaiatetratl:n •eoretary ahoUld lMt aYOl.cled b7 clearly dettntea

the prero,at1vea ot each office by tb.a elul1rlllllll of tbo Ju41eial

Couacil,wbed a•c....r1.

10) ltlDICAR.I

It la recOIIIIIODded that it 'be tu otltcial poller ot the

JIIIA to elippc,rt lederal legJalatiOll kAOWD •• ••Jle41caNt.. to ••

tend sedical end boaptta.1 caro to the Acod and work with ua

rettitt i n« vigor !or it Just iaplo.:1ontation. lt ts at tho

local level tbat w-e must protect tbQ r1tbte of patient• and

pbyslclone. eapecially io the south. Cobtlnued ~bJ•ctlou to

11.D. participation 111 $OC1al accurt t)· u the oalJ reaaini,ag

aoa-purttciptttng o~~P tioul group ia .irroaaat, alld doe•

11.0t rapreaent the aaJo~l ty opieiioD of tbe ID aeaberabtp or •

l&ra• ••CM•t of tb• total prot..atoa.

11) Q..IQUBS, ,.l&TABLISIIMDIT8, .. AIID POJ..ITJCAL C01l'IB.OL GttOOPB

Tbo Auociat1oa deplorff the operation or atte119ted

o:,e-nt1011 of polltioal cU.cauea, ••eatallliabMQta, •• "trueal••, • ••d aubroea "uiaf• aov...ata, •tt..pt1na to cootTol tll• wc•

ataatloul policies aad act1Y1tte•. Th• Sootet, ab«1.14 reaala

free aDd open.to for tbe beaeflt and partlclpattoa of all ••ber•

purel1 on the ba•l• of aer1t, character, aad broad repr..eatatioa.

12) RECRUITUIIT AD (IUDTA'l'IOJI 0, an M.'lllllEB.8 The lOOS-YitJ ol any oraanl&a.tloa le ctepeect•at uproa aow

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lllftlbenbtpa. la tb•• tt... of rapid eooiel-at•uc:ttare cballC•

•ad lller•••tac opJ1101"tun1.t1ea for youaaar S.aro dcw:ton. tile DA 9Wlt aotlYely C-Ollpete witb other geacral Mdleal eoct•tl..

tor their •llberablps. Thie eun bocone " euddn and preot.pi•

tou• prObl••· lheaa non-whit• doc._• are tighttn tor ••bor• abtpe eQd partloipation in nedoelnaatly white oraaaimatiou, ta. RU auat aot b•• a de1aoto ..,reaatoct 1- if &t ta to contllltte

•• aa ettectlve IP"OWiD& orpnu:atloa. I therefore recGlllleDd tllat

tbe.,. COQneil OD llelllbenbip BoCJ"Uttaeat broaden aDd acc•t•r•t•

1ta Jroera• to iaclude orieatattoa alld aotieitattoa of htsb

calibre •eDberahipe, 11ot only Jfe~oee but ncroea race lines.

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It le hoped that all cGllllltteoa rec:01111eoded 8Jld agprovod

will be .....s •:rly enousb 111 this 0011veat1oa .. that tu, ••7 aeet aad tapl...at tlloir prq:rau.

lC} "CCll'l'JII\TBD GROITB a, QIJALl'ff PllOGRA:IS 01' SCIElfTIFJC ASS1DIII.Y"

tfne i11CG11iD1 J)rNJ.dent i• de-eplr COlllltted and ball tir•ateet

conoera of all for cont1Dt.le-d •utvtq oa tbe P••t of tile •.a-ra o~ tho ..•ocia\loa tor ~oar... la tbe qualtty of 11• aeteatitio

propau aa4 •xh1b1ua, ao tbat our JU.ch••t •• • ~hat of proaottoa

of prof...icmal gro1rth ao •• to d•ltver tDe fi~o•t ca.11bre of

patient caro - Will cout1D11e to bo achioved.

Jtnally, tbo ,oroaid,ent-eloct w1aht.ts to thank sincEu,•oly all

of th• otflcera and. maabe~• Qf the •atiOJ'.Utl Uvdlcal uaootntion

•bo huvo eooi,e•ated with bia fiurilla tbo year, a1Hl he lo