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of the federation. The Drug Trade Conference has shown what can be done 

 ■ in this Hne when action is based on mutual interests rather than class ad- 

 vantages, and if the pharmaceutical federation becomes an accomplished fact, 

 it will take over the present functions of the Drug Trade Conference. 



"One of the greatest bonds that binds the several States of our Union 

 together is the service rendered by the Federal Post-Office Department and 

 similar bureaus whose heads form the National Cabinet. Even so, if the 

 pharmaceutical federation is to succeed, it must have service features that 

 can be used by all diversified branches of American pharmacy. As mentioned 

 above, it is in this direction that the Dohme plan is peculiarly attractive." 

 That is as far as the writer cares to go in expressing, for the present, his 

 views of the proposed federation. He desires to hear the views of others, nota- 

 bly those who have had active connection with other national pharmaceutical bod- 

 ies, which must be included in the federation if it is to be a real success. He 

 stands ready to explain, to the best of his ability, details of the several plans of 

 federation that have been thus far proposed. And above all, he urges this As- 

 sociation to see that it is represented by its strongest members at the meeting of 

 the house of delegates of the A. Ph. A. in Chicago when the federation idea is to 

 be discussed from all angles. 



UTILIZATION OF AVAILABLE PHARMACEUTICAL FORCES* 



By George C- Diekman 



For some time past our State Board of Pharmacy has viewed, with much 

 concern, the' ever increasing scarcity of suitable and available help, both profes- 

 sional and non-professional, as far as the pharmacist is concerned. It may 'be 

 said that this is hot a problem that the members of a State Board ot Pharmacy, 

 acting as Such, should be concerned about. While the powers and duties of 

 Boards of Pharmacy are numerous and varied, none of these would seem to 

 empower it to act' in matters of this nature. Still, any situation so manifestly 

 operating to the detriment, of not only the pharmacist but the public as well, can- 

 not fail to attract the attention of the authorities charged with the enforcement of 

 that part of the Public Health Laws, known as. the Pharmacy Laws. That the sit- 

 uation is an acute one goes without saying. . That it is receiving attention and 

 study is hkewise true._ For several years,, each President of our State Pharma- 

 ceutical Association has devoted a considerable part of the customary annual ad- 

 dress to a discussion of this problem, and the same is true of other State Phar- 

 maceutical Associations. 



Time was when the supply of available help, professional and non-profes- 

 sional, registered and non-registered, was far in excess of the requirements and 

 the demand, but gradually this situation has changed, until at the present moment 

 the reverse condition confronts us. This state of affairs is very general, and not 

 at all local in character, due perhaps to local conditions only. States m which the 

 so-called "Prerequisite Law" is not a factor, are faring no better nor worse than 

 those operating under such laws. I am not going to discuss, at any length, the 

 *Read at the 48th Annual Session of The N. J. P. A. 



