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forced upon them. It takes time. We need only think Gf measures to limit 
the use of alcohol ard tobacco. If there is no public sentiment in a com- 
munity laws are not enforced, and a law that is not enforced is worse 
than none at all. Many are skeptical about the present generation but 
expect much from the coming one. Perhaps the matter is largely in the 
hands of the school teachers, and since the Academy is made up mainly of 
men who instruct the teachers it comes back to the Academy. 
In coneluding I may say that we have a Federal Department of Agri- 
culture which gives attention to plants and weeds, to animals and pests 
and parasites of all kinds, but it neglects the farmer himself and his ehil- 
dren. We need a Federal Department of Public Health, a Department 
which will study the needs of the people and give them information re- 
garding health and ill health and disease just as the Agriculture Depart- 
ment now gives information about animals and plants.t 
1A resolution endorsing the establishment of a National Department of Publie 
Health was passed unanimously. 
