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mittee on resolutions and were unanimously adopted by the 

 Association : 



Resolved, That the Executive Secretary be requested to correspond with the 

 officers of the American Veterinary Medical Association, calling to their atten- 

 tion the following points: 



1. The close relationship between the work of The National Association for 

 the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the work of the veterinary medi- 

 cal profession. 



2. The small number of veterinarians who have joined The National Asso- 

 ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. 



3. Inviting them individually to take membership in The National Associa- 

 tion for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. 



4. Inviting the veterinarians to arrange a part of the program of the Patho- 

 logical Section for the next annual meeting of the National Association. 



Resolved, That The National Association for the Study and Prevention of 

 Tuberculosis indorse the following terms of a resolution adopted by the South- 

 western Conference on Tuberculosis, held at Waco, Texas, April 16, 1912: 



"WHEREAS, Southwestern States have climatic and other natural advan- 

 tages which have attracted people from other states for years past, and espe- 

 cially the sick and as many of these people come into the Southwest with 

 insufficient funds to maintain themselves until well, as a result of which they 

 become public charges or suffer great privation, which counteracts all possible 

 benefit of climate, and 



"WHEREAS, The number of such indigent persons who are careless in their 

 habits of living and spread their disease, not decreasing, it seems proper for us 

 to issue a warning to the public, and especially to that portion of it afflicted 

 with tuberculosis, and to all physicians, churches, lodges, labor unions, and 

 charitable organizations; therefore be it 



"Resolved, That the newspapers of the country be asked to give publicity to 

 the following facts: 



" (a) There are no free hospitals in the Southwest for other than citizens of 

 Southwestern States. 



" (&) No assistance can be given strangers by charitable associations because 

 the public does not contribute funds for that purpose. 



" (c) Owing to the large immigration of healthy people there is small chance 

 for employment for sick persons. The number of factories is limited, cheap 

 labor is performed by Mexicans and Negroes, ranch and farm work is strenuous, 

 and invalids are not employed by land owners. 



" (d) That invalids cannot hope to secure assistance from private individuals 

 because the demands for aid from strangers have exhausted the patience of the 

 people. 



" (e) That invalids coming to the Southwest should have funds sufficient to 

 carry them for one year, as they cannot hope for restoration to health and 

 strength under that period of time. 



