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Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association would deplore the re- 

 tirement of Surgeon General Gorgas from the office he now fills so admirably, 

 and that we request that he be continued in active service in his present position, 

 so that neither his work nor his plans may be interrupted. 



Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association expresses its apprecia- 

 tion and thanks to the Massachusetts Anti-Tuberculosis League and the Bos- 

 ton Association for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis for their assistance 

 in arranging for this meeting; to the management of the Copley-Plaza Hotel for 

 the use of its meeting rooms; to the organizations which have shown the inter- 

 esting and instructive exhibits; and to the nurses and others who have given 

 able assistance in making the conference a success. 



Announcement of the winners of Red Cross Seal banners in the 

 inter-state and inter-city competition for 1917 was made on be- 

 half of the following states and cities: Wyoming, Minnesota, and 

 Wisconsin; and Broadview, Mont.; Big Timber, Mont.; Kel- 

 logg, Idaho; Dillon, Mont.; Phoenix, Ariz. ; Tulsa, Okla.; Okla- 

 homa City, Okla.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Buffalo, N. Y.; and 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



At a meeting of the board of directors on Friday afternoon, 

 June 7, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 

 Dr. David R. Lyman, Connecticut, president; Hon. Theodore 

 Roosevelt, New York, Sir William Osier, England, and Col. 

 George E. Bushnell, District of Columbia, honorary vice-presi- 

 dents; Dr. Lawrason Brown, New York, first vice-president; 

 Lee K. Frankel, Ph.D., New York, second vice-president; Dr. 

 Henry Barton Jacobs, Maryland, secretary; Mr. William H. 

 Baldwin, District of Columbia, treasurer. 



The following directors were elected to serve on the executive 

 committee for the ensuing year: Dr. E. R. Baldwin, New York; 

 Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt, Wisconsin; Mr. Frederick L. Hoffman, 

 New Jersey; Dr. O. W. McMichael, Illinois; Mr. William H. 

 Baldwin, District of Columbia; Dr. George T. Palmer, Illinois; 

 Mr. W. Frank Persons, District of Columbia. 



The vice-presidents and honorary vice-presidents were au- 

 thorized by special resolution to attend the meetings of the execu- 

 tive committee. The executive committee was authorized by the 

 board of directors to consider itself a War Board and to take up 

 actively all matters of concern in relation to tuberculosis and the 

 war. It was also instructed to hold monthly meetings. 



