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Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association will cooperate in 

 every practicable way with the National Physical Education Service in the 

 promotion of physical education in the schools. 



WHEREAS, It has become increasingly apparent that a Division of Tuber- 

 culosis of the United States Public Health Service is necessary and that the 

 creation of such a division will be the greatest step forward in the struggle 

 against this disease which it is possible to take at the present time, be it 



Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association earnestly urges Con- 

 gress to pass as promptly as possible the Ransdell-Esch bill (S. 1660, H. R. 

 3855) to provide such a Division of Tuberculosis in, and Advisory Council for, 

 the United States Public Health Service. 



Resolved, That a vote of thanks be given to the members of the St. Paul's 

 Methodist Episcopal Church and to their pastor, Rev. A. A. Lucas; to the 

 Local Committee of Arrangements, and the Committee on Registration for 

 their splendid cooperation and assistance during this conference; and to Mr. 

 Boyer, the Superintendent of Schools, for the use of the High School Audi- 

 torium. 



On behalf of the Committee on Indigent Migratory Consump- 

 tives, Mr. James H. Pershing, chairman, presented the following 

 report, which was ordered accepted and placed on file: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDIGENT MIGRATORY 

 CONSUMPTIVES 



In certain portions of the country, particularly the Southwest, the people 

 are greatly concerned with the problem of the indigent migratory consump- 

 tives. This region is relatively sparsely populated and undeveloped. There- 

 fore, the burden of indigence is sustained with difficulty. Besides, there has 

 existed the feeling that with life in the arid regions tuberculosis is not a con- 

 comitant, but is the product of less salubrious climates, which is being shifted 

 upon a people who are not responsible for its existence. The results are mani- 

 fest. Not only is the migratory consumptive neglected, but the people of the 

 arid regions fail to promote their own proper well-being by reason of the fear 

 that by so doing they will be unduly burdened with responsibilities which be- 

 long to others. 



Recognizing this situation, the National Tuberculosis Association, in De- 

 cember last, appointed a committee "to make a study of the problem of the 

 indigent migratory consumptive in all of its various aspects and to outline and 

 prepare a plan for dealing with the problem." 



The present members of the committee are the following: Mr. James H. 



Pershing, Chairman, Denver, Colo.; Mr. William H. Baldwin, Washington, 



D. C.; Dr. Philip King Brown, San Francisco, Cal.; Dr. S. J. Crumbine, 



Topeka, Kas.; Mr. E. K. Gaylord, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mr. John M. Glenn, 



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