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widespread lack of suitable provision for the care, supervision and control of 

 tuberculous patients in the country, either public or private, and 



WHEREAS, The Federal Government has provided liberal pensions and 

 skilled treatment for disabled soldiers, sailors and others entitled to care by rea- 

 son of injuries and other diseases acquired in our country's service during the 

 World War, but has not thus far done so for those afflicted with tuberculosis, 

 be it 



Resolved, That this Association urgently recommends immediate legislation 

 to deal with this large problem. Furthermore and by reason of -the investiga- 

 tion of a special committee appointed to advise with the U. S. Public Health 

 Service, which is duly charged with responsibility for the care of these disabled 

 soldiers, sailors, etc., after their discharge from the military and naval service, 

 we specifically urge the following: 



First, Immediate authorization for increased salaries for the personnel of the 

 U. S. Public Health Service, without which it has been found and is clearly im- 

 possible to secure or train competent medical officers. 



Second, Immediate appropriations for the construction of a sufficient number 

 of sanatoria near the large centers of population and in salubrious surroundings, 

 together with the ample provision for hospital cases in existing U. S. P. H. S. 

 hospitals, or by establishing new units for this purpose. 



Furthermore, We urge that provision be made for the training and employ- 

 ment of arrested tuberculous beneficiaries in such occupations as may be found 

 suitable and under such conditions as will conduce to their continued health. 



WHEREAS, In connection with the Open Air School movement open win- 

 dow rooms and classes for anemic and other children have demonstrated the 

 value of these classes in ordinary school buildings; 



WHEREAS, The school authorities in a number of the large cities of the 

 United States have already adopted plans to provide open window rooms in all 

 new school structures, be it 



Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association recommends the adop- 

 tion of plans by school authorities for the provision of a sufficient number of 

 open window rooms in every new school building hereafter erected in the 

 United States and further resolved that copies of this resolution be circulated 

 among the Federal, State and Local School authorities throughout the United 

 States. 



WHEREAS, Tuberculosis among the Negro race is very prevalent and on the 

 increase and due partly to bad housing, bad sanitation in general and lack of 

 institutions for tuberculous cases in all stages of the disease of the Negro race; 

 be it 



Resolved, That this Association recommends the passage of better housing 

 laws for the United States as a whole; more institutions for the treatment of 

 tuberculous Negroes and the admission of colored physicians to post graduate 

 courses in the study of tuberculosis. 



Resolved, That the National Tuberculosis Association expresses its apprecia- 



