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most favorable point of view, as estimated by 

 Sir Richard Eedmayne, conditioned on main- 

 taining of war-time restrictions on domestic 

 consumption, Great Britain will be able to 

 supply only 23,000,000 tons for export during 

 the coming year, dating from July 16. If, on 

 the other hand, the domestic consumption was 

 on a pre-war basis, there would be but 7 mil- 

 lion tons avaiilable. But, on the basis of Sir 

 Eeymayne's figures, if all the coal were 

 shipped to western and isouthern Europe, 

 there would be a deficiency of over 25,000,000 

 tons without considering the 14,000,000 tons 

 that Great Britain, in 1913, supplied for other 

 parts of the world. There is thus a total 

 deficit of approximately 40,000,000 tons, which 

 if lit is to be supplied at all, can be supplied 

 by America only, on the assumptiou that West- 

 phalia and Belgium are unable to materially 

 increase production for several years. At best 

 there is evidently a very large amount of coal 

 that the United States could and should 

 supply to relieve the situation in Europe and 

 in South America, now that there is likely to 

 be enough shipping flying the American flag 

 to take care of the business. 



THE PROPOSED MEDICAL FOUNDATION FOR 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Announcement has been made by Dr. Royal 

 S. Copeland, health commissioner of New 

 York City, of an organization to he known as 

 the New York Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Medical Education and Medical Sci- 

 ence. 



The association's constitution and by-laws 

 have already been adopted and an application 

 has been filed at the Secretary of State's office 

 in Albany for a charter. Dr. Wendell C. 

 Phillips, ear specialist and general surgeon for 

 Bellevue Hospital, is the president, and Dr. 

 Haven Emerson, formerly health commis- 

 sioner of New York, is the secretary. 



Dr. Phillips, who is the originator of the 

 project, planned before the war for an insti- 

 tution that would at least rival Vienna and 

 Berlin. The world conflict postponed the mat- 

 ter, but as soon as the armistice was signed 

 the physician and those interested with him 

 revived the plan. A meeting was held on 



April 10, at which prominent medical men 

 gave their v:iews, and a committee was ap- 

 pointed to deal with the matter. 



As stated in the constitution of the associa- 

 tion, there are four primary objects to be at- 

 tained. There are: First: To improve and 

 amplify the methods of graduate and under- 

 graduate teaching. Second: To perfect plans 

 for utilizing the vast clinical material of the 

 city for teaching puiT)oses and to make use of 

 teaching talent now unemployed. Third: To 

 bring about a working affiliation of the medical 

 schools, hospitals and laboratories, as well as 

 the public health facilities of the city, to the 

 end that the best interests of medical educa- 

 tion may be conserved. Fourth: To initiate 

 the establishment of a medical foundation in 

 New York City whereby funds may be secured 

 to meet the financial requirements of all forms 

 of medical education and investigation. 



There will be two classes of membership in 

 the organization, one a general membership, 

 including all physicians in good standing, 

 teachers of auxiliary sciences, and investiga- 

 tors of problems relating to medicine; the 

 other, a corporate membership of medical 

 teachers and medical men with hospital ap- 

 pointments or affiliations. The corporate mem- 

 bership is limited by the constitution to not 

 over 150. 



The physicians who are responsible for the 

 plan issued a short statement, which was given 

 out at the board of health offices, in which 

 they said: 



For years it has been evident that medical edu- 

 cation, both undergraduate and graduate in New 

 York has not adequately represented the possibili- 

 ties of this great city. One of the reasons for this 

 state of affairs has been the lack of financial sup- 

 port for our medical institutions. A more potent 

 reason, however, arises from the fact that individ- 

 ual institutions working along somewhat narrow 

 lines have accomplished satisfactory general re- 

 sults. The larger possibilities which could only 

 come from a more or less central organization have 

 failed to materialize. 



. As a result, men seeking medical education have 

 been obliged to seek medical centers in European 

 countries where more individual and special courses 

 could be secured with but little trouble. 



