Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  19 1". 
Correspondence. 
175 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
(Representation  of  Pharmacy  on  the  Council  for  National 
Defence. 
Dear  Brother  Pharmacists: 
Notwithstanding  that  this  communication  is  printed,  it  is  im- 
portant to  every  pharmacist  and  to  the  country-at-large,  and  the  only 
reason  for  sending  you  the  matter  in  this  way  is  on  account  of  the 
haste  that  is  necessary  in  order  to  do  effective  work. 
The  letter  herewith  is  taken  from  one  by  President  F.  J.  Wulling, 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  addressed  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War.  It  explains  itself  and  no  further  comment  is  neces- 
sary in  that  respect.  The  short  letter  is  one  that  was  dictated  to  a 
Senator  and  will  serve  as  a  guide  for  writing  to  your  Senators  and 
Congressmen,  and  the  other  one  will  serve  for  the  substance  of  a 
letter  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  As  he  has  already  been  apprised  of 
the  pharmacists'  desire,  you  can  be  very  brief  in  your  communication, 
but  let  your  letter  inform  him  of  the  object  you  have  in  addressing 
him. 
The  writer  is  certain  that  your  Association  will  favor  the  effort 
which  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  making,  and 
therefore  either  the  secretary  or  president  alone  or  the  executive 
committee  should  be  in  position  to  at  once  address  the  Secretary  of 
War  and  Senators  and  Congressmen.  Quick  work  is  the  important 
thing  and  we  hope  that  you  will  give  this  matter  your  very  prompt 
attention.  Let  them  know  the  strength  of  your  organization,  and  if 
advisable,  the  number  of  druggists  in  your  state. 
May  we  say  in  this  connection  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  is  alive  to  the  interests  of  American  pharmacy  and  is 
only  handicapped  because  of  insufficient  members.  Let  us  therefore 
urge  that  at  your  forthcoming  meeting  you  make  the  strongest  effort 
possible  to  persuade  as  many  to  join  the  Association  as  possible.  We 
believe  that  it  is  a  duty  of  all  pharmacists  to  belong  to  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  then  they  receive  the  benefits  that 
this  Association  offers  in  its  Year  Book  and  Journal.  The  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  has  done  great  work  in  behalf  of  phar- 
macy. Its  Proceedings,  the  Year  Book,  the  Journal,  the  Pharma- 
copoeia, the  National  Formulary,  the  work  of  the  Drug  Trade  Con- 
ference speak  only  in  part  of  this. 
