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Jn c.: ague of Cath ollc s tovontan Amer­tca ns : Miss ionaries of St . Ch ar les for the!ta lla n Immigrants : Nation al AllIan cc ofCzech Ca tholics; National Cat holicRu ra l Life Con ference: Nationa l Con ­fer ence of Cath olic cha rltlcs : Nat ion alCouncil of Cathollc Men ; Nationa l Coun­cil of Catholic Women : New York Dio­cesa n Resettlemen t Commit t ee; PolishJm m lgra tlon Comm ittee : Slova k C. th oollc Federation of Ameti ca : UkraInIanCatholic Comm ittee : UkraIn ia n Con­gress Committee : nlted F riends ofNeedy a nd Dlsplaced People of Y u 0 ­

slavla : u nuce Lithua nia n R elief Fundof America ; Uni ed Ukrain ian America nRellef Com mit tee ; Wh ite Ruth eni an ­By elorll S5lan- Congress Com mit tee :Wa r Relief sen 'lces-National Ca thol1cw crrnre Conference.

T here bein g no objectio n . the resolu ­ti on was ordered to be printed in theR EconD, as follows :

T ho ne rnbcrs or th e Na ti on . I Ca tho llc Rc ­nc ttlem e n t Coun cil a n d the Am er tcun c ore­m lttee on Sp ecIal Migrat ion t a j ot n t, m e et ­In g unantmousty p assed the t ollowln g reso tu ­lion :

" Wh ereas t h e 63d Con gress . lst s ess tcn ,h as enac te d }I. R. &:81 In re ponse to recom­m e ndati on s m ad e b y Pres id en t Eisenhower :

"Wh ereas t h e en act m en t o f this le gis!. t lonner ves t h e hi ghest Interes t of ou r b elov edAm er ica wh il e , at, the same time, It will a­s \1lt SOIl)C of our m o t Im portant a llies In

h ' ln g problems c re a ted by t ymnny, war ,a n d It" aftermnth ;

" Wh ereas the enac tment or t h is leg is la ­t Ion was made possIb le by t h e lIr m s u ppor tand de termined le ad ers h ip of ce rta in :.l em ­bers 01 Co n gress : Thererore. be It

"R esolved, That t h e Na ti onal en h oll c Re ­set lem en t Coun e ll a nd tho Amerlcn n m ­m ltteo 011 Speci al Migra t Ion, represen t in g Mthey do mllliona of Am eri cans wn oee h opesn n d p raye rs beseec h pe a ce w ith rrced om lo rn il rn nnktnd, ex pr ess t h e Ir &TatcfUI a p p reCia ­ti on to all t hose wh o assis t ed In brln g ln" bou t t he enac tIOOn t Of emergency leg is la ­ti on : be It tUrther

" Reso lved , Thnt a copy o f this r esol u lOllb e t ransmItted to t h os e Mem be rs of Co n greWh o e ,ervlc es In t h is wor t h y clI Use wer eoutstnndl n g..,

A Report 10 the Senate IDlers/ate Com­merce Committee OD the Need for In­vest igatioD of Cancer R ~sea.eh Organ­izations

EXTENSION OF REMARKS0 >"

HON. WILLIAM LANGER0>" NoaTH IMKOTA

IN TIlE S -ATE OF TIIE UNIT E D STA TES

M onda y. August 3, 1953

1Ir. LANGER. Mr. Presiden t. Ire·q les permlS5Joll to havc Inser ted In theCONGRESSIONAl, RECORD un der da tc ofAugus t 3, 1953, the let ter from Ch a rlcs\V. To bey, J r.. son of the la to SenatorCh arles Tobey, togeth er with h is en ·closure.

Th ere beIng no objection . th e letternn d enclosure were ord ered 1.0 lJe Pl'lutedin th e R ECORD, as follows :

CONCORD, N. R .T h e Hon rabte WILLIAM LANGER,

Senat e Of!l ce B llfld 1719,lVa .sh tngton . D. C .

DE.'R SENATOR LANGER: Mv f ther had In ­t e n d ed to pu t t he cn ciosed re :t In theCONGRESSIONAL !l Econ D b u t . d ue to hi s u n ­t Im ely d ent h . th is w • trn posstb l c,

It wou ld be &Teatl ;.· npprccta ed I t j' OU

w oul d h. ve t h is repor t In serted In t h e cox ­Ga ESSION,\ L RECORD App en d iX und er the su g ­gest d h elld ln [; or ..... R epor t to t he sen ateJn t ers ta 0 Com m erce Co m m ittee on t h eNeed for I n ~es tlga t1on of Can c er Reses r chOrga n lza t tona ."

Wi th personal r egar ds, I a m .S in cerel, j·ou rs.

CH ARLES W. T oo!:\". J r .

Prom : Bened Ict F . F it " ernl d , J r .. spcc ta lcounsel t o t he Committee o n I n t en t nleand F ore ig n Com m er ce .

T o : Hon. J OHN W. Ba lcl<>:R a nd men:bers ofthe I nterstate nn d Fore ign mrnerceCommitte e of t h e Uni ted S t ates Se nate .

Su b ject : Pr ogr ess repor t o n s tudy requestedby the la te Se n a tor C h a r les W , To bey ,ehal rmnn, Selllite In t N s t a te and Fore l[;11Comm erce Com m it tee.

l )ROJ ECT

The u nder s ign ed, as speci a l co u n se l to theS en a t e tnter stnte and Fore ig n CommerceCom m it te e. WI\S directed t o aupervlse a stu dyof t h e ro llowln g :

I. All t h ose In d lvld \ · nls . or gan tzat tc ns ,rouncnuons, hospi tals a nd eu nice. through ­o u t t h e United Sta te s , wh ic h n ave a n etr ectu po n In ters t a te commerce nnd wh ich n avebeen conductlng resea rch es , tn vcs tt gattons,expertmcnts an d d em ons tra t ion s rela tl n tot he ca use, prc vcntton, nnd m et h ods of d iag ­n os is and r eatment of t h o di se ase cancer ,to de termine t h e In te rs t a t e ram l fi Ion s oft h eir op eration s, t h e ir d n a n clal str u ct u res,Inclu d Ing t n err fun d -rais in g m eth ods. andt h a m ou n ts expen d ed for cUnlcal r e earcnas d is tin gu is h ed from admin istrative exp end­It u r es . a n d to as certa in the exrcn of thet h er a peu tl c value cla im ed b y eacu In t h e us e01 Its part. Ic ul nr therapy.

2 . The fnc ts In vO\l'l n g t h e d isco very of, t h e1mpo r ts fr om a forel s n co untr)' of. the re ­search es upon . and t h e In to rsta te cx per l .m en ts, de m onstratIons , a nd u se o f t h e . ar l ­OWl dru gs . prep nratl ons. and remedIes for thet re a tm en t of the d Isease canc e r, such d rugsto In clude t h e so -ca ll ed 'I\'on d er drug kr eb lo ­ze n , gloxyllde, m ucorhle ln , and others.

3. The t ac ts In \'ol ~ lng the Inte rstate co n ­ap lr a cy. If an y. en ga ged In b j' any In dl\' ld ­u als , organIzations, corporatlon s , associ a ­to ns. and, co m b In es 0 1 a n y kind Wh a tsoever.

. to hInder. supp ress, or r estrict t·h e tree nowor trans m ission 01 kreblo7.en. glox~· lId e . a n dm u co r h lcJn . a n d o t her druga, pre p nratlon sa n d remed ies. a n d In fo r m a tl on . · reaear ch es.In ves t lga tl ons , experiments a n d dem on s t ra­t ion s relati n g to the ca use . preve n tion a n dmethods of diagnosis a n d trea t m en t of thed isease ca n cer.

40 . T he f acts hw olvln g the operatl n o fvolu n ta r y coop eratl ve prepaid medIc al p la nsa n d t h e organ lz tlon s sponsor In g said p la nswhich nre enga ge d In In ters t tlte com m ercea n d whic h In cl ud e In the ir {lro rams medicalt r eat m en t for t h e d iseas e c. n cer, t o d eter­mine the ex ten t of their Interst ate Insur­' n Ce operations. t h e Id en t l y of the ir orl I­n to rs a nd spo n so rs , a n d t h e res istance. Ifan y. t h at each In s u rer h as experI enced f roma ,. y Indl~lduals , or 17.a tlo ns . corporl'.tl ons.assoc ia t ions, of combines , In t h e ir aUempl.'lto offer pro tec Ion to those who arc nnll ctedwit h t h e di seas e cancer.

5 . T h o t a ct s Im 'ol vlng t h e In equ a lity ofopportunlt j' , If a n y. tha t e xis ts with reg a rdt o raeo. creed. or col or. In con n ecti on withthe ad m l... lon f stude n t.q. r ese a rch ers . a n dp a tl en ts to Ins t lt u tl ons t h rou gh ou t t h eUnl ted States c gaged In ca n cer thernp j .

Ae t ivf!y repor tP u rs u an t to the a bo ve. the u n dersl

co mm en ced a coll ec\lon and stud j' 01 gne dterra t co verrng t he operatlons or I OUn datlma­h os p i t als . enn tcs. and G O',"ernmeDt-sp on ons ,

r gan lza tlona specu IIz ln g In c ne e: probl~redInclUd in g th e to ll owlng : rna.

Arner tcan Cancer Soc le y.Am er lc n :' l ed lcnl IIss oc l t lon .An n e Jo'u ll er Fund. l>e w IInven , Conn.D be R u t h Fou n d nt lon .Bla ck . Stevenson C ricer Fou n da t ion. H at -

ti esb urg . Miss .Bonds Fund, New York .J oh nllthan Bowman Fund , Ma dIs on , WlsCr oc k er Ca n c er R es earch Fun d. New YO~kDa mon R u n yon Ca n cer Fund. .Ph tllp L, Dr os nes and t h e Dros n es Lnzen .

bey ono rc. Plt tsburgb. Pa,Dr . F, M . Eug ene, Bl ll&! Clin ic, Lon g Vull ey

N . J . .G o ver n m en t orgnn lzntlons : Th e Dep rt.

m en t of Health , Ed u ca t ion , and Welf a r e: ( )lo' ood an d Drug Ad m in is t r ation: (bl Fe d era lT rade Commi ssi o n .

Dr . G regory ClinIc. P asnd cna, Caut.Hon ey Cancer Cli n ic. 40507 G llst on Aven u e,

Da ll ns . T ex.C . P . H u n t in gton F u n d . New Yor k .t nternut tou : I Cance r Rct e nrcl' u n d a .

t lon , P h il a delp h ia . P n.Johns Hopkins Hosp it a l , Ba lt im ore, , Id.Dr . Wa ld o J o nes , Mj'r tl e Bea ch . S . C.Dr . W ill i am F . K och and R<:\'. S m S...·a ln

Cli n ic. a lso known as the Chr is tia n Med icalResearc h Lea gu e . Det roi t , Mich .. . nd Br azil .Sou th Am er ica .

La ke la n d Founda ti on . Ch lc ng . III.L Incoln Foundntlon. Medto rd, Mass,M em or ia l Hos p lnl . New Y or k ,Dr. K . F . Murph y ari d Dr. Charles Lym a nner c n n ic. 25 Eas t Was h ing to n tr eet ,

Ch iCAgO, III .New Yor k SkIn and Ca n ce r Hos It I , :f ew

'l:or k.R ad Ium I ns tl t u te of New Yo:k.Henr~' R u t her'Iord Fund. f<: cw York,C h r les F. Sp a n g Fo u n tl a t lon . P ittsb urgh.

Pa .n l, 'e rs lty 01 Chicago. Ch Ic ago, III.n l\'c rs lt j' of I lIl n o ls ' ChampaIgn. I ll .

T h er e H er , the u ndersi gn ed tr. velc d toI 11I n ois to In vestlgate the so-called kreb lozencon n o vers j·. and on J Ulj' 2. 1053. wrote 8 r e­por t on h is fin dJ n gs which Is a t ta ched h eretoand m luk ed "Exhib it A." I n clud ed In th isr ep or t W !\.S tho e v lu atlon :

" The controvers y Is In vo lv ed and req u ir esf ur th e r research and de velopment, T h ere IsreM on to b ellevo t h a t the AloiA hns b eenh llStj' . capricIous . arbitr a r y, a n d outrJghtd ishonest. and o f cou rs e If the doctrin e of'respondeat superior ' Is 10 b e obser ved, tl lea lle ged m ac hinations of Dr. J . J . Moore ( lort h e p~t 10 ye rs t h e reM u rer of t h e A. 1,\ I

c oul d In \'ol" o ~lle ,A, M ,\ Bnd o thers In nnIn lCrs t :>.te conspir acy ot al arming propo : ­t lo n • .

"Th e p ri n ci p a l witne ss es who t ell of Dr .Moore 's rlUeallt y nrc Alber to Barrelra, Argen ­t in e c a b ine t m e m ber , nd h is ecrctnr " . An n .D . Sc hmidt."

Therea fte r. t h e undersign ed " ls it ed othera reas . In t orrogBUn g med ical men. a nd onJuly JoI. 1953 . wrote " f u rt h er r epor t . In ­cl u ded In this was t h e e\'a luat!on:

" Be ing \' It nlly In te r es te d nnd hl\\' ln l; trIedo listen a n d observe close ly. It Is my pro­

fou n d co nviction th a t t his s u bst ance kre ­b lo ze n Is on e of t he most promisIng m a t e: lal '~' e Is o lated for t h e management of cancer.I t Is bi ol og ic all y ae t h 'e. I h a\'e go ne c vert h e re cor ds of 530 cases, m ost of t h em con­ducted at a d lstance fr om Chicago, b j' un 'bl llSed ca ncer eJq>er~ a nd ellnlcs . I n r ea ch ­In g ro v conclusions I h a ve of course dis .counte'd mj' own lay observatlot15 a nd reliedm os tl y o n the op in io ns ot q u a ll ll ed c~ncer

r esenreh workers nn d rdlJ r; exper ien cedphj'sl c lans,

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"J h ave co nclu de d th nt In the va lu e ofpr ese nt ca n cer research, th is s ubs tance andt he t h eo ry be h Ind It deserve s t ho most f u ll

Ilin d complete and scientific s t u d y, I ta valueIn tbe m nn ag em cn t,of t he cance r pa ti en t h l\Sbeen dem ons trnte d In n surnclent n um ber

' no d percemage of eas es 10 dem an d f ur t her'work.

"B eh ind and over .,11 thIs Is th e weirdes tcon glom era t io n or corrupt m cttves , Intrigue ,

:soU1sh n ess , jeal ous)t , ob struct io n , and con­' sp lracy that I hnve ever seen .

"D r. An drew C. Ivy, who h as b een con ­d uc ll n res earch u pon t hi s dmg, Is abso ­IUt.ely bon es t In tellect ually, acle n Ul1ca lly ,'nn d In every otber way. Morco ver, he ap ­p ea rs to be a c e a ! t h e m ost competent andu n b ias ed ca nce r exp erts til. t I h ave evercom e In con t act wit h , ha Vin g served on t bo

nrd o r \ h o Arncrt cnn Cnn ccr SocIet y andt ho Am er ican Med ical Associat Ion , nnd Int hat c" pacl t y h avi ng been ca ll ed u pon too"a lu a t o various types o r can cer therap)' .

'Dr, Georg e O. Stoddar d , president or t h o.Unlverslty of Il lin ois , In nss ls tl ng In thecess at ion or Dr . Ivy'. resea rch on can cer a tt ho Un ivers ity or nu nors , an d In recom­m en d tn g .rh e a bo nshment. or t he Intter', pos tB vlcc p residen t of t ha t tnstt t u t ton , n es , Inm y opinion, shown attr ibu tes o r In to lerancefor scien tifi c research In gene ra l."

I t Is a matter or common knowledg th lltt il. entire su b ject m ntter Is hi ghly centro ­\'Crs la l a nd thus rurt h er and add ltlonnl re ­search and develop me nt would entail mor eti m e. A contro vers y a mon g renowned su r ­goons, pa t hologtats , ca n cerolog ts ts , and r adl ­o log ls ta should not de ter or silence t h lB com ­m it te e fr om carrym out the m anda t e con ­t em pla t ed and expressl y dIrected b)' the la t.och a irma n or you r commIttee, Senntor CharlesW. To~y, by virtue of tho resolu ti o n pasaedby the Senate.

:'<ow, pass ing on to an t h er Im tl tu tl on . Ih ave very carefully s tu die d t h e court .recordsor t h ree cas es tried III t he Feder al and Sta t<:lcou r ta or Da llas , Tex. A run ni n g figh t has·been golng o n be twee n onlclals. especlnlly Dr.Mor ris Flshbeln, o r tbe Am er ic an Med.lc IAsso cia t io n t hrou gh t he jou rnal or Ih nt or­ga n iza ti on , nd the Hoxaey Ca ncer Clin ic.Dr. Jo'l shboln con ten ded tha t the m ed icine sem p lo)'ed by t ho Hoxaey Cancer Cli ni c h ndDO therapeutic value; t h t It was run by aq uack and a charlatan. (This clin Ic Ism nn ned hy a stalf or over 30 employees , In­c lud in g n u rses and ph ysician s . ) Rep rin tsand cIrcu la ti on or several million cop Ies o rIIrl1cles f,() p repa red resulte d In li t igatIon .T h e Gove r nment tlleN!aH cr Interv ened anelEOught an In ju n cti o n to p re ven t t h e trans ­m iss ion In In terst a te co m me rce o f ce rtnl nm ed icines. It Is In teresti ng to n ote thnt Int b e t r ia l cou rt, herore J Ud ge At well , whohad an oppor t u n lt ,' to henr t he wltncsses Int wo dIffe ren t t r ial s. It was h eld that th e so ­c, lied Ho xs ey method or treat in g ca n ce r .....MIn orne rc.spe cts su pe r io r to tha t o r X- ray.ra d ium. a n d s u rger y a nd did h a ve t bera­peu t lc \·nlu o. T h e Cir cuit Cou r t o f Ap peals oft h e Fltth CIrc ui t decIded otherwl so. Th isdecis io n was hande d down during tho trl I ofa libel su it In t h e Dis trict Court o r Dall as ,T ex., b)' Hoxsey agaInst Morr is F1Bhbelll, ""hoII.d ml ttod t h a t he had ne,'er p racticed med i­c ine one dar In h lB lire lind h ad n ever hadp rl\'ate pa tien t , v, b lch re sul te d In a verd ictror Hoxsey and against Morr is Fishbein , Thoderense ndm lt te d t h at Boxae,' co uld cure eX­ternnl enncer hu t co n tcn ded t h llt his med i­cines ror In :., rna l cancer ha d n o t he rapeu t Ic,·a lu e. The jur )-. a rt e r 11s ten ln to lend Inpa th ol og is ts , ra d Iol ogis ts , p hysi cians, su r ­geo ns, an d sco res or wI ne sses . a great num­ber o r whom hnd neyer been treated b y an yphyslcl II c r surgeon excep t t h e tn a t men treceh 'ed a t t b e 8 0l<se,' Cancer Cli n ic . con­cl u d ed th t Dr , F1sh~ln 110' s wron g: th at hipUblished statements were ral se , and thntthe n oxaey methOd o r Irent ln g ca ncer di dhave thera pe u ti c "a lue,

In t h Is li ti ga t Ion the o c ver n m ee t of tn eUn it ed St a te s , I\S wellns Dr . 1"Lsbbe ln , b rough tto the cou r t the lend ing m edicat scton t ts ts ,Inc ludi ng pa th ologis ts nd o th ers sk ill ed Inthe treatmen t or cancer. They came fromall pnr or t he cou ntry, It Is s lgn lficnn t 10no te t h nt n gr ea t n u m her of t hese d oc t orsadmi tted tha t X-TIl)' therapy co ul d causacan cer . This view Is supporte d by m edI ca lpublica ti ons, In clUding tho m ngnzlne en­Utled "Cnn eer ," published by t ha Am or lcanCancer Soc iety, May tssue or 1948.

I am h erewi t h tnc tudtng t h e n am es an dad d ress es or so m e or the witnesses wn o testt­ned In th e S tnte and Federal cou r t . It hasbeen det erm in ed by pllthol ogy , In (\ grentmBn y Ins t a nc es by labora tories Wh oll y d is ­co n nec ted rro m t b o Hoxsey Cancer Cli n ic,t ba t tb ey ",ere su ffer ing fro m d lffc ren t ty pesor ca n cer , bo t h m ternal nnd exre rna t, an dfoll OWin g tre a t m en t they tcs ll fl.ed tbey_werecured .

Nam e, add ress, and ! lIP.J. A. J oh nson. Ra ng Jr. Tcx., sq ua mo us cell

No. 2.Mrs. R. J . R lck m nn, 122G Enst Alle n Str eet ,

Fo r t Wor th , rnc tnn oca rctn em n.Ro ber t Tha n e. Avoc a , Tex., m yxol tposnr ­

com a.{I'll. H. H. J oh n son. Den ton , Tex ., adena­

caretnoma.Mrs. Elmer Smith , Well ingto n , Tex.. rnn n g­

nnn t melan rna.Mild red I".ager , 2101 srovan Street . Da ll as,

Tex.. m ela no m a.A. Q . Burgess , 2oll6 Wym an n Stree t . Da ll as ,

-n, x .. blUlal cell cnr clnoma.Ira Pos to n , 6322 Vict or Street , Da tlaa , Tcx..

basa l ce ll carctnomn.W. E. Harmon , Grapevin e, Tex " prick le ce ll

carc inoma .Ml'1l. J . A. Rob b, Weat b erford . Tex., blUml

cell carcin oma .Mrs . Lessl e Hes le r , LUb bOck, Tex.• a deno­

car cIn om a of u t er us .

D.~~~I~kl~· c~;r=~::~i~~ersVllle, T er, R. F.

Mrs . Lor n Barn et t , Penlel, TOX.. adeDocar­clnom n o( utenls.

T . E. Truman, Waco, Te x., epId er m oi d cnr­cln oma .

Fritz Trojan. Waco, Tex., sq uamou s celltype.

Mr. C. W. Malon e, Brown wood , T ex., bas Ice ll type.

Val Seurer. Hi n to n , Okln.. ma llg n an l car ­c inoma.

Jo Parelll, spor to to r lum , Dall , T ex., m n­IIgn ant carclnomn.

Mrs . R . M. HoUm nn, Car e J . B. Bair d Co.,Sh reveport. La .. spi ndle cell carclnomn.

Tom COnt es , Mer kel , Tex. , h nsal cell car -ci noma . -

J . L. ~nrro, Merkel , Tex ., maUgDl.lllt enr ­c lnoma .

Mrs. J. D. DoUgl ,Fort Wor t h, T ex ., du ct ­ce ll ca rc inoma .

Mrs. R . S. 'Turner, squamou s cell c.-lTcl­c om a, gra de 3 .

MI'll. C. E. :.1a ll ory , Equ nm ous cell cnr­clnom :l.

Mrs . Berma n Thom as, 5222 Mer rlm eS treet . D li as, Tex.. mel nnocarcln om a .

Clltton B. smith . 5637 Hira m Stre et . For tWor th , Tex.. ma ll nlln t · cl\rcl nom .

Rey. Hor nee W. Irw in , Wcst WarwIck , R . I. ,m align an t ca rcIn om a . .

I h n\'e h ad nccess to literature by leadingscientIsts In t he field of me dicIne. The a t ­t en ti on or t h e commltt.ee Is InvI ted to t h eh ear in gs h eld during t h e 79th Congress, InJ u l)' 1946; Sena te hlll 1875 being u n der co n ­s lderntl on , wh erein It appe llrs, as ro llows :

"Dr. George Miley WAI born In Ch Icago .1907, gradunted tram Cblcago La t in Schoo l ,1923. gra d u at ed wit h b neh elor o r arts rromYnl" Un l\'ers lt ,· In 1927, rrom Nor t h wes ternMed lenl SChoo"I, 193:l . In tern ed. n t ChicagoMem or lnl Hos pital In 193:l and 1933, Uni ­vers ity or Vien n a P ost grad u a t e MedicalSChoo l, 1933. 1934, t o llowln g wh lcb be vl.6lt ed

the h sp ltBls In In d ia , Ch in a nnd J apa.n .H e Is a rell ow of t h e Am er ica n Assoctauo rrt or t il. Ad vnn eem en t or SCience. He holdsDo natlonn l board certi fica te a n d s ince 194 5h o bas been medic I direc to r or t he G thamJI pu a ), Now York.

" Re po r t of Dr. Miley of a sur v ey m ade b yDr. S tn n ley Relm lln n (In charge or t umor re ­search an d pnlbology , G ot h am H osp ital) be­roro Sena tor P ep per 's committee on Sen a t eb Ui 1875, a bill to nuthorlze ex pen dit u re o r$100 mUl la n In ca ncer research.

"D r. Re lmnn n 's repo rt o n cancer casca InP ennsylvant a ove r a lo ng periOd or tl m oshowed t h a t t hose who rece ived n o t rellt­m ent liv ed a lon ger period th n u t h ose t h n tr eceived surgery , radiu m . or X -r ay, The ex ­cep t ions were thOllo pa ti en ts w ho h d r e ­cetved electrosu rgery. T h o esurvev atso" h awed t h nt followIng the Us o r radIUm an dX -ray much more b nrm t h nn go od wns do n oto t hc av erage cancer p a ti en t .

"Dr. Wl lll nm SeamBn Bnlnbrldge. A. M.,Sc. D.. M. D.. C. M., 1". I . O. S . (h onorary) .W lU tbe rec ip Ien t or s ix h onorar y d egr ee'rr om var tous Ins ti tu t ions, t he m ost recen tbe in g t h e degr ee or d oc tor honor I s cause rr c mt h e University or San Marcos, P eru. He h lU,lb oen su rgeon at t he New York Skin an d Cnn ­c r Hosp it a l , eurgrcnt dI recto r of New YorkCit y Children's Ho pl tal, a nd or ~Innh .. t t nnState Ho. p lt nl, Ward 's lsi n d , a.ad ccneut t .-.In g surgeon nnd In'necologl. t to v erious hos ­p i tals In the New York m etro poli t a n ands u bu rban are lUI .

" \Vhlle there ar e som e wh o s U Il beli eve Int h e emency or r ad iat ion as a cu r ,my skepti ­c ism with re gard to Its va lu e 111 betng In ­creas in gly sUbstnnUate d. Bu t e ven wit h tho

s t tecn m e or todny, Its curat I ve elrect Inrenl cancer Is q uestlonnble . In 1939 t h ogreat British p hy si ologis t. S ir Leon ar d Bill ,WI' Ie : 'La rgo dOs~ (of g mmn a nd b ardX - m ys ) prOduce d C05t ru c t lon oC n ol'lll I tI .. ­su es ouc h as m arrow and lymph oid ti ssue,leu co cyt ... nn d ep lt ho llal lin in gs , and d ent hen su es. • , • The nation " 'ould , I t hink, boIIttlc the worse a ll Ir all the radIUm In th eco un try n ow hurled ror sec u r it y t ra m bOmb­In g In de ep b oles, rem aIns t h ere in :

" A n eoplasm should n O\'er be In cis ed rord iagn osti c p urpo ses, ror one Cl,\n n ot tell atWAnt sp lit momen t t h e ca uce r c e Us m a y bed issem inat ed and the patient d o om.: d. As ­p lratlng the neoplnsm to drnw o u t h e cellab )' l uc tlon . This, 100 . Is a ver,' q uestlonabloprocedu re , for wh at or t be cnn cor ce lls til tm ny be present be low t be punct ure poIn t;an d aroun d t he ne edle whI ch ha "e heen se tfree? I t m ust be reallud thnt w h ile ca ncere lln not b e transpl an ted from man to m n, ItCllD be t r ansplanted III t he slim e host : '

"Ther e I. a repor t fr om !lDoth er so u rcoIn wh ich Dr. F'oln b ll\t t , ror 6 yenrs p at h ologis to r Ih e Mem o r ia l Hosp it a l. New Yo rk , repo r tedt h a t the Memori a l BOllplt al had o riginallyclven X -r n)' and radium trea tment beror ea n d nlter rndlca l ope rations for b reast m n­ll gn nn cy, These patients did n o t long s ur ­vive. so X-m y nnd rad ium were Iven nfte rsu rgery o n ly. These p tlen ts lived a b rle ttime only, and nr te r omitting ,,11 r ndl ntl onpatlenta li ved t be longest of a ll .HOOCI'O \I/AK N EO TO DE W AIt Y IN USE 0 x · r....\ T S

IN DISEASE nt.E..\ T),lJ:NT

" (Dy Howard W. Blakeslee, A!s oclnted P re""scIence edl o r )

" Nl:w YOIIK, J uly 6. 1948 .- X-rn,·s nnd g m ­m R ra)'s cnn cause bone cancer Is wl\ rnln gIssued In Cnncer, n ne w medical journnls t nrlC d by t he Am er Ica n Can cer Soclet",Th e bone cnncer war n in g, covering m or e than20 pnge s , Is by Drs . Wil liam G . G Rh n , HelenQ . Wood wnrd . Norm an L. Itl ggln bo t h nm , FredW, St ewa rd , nn d Bra d ley I . I y, all oC NewYo rk CIty.

"On o or the most dan gerous t h In gs aboutIh ls k ind o! bono cancer, t h e r eport s tes ,Is the very lon g d ela )' betwee n t h e u sc oCt h o rays and the ap pearan ce o( t h e CRncer ,

A5352 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIXTbe deltly time In th e 11 case ra n ged rro m6 to 22 years. .

"Dr, Hermnn J oseph Mulle r . Nobel Prizewm ne r, " world-r enowne d sctcn t ts t , n nastated the medical prof essi on Is I' erm nn en tl ydam agtng the Amer rcan IH e s t re nm throug ht h e unwise use of X -rnys, Tb ere Is a dosageo f X -ray so low ns to be wlt bou t rtsk atp roducin g narmtu t mu t tl ons ."

The a tton t lon of t b e commt teo Is In ­v it ed to t he request m a de by Senator Elm erT h om:u; followIng an In\'es t lg uo n m od e byt h e Senntor of t h e Hoxsey Ca ncer Cli n icu n der d to of Feb ru ary 25, 19,,7, nn d ad ­d resse d to t h e Surg eo n General , bll cH ea lt h Depar tm en t , w astu ngto n , D , C"wh ere in he sougb t to en lis t th e s upport ort h e Federa l Oo vernm cn t. to m ke nn tn ves t l­ga t lon and r eport . No such Invcs t tgat tonwas m ade , In f ct, every error t wns made

a \'old an d ev do the In\'estlgntlo n b>' thoS ur geon Geneml 's office. T he reco rd wlUreveal tb t th ts clinic dId ru rnrsh 62 com ­p le te cnse histor Ies , Inc ludIng p a th ology,n nrn es of h ospitals , ph yslctana, etc .. In 1(145.Agnln , In J u n e 1950, 77 case histor ies, whIchIn clu ded the n ames of t he patients, pa t h o­l og l c.~ l reports In many rn stan ces, and Int h e absence thereof, the nam es of t h e pu tno l-gists, hospttals , and physicIans wh o h ad

trea te d these patients be(o,e beln t rea t eda t th e 1I0x.ey Call cer ClJn lc. The Cou ncllof Na ti ona l C n Ccr Inst ItUte, wi th ou t In,'es tl ­ga t lon, J.n Oc tober 19:;0, r cl uscd t o order nnIn \·C5t lga tl on . The record In th F ed eralcour t d isc los es tba t thIs agency of t he Fed­c, I Governmc n t k sldcs "an d. sough t Inc n 'T)' wni' to h lndcr, suppress, a n d ftstrlctt h ts In stitution In t h e ir t rea t ment a t cancer ,(See testlmon )' ot Dr . O llcln Mendors, p p.1125-1139, transcript ot record , C, se No,13645, U. S, C, A.)

Amon th e n umcrous fou o d ntl on s , ndcli n ic. wh leb rot ess to possess II r em cd)' forthe re ntment of ca n cer Is the LInCOln Fou n ­d ation of Medford, Mnss .. wh Ich hn. beent h e partlcu lar target ot t he .~:'l :\ . I ha\'e n othnd IU1 opportunIty to sufficiently exp lo rethe p. rtlcu.lnr t)'pe ot therapy emp lo )'ed byt h l.! In ti t utlo n. Uowever , I understand ItInvo l\'C!I un ique theo ry of In h nlen t t hera pyn d t h e t ransmIss ion or bnctc r la -ph age, In

p as sIng It Is Im porta n t to note th t t h bt echn iq u e was t b e subject of p r t lcullU'ln te re" t to t h e la t e chalrm~n wh o wns atrustee of the LIn coln Fo un da ti on followlna successf u l t rea t m en t of h Is so n , harl cs,V. Tobey, Jr. Th is remed >' h ns b eon triedb )' h und,eds of I' Uents nnd It I. a lleged tha tthese trentments h n\' e been pro\'en beneficIal .

Ano t h er Ins titu tion wh Ich claims to ha\'em ade .ome progress In t h e t reatment of can­cer Is the DrosDos-LlI"en b e\' Cance r Clin ic , ofl ' lt ts bu rgh , Po.. The rep orts wo u ld In d ica tethnt t h Is Ins ti t u ti on Is IIkew)s e en ti tl ed toa hearing oefore this cummlttee. Tol e !::e:'.":rt oll of life being taken by cancer req Uires nsearching In ves tigation. The method s em ­p loyed , us I unde rstand It , Is a s ubs tanc ek n own IlS Mucorh lcln , wh ich I.! reported to beof thuapeutlc " lue.

Under the fou r th lUlSlgn m ent con cern lnvolu ntaT)' cooperatl \'e prepaid med lenl plansnn d an y r es is ta nce cn cou n te red (r om org an ­Iza ti ons , I\Ssoclllt lons , or combin es , I Is amatte r of publi c record In th e F edernl a l dS tate court t h nt medical assoclatlons hn vep u t u p " road block wh enc \'er or wh ere \'c rt h Is Is attempted.

The CommIttee on abo r and P u bli c Wei­f nr e, t h~ough Its Subcommittee all 1Icr..lth ..ubmltted the reSUlts at n study of h ea lt hIns u r an ce plans In the UnIted S t a tes, In nr ep ort Issued In May 1951, 62d Con gress .Th is was nccompJlshed unde r t he d ir ec ti ono( Dr . Dean H , Cla rk. oow the dI re tor or th e.IIIass ach u se t ts Gen era l Hospital. TIlts ap ­pcars to be tho firs t objcctl \ '0. and Itn pnr tl a lstud)' or the scope, benefits, nnd ellectl\'e ­!Jess of volu n t rj' h eal t h Insu ra n ce pl ans.It shows tha t one-half of the popula tion att ha t time had : ome form o r p r otectloll

a , Ins t tho cost or h osp it al care, but only3 mJlllon h a d "..I t can be c Hcd com pro­n cns tve pr ot ecti on nga tnst, the cos t of h as­p lt nl and rn cd tcnt care. S pe cIfi cally wit hr efer en ce to can cer. Jt wou ld appenr thnt n no p portu n ity wo uld be aff ord ed members att h is sor t at n h eal th pr ogra m to period icch eck ups t o de te rmine wh ether the)' h adca ncer . TIl ls su bject was d iscussed a t len gthbe tw een Ken n et h MeIk lejoh n , s talf d ir ect o ro r t he SUbcommittee on Henlth , nnd Sena torT obe)', 2 yea rs ago. Correspon dcnce be tweenthe two 18 a va tla b le . The repor ,of course,a re nvatlnble to t he m embers of t h is com­m ittee.

From a strictl y Ie al as we ll M et h len l np ­preach, If one Ind ivid u a l h ns t h e r ight tos elec t hI s o wn phystcta n or nospltn l, wbycannot 10,000 Ind h' ld u a ls and thclr rum m esd etermIn e th t t h ey In tend t inves t. di rectly,or Ind lrec tl )', In the construc tion and m ntu­tenancc of a h ospital, '1011'1 0)' a s t 1I of co m ­petent pb yst ciana, surgeons, rech u tcra ns,laboratory expe r ts , nurses , Inte r ns , e t ecto r. ,to look aI te r tb elr hea l t h problems? TIl l"Is not so -call ed eoc tnnzed m edtcinc. It tspur ely \,o lu n t nr >' , Her e, as else wh ere stiltedIn h ls repo rt, the Ju ri sdiction of the corn ­murcc rna >' b llrn ltl'd , a may properlybelong to h e S tcs and theIr legi sla t o rsand cou rts to de termIne thl. probl em. 'How ­ev cr, t h e gen eral welflU'e clause of the Co n­s ti t u tion m a)' bo t he answer , U the com­mlt te ee shmlld de termine t ha t It h Ju r 19­di ction, I n m of t h e opIn ion th nt competen tIOGal e \'ldence cnn be pres en t ed which "'111a id a nd llSSlst t ho com ml t t ee In It s fin a lJUd gm en t.

Wit h re fe renoo to t he fift h nss lgn mcn t , ,' oua re IId\'lsed that time d Id n ot permi t m e toascertaIn t he n umber of studen or theIncre,,"e t h ereof In t h e " nr lous m ed ic a lscbools thr ou h ou t the co u n try. It h ns be ellsuggeste d thM a st Ud ied elIor! h as beenm nd e by cer tll ln grou ps to kecp the n llm bero f s t u de nts en roll ing In m ed lcnl sc h ools a ta low tl ure. r do n o t asser t t h Is to be t hefact nn d I d ou bt If the committ ee · wo u ldha\'e Ju r isd Icti on to go Io t a t h at question,This wou ld properl>' belo11g to the S t tos ,It t h Is Is a fact , t h en Ule various S tste le g l _Intures o( the cou n try should , of co u rse, t s kene cess a ry step., cons is tent Wltll t he pu bli cwelf nre , to see t h at ev er)' opportun lt )' Isgiv en to Im y bo y or gIr l who po""eSses thenecessnr)' quali fica ti ons to be permItted to"en t er medical ac hoo l. , If, on the oth erh and , lh ls m m lt tee ball e\' es Ih a t It h asJu risdi ction unde r the general welfare clauseof th e Consti tution to go (orw rd , then cer-

nly It would be n proper n d t im ely mntterof In quIry. I n any e\' ent, you do b a \'o Jur la­dJct lon and shou ld completo t he In \' os tl gn­t lon In sofar I\S cancer Is concerned by thoseen gnged In the rescnrch field .

• ca re fu l 5 lid ;; of the subject m at te r em ­b raced In tbe d irec ti on of t h e lat ch Irma nw lJl d lael t h e tr em en d ou s .Impor tan ce ofl h e Inv es tlg nt lon u n der t aken nnd t h e c on ­s ideration o( t he res ll its by th e m em ber s Oftb lll commIttee .

We h \', lon g sInce passed the age o f w it chh u n ti n g, We ar e, notwIthstanding, 1l" ln g Ina n er a or hyster ln. In ves Uga t lon seems t o bet h e order of the da y. Crude t h luklng r esultsIn b )'s ter lcal action , Perhaps the co n verseIs true, Tho beginn in g of hysteria Is t h oend of sou nd thinkIng. P roceeding , there ­(ore, to the en d resul t sought b>' II , We r ec ­ogn ize t ho ,' aill e of our goal In str iving forso und , " Igorou a, and bellI t hr ill Na tl on a tJlllnlmum cost... Mon ey, b owe\'er, la\,l sh lyspe nt to stnmp o u t n dreadful scou rg e Isou nd pu bli c econom v.

I ha\'e np proacbed' Ulls problem wit h n nop en m ind. Recog nIZin g th e Im po r t a ne e ofm en skilled In t he sc ien ce o( med lclne , whonre be st Intorm ed , U n ot quallfied , on t heq u estl on of cnncer, Its cnuses and treat men ,I dIrect ed my atten ti o n t o the pr opaga nl1nb)' the Amer ica n Med len l Assoclntlon a ml th eAmerican Cancer SocI ety to til e elIect,

n am ely , "til t rad iu m; :': -ra y theraI'''surge r j- are t he on ly r ccogn lzed t reai' nOdfur cancer." en

Is there an>' di spute among recoe Imedlcat se ton usts In Am er Ica an d elseg~h7-e <lIn the world on t h e use of radIu m nnd ~_:r ,t herapy In t h e t re, t ment of cancer? 1an swer Is d cfinltely "Yes ," There I. ~ ~si a n of opln on on t h e use Of rad IUm <1lvl_X - rny, Bo t h ag enc les are destruc 1\ '0 /In ticcnatruc t.tvo, In the alleged d estructl';' nn~;t b e abnor mnl, ou t taw, or cancer cells b h:l'~ -rny t h erapy and ra di u m destroy nr>r~tti ssue and normal c ns, Recognized medl nIn u thorl t les In Amerl c and elseWhere ~"Iposi ti vely thn t X - ra y therapy can cnuse ~ tecer In and of Its elf , Docu men ted cases an ,a v l1able, arc

The I ncrer sed n umbor of cnncer pa t lenIn Am er rca or nil nges and the nppnren t f II_ure t o presen t ty cope wI t h t his drea d d lseIn d ica tes t h neccssr ty of a s ustal nod c lIortof p r tvn tc and Fed eral a gen cie s to con tlnuer esearch III t he Ileld of c. ncer , Its c nusnn d t ren m ene, es

It rad Iu m , X -rar, o r surgery or elt er Ofthem Is t he complete answer, t hen the g reat_es t boax of ttl e age Is be Ing perpetra ted UPOIlt h e people by t he con t inued appeal for .fu ndstor fur h r esearch , If n e ither X -I . j '

rad ium , or surgery Is Ih e complete anawe;to lhJs drend ed d Isease, nnd I submit th tIt Is not , then wbat Is the p laI n d u t y ofsocie ty ? ShOUld we s tand st lll? ShOU ld wes It Idl >' br and count t he n u m ber of p h)' 1­clnns, surgeons, nn d ea ncerologts t s ""ho are!Jot on ly dl \' lde d but wh o, because o r fe:u­o r fa \,or, nre.. forced to li ne u p wl t b . the so ­cnlled nceepted vIew of U IS Am erica n H e dlca lAsso cln tl o n . or shOUld this commIttee m nk ea l u ll -sc Ie Im'estlg, tl on of t h e orgnntzedell or t t o hi n der, suppr ess, nnd rest r Ic t t hof ree flow of d ru gs whi Ch. a llegcd l>' h a \'e p rovens uccess fUl In cllSe. wb ero . clini ca l r e co rds,CllS O hi s tory, p:.tholog lca.1 r epor ,and X-r nyph o tograp h Ic proof, together with t he n.Jlegedcu red patIen ts, a re \'nlla ble?

Accord Ingly , we ohould deteno loe whet herexia tl n g agencIes, bo t h public and pl'J" a te,nro en gaged nn d h a \' 0 pursued n pOli cy ofh a rass m en t, r Id iCUle, .lander , and II bel6usMt acks on ot h ers s lncerel;' en ga gcd In B mp­Ing ou t t h is curse of 01 nk h ld , H s \'c medI ­ca l associ tl o n.s, tl irough thel t officcrs, a geo ts ,s ervants and em pl o;'ees engaged In th Is prne­l ice ? 1>Ir In \'es t lga tlon to d nt e shou ld con­" In ce t h is committee t h nt a consp iracy doc seXist to stop t he frec fiow nd usc of drugs

. In II te rs ta te commerce which alleged Iy h ..lid t he rapeutic \'a lu e. Publi c a nd prl\' te

funds have be en thrown arou nd li ke can­f ettl at a country f8l r to clos e u p and d estroyell nl Cll, h osplt.'ll•. nnd sci enti fic rcsenrc h lab ­ora to r Ies which d o not confo rnl t o Ih e \' Iew­

"poIn t o f m edIca l assoclnllons .How long will the American peop l e ak e

this? To JIIu::trnte the s '.raoc1t'h"'ld Cf theAmerIcan lIled lcnl AssocI t lo n on legl s la tl onwhich In turn nlI ecta e\ 'er y h ou seh o ld IIIAm er ica , le t US loo k at "mall 25-cen t tubeof penicill In ointment. I s It dangerous toha\'e around t ho h'ouse f r n cut or smallb ru ise o n ;'o u r body ? R t pols on can bebou gh t wi t hou t doctor's prescri pt Ion .Arsen ic ca ll be bo ugh t wit h ou t a d o c to r 'sprescrIp ti on . TIl e sa le o r arsen Ic nnd ratpoIsons Is smllll b ut n ot penicil li n . A cco rd ­In l(l)', we must have a doctor 's prescriptionIn AmerlCfl t o b u >' a 25-ccn t t ube f oint ­m ent. I n Can a da, h owe,'c r, t h e medicalassoclntlon h ns not ,'et dlsco \'ered tho gren td an ger of a Bmnll tu be or pen ic il li n ol ntmcntand, nccordlngl >' , t h e peoplo are ablc to burIt with ou t p, >1ng, doctor for a p res c l·l p t lon .To 63;' t h t It 1 dangerous , Is sill )' . Toassert , rnthcr , thnt It Is bu t another m nn l­fes t atlon of pow er a nd prl\'lIer,e o f n t ew ntthe expense of t he 01 n >' WOUld be more con­sisten t with tru h a nd ,,'h oll}' accurate.

What Is the d ut\' of t h is com mit t e nndt h e members thereof? You r nrst d u ty , o!course , Is t o d o righ t , Proper ly cons Idered ,t hat Is you r only du ty. In d 010R r igh t , hOW-

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX A5353e ver. you owe a duty to t he AmerIca n people.I n upholding t he I w an d en nct tn g legls ­

'Iatlon for t he people at Amerlcn, we loo kfil1lt to t h o Imtr u men t at our c rea t Ion lUI

n repr esen t m tve form at government. Tho~

p owers not specIfically nterred upon thoF'ed er nl o over n eocne nn d denIed to the Statesare r r ved either to t he States or to thepeople. Thus. the fou ndI n g t a t h ers very"'Isely c reated an area of freedom In wntc n .t reemen shall runcu on. I t Is III t h Is areaset as tde b)' the ta t h ers at ur Repuhll c thatp eo ple have the r Ight to ow n pro per ty . tr ns ­act bustness , build u p a syst em at t ree en ter ­p r ise wi t h out h ind r an ce. b ar assm en t . o rabu,., at ei t h er t he Gover nm en t . St:lte orF'ed cr31. or of o ther clttzeris, however po w ­erful, 00 long as t h e people so engaged d o

. not trespass u po n the rights of others. This15 the baste con ce pt of liberty functlonlngIn Am er len . It m ay be sa td to b. a rese r ­voir at f reed om . In t his are .., ha ve m ln ­~ Ied our m oney and blood wIt h tbe races o fm nklnd . We na ve demons trated ou r nb ll ­lt y to li ve t oge he r peacet u lly and h app ll ly.It ho u gh we repr esen t m os t at t he races,

mos t at t h e color s , a nd most or the creeds.ThlJJ was an In no vntl on a nd a new expert ­men t to the peop les of the Old Wor ld . Ou tat lid t ram th Is area bas sprung t he nobles tdrea ms and sain tliest purposes of m anlctDd­pu r poses so strong and vital that It has bc ­co me t h e envy an d admtrn t ror, o f a waIt in gwor ld. Peop le loo k longingly to the shoresor America and desire make th is t he Irasylum of esc ape nnd h op e tor t h o fu t u r e .I t Is more than a drenm . It Is a reality.While ....e nnve no t sot ved III I t h e problemsor mankind. we n av e at leMt provtdcd a sanc­t u ar y and t he Inst r u men ts a t government ,It properly guarded Ilgnlnst t he abuse ofse HLoh men and organlZlltlons who wouldbe nd It to suit t h eIr pu rposes, whIc h couldII\'e or ce n t u ries to come. tn thIs eonnee­li on tbls committee shaul l! tn ves n gne the8d','ert ls lng ag ency wh lcb controls IlII ndver ­II sln g In th e J ou rn I at the Am er ica n Med l­cn l ocran cn . as well ns the va r Ious StM aJo ur na ls . Wh y Is the stamp at ap prova l.by t he ao -called n u trit ion experts lin d t he Irco u ncil o n t ds, pillced on certain food s t uff s.de n Ied t others, and others condemnedwit h ou t a reas onable Investigation? Is there

ny relatlolUlblp bet ween approvat by t h es eex perts and t h e operation of the advertisingagency In the omces of tbe Am erica n Med icalAss ocIa ti on ?

May I. wl th prop r iety , ca ll your nt tcnttonto UI C t r aged y whi ch has Invad ed the UnitedStat es enate. Four grent Am er icans . sll att h em--5ena to r McM aho n , Senator Wherry ,Se na t or Vnnden berg, nnd Sena tor Bob T n1t.-­wer e ni l stricke n d own wIth t hi s dreadeddlsc lUlc . We ar c u nd er a compelll ng m ora lob liga ti o n eo the m emory at t h ese gre n tpublic 80rvan ts and t o t h e u n told mUllon.ot ca n ce r sullerers th rou gh ou t the worl d tocarr )' on t h is In \·estlgatlon . We cannot doot herwise.

Respectfu lly su bmltl<ld .BEN EDIct' F . FJTzO J:llALD.

Spec ia l 'Cou n: cf.

We Need Improved Railroad RetirementDeoelits

EXTENSION OF RE!\1ARKSor

HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY.OT aNN~OT'A

no; T H E SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

M ond aY. August 3. 1953M~ . HUl\IP HREY, Mr. Prcslden t , In

1951 the Congress passed a number ofa.mendments to the Rail roa d Retiremen tAct wh ich SUbsta n tia lly Increased r all·

road reti rement benefits. I was proudto be a member of the special subcom­mittee of the Senate Lab or a nd Publi cWclt are Committee which was responsi­ble for the formula tion of those benefitsIn the Senate , We Increased .annultlesan d benefits by 15 percen t. We provideda wlfe's benefit til be equal to one-ha lfth e annuitant 's benefit. up to a maxt­mum of $40 a. mon th . We Increased sur­vivor 's benefits b}' 33 perc ent and madeother essen tia l Improv ements withoutIncreasing ta x rates. W also pr ovidedfor th e crea tion of n J oint Comm itteeon Ra ilroad Reti rement til study waysand means of Increasing railroad reti re­ment benefits fu r ther . That joi nt com ­ml ttee has reported Its recomm enda ­tions.

It Is necessary that the Congress actQuickly til Improve the ra ilroad ret ire­ment system. T hc ra ilroad workers ofthe United states have contr ibu ted tothe developm en t of a retl rement sys temwhich Is today not a dequa te ly m ee t in gth eir needs In view of th e increased costof Jlvin g. New rail road reti rement bene­fi ts can be achieved 1! the Congress willenact the necessary legisla t ion nextyear.

With in the las t few weeks the dis tin ­guishe d chairman of the Commit tee onRailro ad Reti rement . Senator PAUL H .DOUGLAS. of Ill in ois, has presented to th ec onsress the resu lt of tha t join t com ­mittee study. T his was t he mostthorough study ever made of the ra il­road retir emen t system and was madeunder the persona l direction of s enatorDOUG LAS. who Is a great friend of thera ilroad workers. The s tudy demon­stra tes tha t substan tlnlly better benefitsare possible b}' m ea ns of more prol1tableInvestm ents of th e railroad retirementreserve. and by other method . withou tIncreasing the tnx ra te . This Is goodnews. T here should. th erefore. be noreason for (lOY delay next yea r.

11011', Presiden t , In ord er til Inform a llrailroad workers and ra ilroad retiremen tbeneficiaries of the Improv emen ts underconsidera tion, I ask unanimous consenttil Inser t In the Append ix of the RECORDa list of such possibiliti es. Congress m aynot be able to' make nil of the changesIncluded in the list. Never theless , afterconsult a tion with the Rail road Reti re­ment Board , sta ndard ra ilroad unionsand oth 'er Interest ed par ties . I feel cer­ta in tha t a sound . effective. and im ­proved program can be worked out ,

The re being no ob jection. the list rc ­f err ed to was ordered printed III th eRECORDas tollows:bU'IlOVJ:.-.r l:t.'TS or TI U R,AILJlOAIl R J:TI IlEM ENT

Act' U ND E:Il CO N S ID nON IIY CO NGRESS

I. An IIcr oss - the-bo ard Increas e In a llbenefits.

2 . A m In im um m on th ly ann u Ity o r t IOO.3 . rrllmlnaUon at t h e du I benefi ts r es t r ic ­

tion. At tbe pres ent time m \lrood re tl r e ·ment I' yments nrc usuall y r duccd wh ent he annuitant Is also receivIng sacllll securlt)'benefit&. Prop06,.. ls have been m de t o ellm­Ina te t~1s reduction,

4 . CalCUla ti on at benefits o n a m ore la \'or ­ab le basis. Benefits nre presen t1y figur d onthe b :t.l<ls at overall av er age wages. Sugges­ti o ns h ave been m ade for figur ing payments ,Ins tead . from t he em ploye e's av ern ge earn ­In lll d uring h is 5 h igh est )'enrs,

6. Lo wer age r eq u tremen t for re ti rem en ton (u ll an n u l t)' . R et ir ement be10ra age 65

on l) red u c-u annul y Is already passlbl .However , some nave suggested provtston tal'reti rem en t on fu ll annutrtes a t go 60 fte r20 years at se rvic e.

6. Lo wer age requIrement at wHo tor wife'sben efit t ram age 65 to age 60.

7. Lower llge requIrement tor wldow's bene­fits from age 65 to age 60 (complete ellmlns­uon at age req u irement has also been urgedfor Widows),

8 . I ncr eas e II su r vi vor ben efi ts substan ­tially,

Resolulion of Daingerfield (Tex.)Chamber of Commerce

EXTENSION OF REMARKSor

HON, PAUL J. KILDAYOF T J:XJ,...Cj,

rN THE HOUSE OF IiEPRES ENTA TlV ES

Mondav , August 3. 1953

Mr . KILDAY, Mr. Speaker , u nderJea ve to ex end m;.· rema rks , I ern In­elu d in g the following resolution , adopt­ed by thc Cham bcr of Commerce ofDaingerfield. Tex., and addressed toSenator LYNDONJ OHNSON. of Te xas :

D AJ:NGE:IlrtEUl C HAMDElI or COM " IERCJ:.D al nger fl cld . Te: .• J u lV l B. 19SJ .

S eDa to r LYNDON J OHNSO:-r.se nate OfJlce Butldlnl1.

Wa.,lIrlgIOrl. D. C.Mos t Honorab le Senator-"Be I rc.olt'c d. T h a t the a lngerfield

Cbnmber of Commerce at Texas thank )'oufor your etrorts ' that were put fort ll Inhelping our f riends In th e cattlo Industry01 west Texas survive Ih e most s everodroug h t or this generauon.

" Be I t rcso!t'ed . Tha t t h rou gh you It wlllbe possible f r the ci ties and t h e p eop les o rt be SOuthwest oncc agatn to prepare to buildan empire t h a t will not be outclnssed byan )', Th is will be accomplish ed b;.· the f ctt hat your time Vo'as spent In behnlt at t hoconstttuents of tbls gunt Sta te.

"Fur t h er we would like to stat e tha t th isnrca has been fortunate through the grace orOod to h ave recer ved an ample "'nt cr fa It h n wlll permi t us to be n par t or t h e help­ers t or th e need ....t ;"

Tbls reso lu t ton being dUly adopted an d thornotton m ade by George (BUddy) Bass , sec ­onded by Jack Ponder, on th ls the 16t h da yOf J u ly 1953 .

Sl n ccrely,W . M. WA"lSO,",.

Ma tla !1er. Ch am ber 0/ Commer ce.

Why Our GI', Foug~t So Hard

E::X:TENSION OF REMARKSOF

HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREYOF ~HN :N OTA

IN TH E SENATE OF TIlE UNITED ST ATI:.'J

Mondav. 11ugust 3. ) 953

Mr . HUMPHREY. Mr . Preslden '. IunanImous cons en t that th e te xt of Pobroadcast by Mr. Eric Sevareld. the dis ­tinguished radio commen ta tor t theColumbia Broadcasting System on July27 be pr in ted In the Appendix f hoCONGRESSIONAL RECORD. EvelJ' service­man 's !a mlly should have an opportunityto read t.hls brllllall t and poetic producof Mr. SeYa reld's k 'en Dlind and comp, s­slona te heart.