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APPENDIX

CONCORD, N. R .
Ae t i vf!y repor t
Jn c.: a gue of Ca th ollc s tovontan AmerHo ra
WILLIAM LANGER,
P u rs u a n t to the a bo ve. th e u n d ersl
tca ns : Miss ionaries of St . Ch ar les for th e T h e Senn e bte ce B llfld 17
at Of!l
19,
co m m en ced a coll ecl on and stud j' 0 1 gne d
!ta lla n Immigrants : Na ti on al AllIa n cc of
lVa .sh t ngton . D. C .
ter ra t co verrng t he operatlons o r I OUn datlm a Czech Ca tholics; National Ca t holic
DE.'R S ENA
TOR LANGER: M v f ther had In - h os p i t als . enn tcs. an d G O',"ernmeDt -sp on ons ,
Ru ra l Life Con ference: Nationa l Con - t e n d ed to p u t t h e cn ci osed re :t In the
r gan lza tlo na specu IIz ln g In c ne e: probl ~r ed
fer ence of Cath olic cha rltlcs : Na t ion al CONGRESSIONAL !l Econ D b u t . d ue to hi s u n - InclUd in g t h e t o ll o wlng :
rna.
Council of Cathollc Men ; Na ti ona l Coun- t Im ely d e nt h . t h is w • trn p osstb l c,
Arner tca n Can cer Soc le y.
It wo u ld be &Teatl ;. np prcc ta ed I t j' OU
·
cil of Ca tholic Women : New York DioAm er lc n :'l ed lc nl IIss oc l t lo n .
cesa n R esettlemen t Commit t ee; P olish w oul d h. ve t h is re po r t In serted In t h e cox An n e Jo'u ll er Fund . l>e w II nven , Co nn.
Ga ESSION, L RECORD Ap p e n d iX und er the su g D be R u t h Fou n d n t lo n .
Jm m lgra tlon Comm ittee : Slova k C. th o gest d h elld ln [; or ..... R epo r t to t he sen ate
Bl a ck . Stevenson C ricer Fou n da t io n. H at ollc Federation of Ameti ca : Uk raInIan Jn t ers ta 0 Co m m erce Co m m ittee o n t h e
ti esb u rg . Miss .
Catholic Comm ittee : UkraIn ia n Con- Need for I n ~ es tl g a t1 o n of C a n c e r Reses r ch
Bonds Fund , Ne w York .
gr ess Committee :
nlted F riends of Orga n lza t tona ."
J o h nllthan Bowman Fund , Ma dIs on , Wls
Wi th personal r eg a r d s, I a m .
Needy a nd Dlsplac ed People of Y u 0 Cr oc k e r Ca n c er R es ea r ch Fun d. Ne w YO~k
S in cer el, j·ou rs.
Da m on R u n yon Ca n cer Fund .
.
sla vla : u nuce Lith ua nia n R elief Fund
CH ARLES W. T o o!:". J r .
Ph tllp L, Dr os nes and t h e Dr os n es Lnzen .
of America ; Uni ed Ukrain ian Am erica n
bey ono rc. Plt tsburgb. Pa,
R ellef Com m it tee ; Wh ite R u th eni a n Prom : Be n ed Ict F . F it " ernl d , J r .. spcc ta l
Dr . F, M . Eug ene, Bl ll&! Clin ic, Lo n g Vu ll ey
By elorll S5la n- Congress
Com m it tee :
.
counsel t o t he Comm ittee o n I n t en t n le N . J .
and F ore ig n Co m m er ce .
G o ver n m en t o rgn n lzntlons : Th e Dep rt.
Wa r Relief se n 'lces-Nationa l Ca thol1c
T o : Hon. J OHN W. Ba lcl<>:R a n d men: bers of m en t o f Health , E d u ca t ion , an d Welf a r e: ( )
w crrnre Conf erence.
'
the I nterstate nn d F ore ign
mrnerce loood a n d Drug Ad m in is t r a tio n: (bl Fe d era l
T here bein g no ob jectio n . the resolu Committe e of t h e Uni t ed S t ates Se n ate . T r ade Commi ssi o n .
ti on was ordered to be printed in the
Dr . G rego ry ClinI c. P asnd c na , Caut.
S u b j ect : Pr ogr ess r e por t o n s t udy requested
R EconD, as follows :
Hon ey Cancer C li n ic. 40507 G llst on Ave n u e,
by the la te Se n a tor C h a r les W , To bey ,
T ho ne rnbcr s or th e Na ti on . I Ca tho llc R c nc ttle m e n t Coun cil a n d th e Am er tcun c o rem lttee on S p ecIal M igra t ion t a j ot n t, m e et In g unantmousty p assed the t ollowln g reso tu li o n :
" Wh er eas t h e 63d Co n gr ess . lst s ess tc n ,
h as enac te d }I. R. &:81 In r e ponse t o r ec om m e nda ti on s m ad e b y Pres id en t E is enhower :
"Wh er eas t h e en ac t m en t o f this le gi s!. t lon
ner ves t h e hi gh est Interes t o f ou r b elov ed
Am e r ica wh il e , at, the same tim e, It will as 1lt SOIl)C o f our m o t Im portant a llies In
h ' ln g p roblems c re a t ed by t ymnny, w ar ,
a n d It" aftermn th ;
" Wh e reas the enac tmen t or t h is leg is la t Ion w as made possIb le by t h e lIr m s u ppor t
and de te rm ined le ad e rs h ip of ce rta in :.l em b ers 0 1 Co n gress : Th er e rore. be It
"R esolved, Th a t t h e Na ti onal en h oll c Re set lem en t Coun e ll a nd tho Amerlcn n
mm ltteo 011 Speci al Migr a t Ion, r epresen t in g M
they d o mllliona of Am eri ca ns wn oee h o pes
n n d p raye rs beseec h pe a ce w ith rrced om lo r
n il rn nnkt nd, ex p r ess t h e Ir &TatcfUI a p p reCia ti on to all t hose w h o assis t ed In brln g ln
" bou t t he enac tIOOn t Of e merge ncy l eg is la ti on : be It tUrther
" Reso lved , Thn t a co py o f this r es ol u lOll
b e t ra nsmItted to t h os e Me m be rs o f Co n g r e
Wh o e ,ervlc es In t h is wo r t h y clI Us e wer e
outst n ndl n g..,

ehal rmn n, Selllite I n t N s t a t e a nd Fore l[;11
Co m m erce Co m m it tee.
l )ROJ ECT

The u nder s ig n ed, as s peci a l co u n se l to the
S en a t e tnter st nte and F o r e ig n Co mmerce
Co m m it te e. WIS directed t o aupervlse a stu d y
of t h e ro llo wln g :
I. All t h ose In d lvld · nl s . o r gan t zat tc ns ,
rounc nu ons, hospi tals a nd eu nice. through o u t t h e U nited S ta te s , wh ic h n a ve a n etr ect
u po n In ters t a te commerce nnd wh ic h n ave
bee n conductlng r esea r c h es , tn vcs tt gatto ns,
expertmcnts a n d d e m o ns tra t ion s r el a tl n to
t he ca u se, prc vcntto n, nnd m e t 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 t e rs t a t e ram l fi
Io n s o f
t h eir op e ra tion s, t h e ir d n a n clal str u ct u res,
Inclu d In g t n err fun d -rais in g m eth ods. and
t h a m ou n ts e xpe n d ed for cUnlcal r e earcn
as d is ti n gu is h ed fr o m admin istrative exp end It u r es . a n d to as certa in the ex rc n of th e
t h er a pe u tl c value cla im ed b y eacu In t h e us e
01 Its p art. Ic ul nr therapy.
2 . The fnc ts In vOl'l n g t h e d is co very of, t h e
1m po r ts fr o m a for el s n co untr)' of. the re search es upo n . and t h e In to r sta te cx per l .
m en ts, de m o n stratIons , a nd u se o f t h e . a r l OWl dr u gs . prep nra tl ons. and remedIes for th e
t re a t m e n t of the d Isease c anc e r, suc h d rugs
t o In clude t h e so -ca ll ed 'I' o n d er dru g kr e b lo ze n , gl oxyllde, m ucorhle ln , and oth ers.
3. The t ac ts I n ' o l ~ l n g the Inte rstate co n ap lr a cy. If an y. e n ga ged In b j' any In dl' ld u als , organIzations, corp oratl on s , ass o ci a A Report 10 the Senate IDlers/ate Com- t o ns. and, co m b In es 0 1 a n y kin d Wh a tsoever.
. to hInder. sup p r ess, or r estrict t·h e tree now
merce Committee OD the Need for In- o r trans m is si on 0 1 kreblo7.en. g lox ~· lI d e . a n d
m u co r h lcJn . a n d o t her druga, p re p nratlon s
vest igatioD of Cancer R ~s ea.eh Organa n d remed ies. a n d In fo r m a tl o n . · re aear c h es.
izations
In ves t lga tl ons , experiments a n d d em on s t rat ion s r el a ti n g to the ca use . pre ve n tion a n d
methods of diagnosis a n d trea t m en t o f the
EXTENSION OF REM ARKS
d isease ca n cer.
0 >"
40 . T he f acts h w ol vln g the operatl n o f
volu n ta r y coop era tl ve prepaid medIc al p la ns
a n d t h e orga n lz tlon s sponsor In g said p la ns
which n re en ga ge d In In ters t tlte com m erce
0>" No aTH IMKOT
A
a n d whic h In cl ud e In the ir {lro rams medical
IN TIlE S -ATE OF TIIE UNIT E D STA TES t r ea t m e n t for t h e d is eas e c. n cer, t o d etermine the ex ten t o f their Interst ate Ins urM onda y. August 3, 1953
' n C operatio ns. t h e Id e n t l y of the ir orl Ie
n t o rs a nd spo n so rs , a n d t h e res istan ce. If
1I r. LANGER. Mr. P resid en t. Ire·
an y. t h at each In s u r e r h as experI enced f rom
q les permlS5Joll to havc In se r te d In th e a ,. y In d l~ldu al s , or
17.a tlo ns . corporl'.tl ons.
CONG
RESSIONAl, R ECORD un der da tc of assoc ia t io ns, o f co mbines , In t h e ir aUempl.'l
Augus t 3, 1953 , the letter from Ch a rlcs to offer p ro t ec Ion t o th ose who a r c nnll cted
 V. To bey, J r.. son o f the la to Senator wit h t h e di s eas e cancer.
5 . T h o t a ct s Im 'ol vlng t h e In eq u a lity o f
Ch a rles Tobey, togeth er with h is en ·
opportunlt j' , If a n y. th a t e xis ts with r eg a rd
closure.
t o raeo. creed . or col or. In co n n ec ti on with
T h ere beIng no obje cti on . th e letter the ad m l... lon f stude n t.q. r ese a rc h ers . a n d
nn d enclosure were ord er ed 1.0 lJe Pl'luted p a tl e n ts to Ins t lt u tl o ns t h r ou gh ou t t h e
in th e R ECORD, a s follows :
Unl ted States c g aged In ca n cer thern p j .

HON. WILLIAM LANGER

Da ll ns . T ex.
C . P . H u n t in gton F u n d . Ne w Yor k .
t nternut tou : I Cance r R ct e nrcl'
u nda.
t lon , P h il a d elp h ia . P n.
Johns Hopki ns Hosp it a l , Ba lt im or e, , Id.
Dr . Wa ld o J o nes , M j'r tl e Bea c h . S . C.
D r . W ill i am F . K och and R<:'. S m S ... a ln
·
Cli n ic. a lso kn own as the Ch r is tia n Med ical
Res earc h Le a gu e . Det roit , Mic h .. . nd Br azil .
Sou th Am er ica .
La ke la n d Found a ti on . Ch lc ng . III.
L In co l n Foundntlon . Medto rd, Mass,
M em o r ia l Hos p lnl . New Y or k ,
D r. K . F . Murph y a ri d D r . Charles Lym a n
ner c n n ic. 25 E as t Was h in g to n
tr ee t ,
Ch iCAgO, III .
N ew Yo r k Sk In and Ca n ce r Hos It I , :f ew
'l:or k.
R ad Ium I ns tl t u t e o f New Yo:k .
H e n r~' R u t her'Iord Fund . f<: cw Yo rk,
C h r les F . S p a n g Fo u n tl a t lo n . P ittsb u rgh.
Pa.
n l, 'e rs lt y 01 Chicago. Ch Ic ago , III.
n l'c rs lt j' of I lIl n o ls ' ChampaIg n. I ll .
T h er e H e r , the u nder si gn ed tr. velc d to
I 11I n o is to In ve stlgate the so-called kreb loze n
co n n o vers j·. and on J Ulj' 2. 1053. wr ote 8 r ep or t o n h is fin dJ n gs which Is a t t a ched h er eto
a nd m luk ed "Exh ib it A." I n clud ed In t h is
r ep or t W !.S tho e v lu atlo n :
" The controvers y Is In vo lv ed and req u ir es
f u r t h e r rese arc h and de velopment, T h ere Is
reM on to b ellevo t h a t the AloiA hns b een
h llStj' . capricIous . arbitr a r y, a n d outrJght
d ishon est. and o f co u rs e If the doctrin e o f
'respondeat superior ' Is 10 b e obser ved, tl le
a lle ged m ac hi nations of D r. J . J . Mo or e (l or
t 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 ~ll e ,A, M , Bnd o thers In nn
In lCrs t :>.te co nspir acy ot al arming propo : t lo n • .
"Th e p ri n ci p a l wit ne ss es wh o t ell of Dr .
M oore 's rlUeallt y nr c Alber to Ba rrelra, Argen t in e c a b ine t m e m be r , nd h is ecrctnr " . An n .
D . Sc hmidt."
Therea fte r. t h e und ersi gn ed " ls it ed oth er
a r eas . In t orrogBUn g med ical men. a nd o n
July JoI. 19 53 . wrote " f u rt h er r epor t . In cl u ded In this was t h e e 'a luat!o n:
" Be ing ' It n lly In te r es te d nnd h l' ln l; trIed
o listen a n d obse rve close l y. It Is my pro fo u n d co nvi cti on th a t t his s u bst ance k re 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 o f cancer.
I t Is bi ol og ic all y ae t h 'e. I h a 'e go ne c ver
t h e re cor ds o f 530 cases, m ost o f t h e m con ducted at a d lstance fr om Chicago, b j' un '
bl llSed ca nce r eJq>er ~ a nd ellnlcs . I n r ea ch In g ro v conclusions I h a ve of cours e dis .
counte'd mj' o wn la y observ a tlot15 a nd r elied
m os tl y o n the op in io ns ot q u a ll ll ed c~ncer
r esenre h workers nn d rdlJ r; e xper ie n ced
phj'sl c lans,
i.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD " J h ave co n clu de d th nt I n the va lu e of
pr ese nt ca n cer researc h , th is s ubs tance a n d
t h e t h eo r y be h Ind It d eserve s t ho most f u ll
Ilin d complete and s cientific s t u d y, I ta valu e
In tbe m nn ag em cn t, of t h e cance r p a ti en t h lS
bee n d em ons tr nte d In n su rnclent n u m b er
' no d percemage of eas es 10 d em a n d f ur t her
'work.
"B eh in d a n d over .,11 thIs Is t h e weirdes t
con glom era t io n or co rrupt m c ttves , Intrigue ,
:s oU1s h n ess , jeal ou s )t , ob struct io n , a n d con' sp lra cy that I hnve ever s een .
"D r. An dr ew C. Ivy, wh o h as b een co n d uc ll n r es earch u p on t hi s dmg , Is abso IUt.ely bon es t In tellect ually, acle n Ul1ca lly ,
'nn d In every otber wa y. Mor co ver, he a p p ea rs to be a c e a ! t h e m ost compe tent a nd
u n b ias ed ca n ce r exp erts til. t I h a ve ever
in
com e In con t a ct wit h , h a V g served on t bo
nrd o r  h o A rn crt cnn Cnn ccr SocIet y an d
t h o Am er ica n Med ical Associat Ion , nnd In
t h at c" pa cl t y h avi ng been ca ll ed u pon to
o"a lu a t o vario us types o r ca n cer thera p )' .
'Dr, Georg e O. Stoddar d , president or t h o
.Unlverslty of Il lin ois , In nss ls tl n g In the
cess at ion or Dr . I vy'. r es ea r ch on can cer a t
t ho Un ivers ity or nu nors , a n d In r eco mm en d tn g .rh e a bo nshment. or t h e Intter', pos t
B vlcc p r esi d e n t of t h a t tnstt t u t ton , n es , In
m y opinion , s hown a tt r ibu tes o r In to ler a n ce
for scien tifi c r es earch In gene ra l."
I t Is a matt er or co mmon knowledg t h llt
t il. entire s u b j ect m ntter Is hi ghly centro 'Crs la l a nd th us rur t h er and a dd ltlonnl re s earch and develop me nt would entail m or e
ti m e. A contro vers y a mon g renowned su r goon s, p a t hologtats , ca n cerolog ts ts , a nd r adl o log ls ta should n ot de ter or silence t h lB co m m it te e fr om carrym out the m a nda t e con t em pla t ed and ex pr essl y dIr ected b)' th e la t.
o
c h a irma n or yo u r commIttee, Sen ntor Ch arles
W . To ~y, by virtue of th o r esolu ti o n p asaed
b y the Senate.
:'<
ow, pass in g on to a n t h er Im tl t u tl on . I
h ave very carefully s t u die d t h e court .records
or t h r ee cas es tried III t h e Fed er al and Sta t<:l
cou r ta or Da ll as , Tex. A ru n ni n g figh t has
·bee n golng o n be t wee n onlclals. es pe clnll y Dr.
Mor ris Flshbeln , o r tbe Am er ic an Med.lc I
Asso cia t io n t hrou gh t he jou rnal or Ih nt o rga n iza ti on , n d the H oxaey Ca n cer Clin ic.
Dr. Jo'l shbo ln con ten d ed tha t th e m ed ici ne s
em p lo)'ed by t h o Hoxaey Cancer Cli ni c h nd
DO therapeu tic value; t h t It was run by a
q u a ck an d a charlatan . (This clin Ic Is
m nn n ed hy a stalf o r over 30 employees , Inc lu d in g n u rs es a n d p h ys icia n s . ) Rep rin ts
and cIrc u la ti on or s everal million cop Ies o r
IIrl1cles f,() p repa r ed resu lte d In li t igatIo n .
T h e Gove r nment tlleN!aH cr Interv en ed a nel
EOu
ght an In ju n cti o n to p re ven t t h e tra ns m iss ion In In te rst a te co m me rce o f ce rtnl n
m ed icin es. It Is In teresti ng to n ote th nt In
t b e t r ia l cou rt, herore J Ud ge At well , wh o
h ad an o ppor t u n lt,' to h e nr t he wltn csses In
t wo dIffe re n t t r ial s. It wa s h eld that t h e so c, lie d Ho xs ey m eth od or treat in g ca n ce r ..... M
In orne rc.spe cts su pe r io r to th a t o r X- ray.
r a d ium. a n d s u rger y a nd did h a ve t b erap e u t lc ·nlu o. T h e Cir cuit Cou r t o f Ap pe als of
t h e Fltth CIrc ui t d ecId ed othe rwl so. Th is
d ecis io n was hande d down during tho trl I of
a libel s u it In t h e Dis trict Court o r Dall as ,
T ex., b)' Hoxsey agaInst Morr is F1Bhbelll, ""h o
II.d ml ttod t h a t he had ne,'er p racticed med ic in e one dar In h lB lire lind h a d n ever had
p rl'ate pa tien t , v, b lch re s ul te d In a verd ict
ror Hoxs ey an d a gainst Morr is Fishbein , Tho
derense ndm lt te d t h at Boxae,' co uld cure eXternnl enncer hu t co n tcn ded t h llt his m ed icines ror In :., rna l cancer ha d n o t h e ra peu t Ic
,·a lu e. Th e jur )-. a rt e r 11 ten ln to le nd In
s
p a t h ol og is ts , ra d Iol ogis ts , p hysi cia n s, s u r geo ns, a n d sco res or wI ne sses . a great number o r wh om hnd n eyer been treated b y an y
phys lcl II c r surgeon excep t t h e tn a t m en t
r ece h 'ed a t t b e 8 0l<se,' Ca n cer Cli n ic . concl u d ed th t Dr , F1sh ~ l n 110' s wr o n g: th at hi
pUblished statemen ts we r e ral se , and thn t
the n oxaey methOd o r Irent ln g ca n cer di d
have the ra pe u ti c " a lue,

APPENDIX

A5351

In t h Is li ti ga t Io n the o c ver n m ee t of t n e the h sp ltBls In I n d ia , Ch i n a nn d J apa.n .
Un it ed St a te s , IS we llns Dr . 1"Lsbbe ln , b rough t H e Is a rell ow of t h e Am er ica n Assoctauo rr
to the co u r t the lend ing m ed icat scton t ts ts , t or til. Ad vnn eem en t or SCience. H e h olds
In c ludi ng pa t h ologis ts nd o th ers s k ill ed I n Do natlonn l board certi fica te a n d s ince 194 5
the treatmen t or cancer. The y ca me from h o bas been medic I direc to r or t he G tha m
a ll pnr or t h e cou ntry, It Is s lgn lfic nn t 10 JI pu a ), Now Yor k.
n o te t h nt n gr ea t n u m h er of t h es e d oc t ors
" Re po r t of Dr. Mil ey of a s u r v ey m a d e b y
admi tted tha t X- TIl)' therapy co ul d caus a Dr. S tn n ley Relm lln n (I n charge or t umor re c a n cer. Th is view Is s upporte d by m edI ca l s earch a n d pnlbology , G ot h a m H os p ital) b epu blica ti ons, In clUdi n g tho m ng nzlne en- roro Sena tor P ep per 's committee on S en a t e
Utled " Cnn eer ," published by t h a Am or lcan b Ui 1875, a bill to nuthorlze e x pen dit u re o r
Cancer Soc iety, May tss ue or 1948.
$100 mUl la n In ca ncer r es earch .
I a m h ere wi t h tnc tudtng t h e n a m es a n d
"D r. Re lmnn n 's repo rt o n cancer c as ca In
ad d r ess es or so m e or the witne sses wn o testt- P ennsylva nt a ove r a lo ng p eriOd or tl m o
n ed In th e S tnte a nd Federal cou r t . It h as s howed t h a t t h os e wh o r ece i ved n o t r elltb een d et er m in ed b y p llthol ogy , In ( gren t m ent liv ed a lon ger p eriod t h n u t h os e t h n t
mBn y Ins t a nc es b y la bora tories Wh oll y d is - r eceived surgery , ra di u m . or X -r a y, The ex co n n ec ted rro m t b o Hoxsey Cancer Cli n ic, cep t ion s we r e thOllo pa ti en ts w h o h d r e t ba t t b ey ", ere su ffer ing fro m d lffc ren t ty pes c etved e lectros u rgery.
T h o esu r vev atso
or ca n cer , bo t h m tern al nn d e xre r n a t, a n d " h aw ed t h nt foll owIn g the Us o r radIUm an d
foll OWin g t re a t m en t they tcs ll fl.ed tbe y_were X -ra y much mo re b nrm t h nn go od wns do n o
cured .
to t h c av erage cancer p a ti e n t .
"Dr. Wl lll nm SeamBn Bnlnbrldge. A. M .,
Nam e, add r ess, and !lI P.
J. A. J oh nson. Ra n g Jr. Tcx., sq u a m o us cell S c. D.. M. D.. C. M., 1". I . O. S . (h o norary) .
W lU tbe r ec ip Ien t or s ix h on orar y d egr ee'
No. 2.
Mrs. R. J . R lck m nn , 122G Enst Alle n St r eet , rr om var tou s In s ti tu t ions, t h e m ost r ecen t
b e in g t h e d egr ee or d oc tor honor I s caus e rr c m
Fo r t Wor th , rnc tnn oca r ctn em n.
Ro ber t Tha n e. Avoc a , Tex., m yxol t pos nr - t h e Univer sity or San Mar cos, P eru. He h lU,l
b oen su rgeo n at t h e Ne w Yor k Sk in a n d Cnn com a.
{I'll. H. H. J oh n son. Den ton , T ex ., ad ena- c r Hosp it a l, eurgrcnt dI recto r of New Yor k
Cit y Children's Ho pl tal, a nd or ~I nn h .. t t nn
car etn oma.
Mr s. Elmer Smit h , Well in gto n , Tex.. rnn n g- State Ho. p lt nl, War d 's lsi n d , a.ad ccneut t .-.
In g surgeon nn d In' necologl. t to v erio us h os n nn t m elan rna.
Mild r ed I"ager , 2101 sr ovan S tre et . Da ll as, p i tals In the Ne w Yor k m etro poli t a n and
.
s u bu rba n are lUI .
T ex.. m ela no m a.
" Vhlle th ere ar e som e wh o s U Il b eli eve In
A. Q . Burgess , 2oll6 W ym an n Stree t . Da ll as ,
t h e emency or r ad iat ion as a cu r ,my skepti -n, x .. blUlal cell cnr cl noma.
Ira Pos to n , 6322 Vict or Str eet , Da tlaa , Tcx.. c is m with re gard to Its va lu e 111 betng In cr eas in gly sUbstnnUate d. Bu t e ven w it h th o
bas a l ce ll carctnomn.
s t tecn m e or tod ny, Its curat I ve elrect In
W. E. Harmon , Grapevin e, T ex " pri ck le ce ll
r e nl cancer Is q uestlonnble . In 1939 t h o
car c in om a .
Ml'1l. J . A. Rob b, Weat b erford . Tex., blUm grea t Br itish p hy si ologis t. S ir Leo n a r d Bill ,
l
WI' Ie : ' La r go d Os ~ (of g mmn a nd b ard
cell carcin oma .
Mrs . Les sl e Hes l e r , LUb bOck , Tex.• a d eno- X - m ys ) pr Odu ce d C05t ru c t lon oC n ol'lll I tI .. s u es ouc h as m arrow and lymp h oid ti ssue,
car cIn om a of u t er u s .
l eu co cyt ... nn d ep lt ho llal li n in gs , and d ent h
D.~~~I~kl~· c~;r=~::~i~~ersVllle, T er, R . F. en su es. • , • The nation " 'ould , I t hink, bo
Mrs . Lor n Barn et t , Penl el, TOX .. adeDocar- IIttlc th e worse a ll Ir all the r ad IUm In t h e
c o un t ry n ow hurled ror s ec u r it y t r a m bOmbcln om n o( utenls.
T . E. Truma n , Wa co, Te x., epId er m oi d cnr- In g In de ep b oles, r em a In s t h er e i n :
" A n eo plasm should n Oer be In cis ed ror
'
cln om a .
Fritz Troja n. Wa co, Te x., sq uamou s cell d i agn osti c p urpo s es, ror one Cl,n n ot tell at
WAnt sp lit momen t t h e ca u ce r c e Us m a y be
t yp e .
Mr. C. W. Ma lon e, Brown wood , T ex., bas I d issem inat ed a n d th e p atient d o om.: d. As p lratlng the neoplnsm to drnw o u t h e cella
ce ll t ype.
Va l Seurer. Hi n to n , Okl n.. ma llg n an l car - b )' l uc tlon . This, 100 . Is a ver,' q uestlonabl o
p rocedu re , for wh at or t b e cnn cor ce lls til t
c inoma.
Jo Parelll, spor to to r lu m , Da ll , T ex., m n- m ny be present be low t b e pu nct ure poIn t;
a n d arou n d t he ne edle whI ch ha " e h e en se t
IIgn ant carclnomn.
Mrs . R . M. HoUm nn, C e J . B. Bair d Co ., fr ee ? I t m ust be r eallud th nt w h ile ca ncer
ar
e lln n ot b e tran spl a n ted from man to m n, It
Sh r evep ort. La .. s pi n dle cell carclnomn.
Tom COnt es , Mer kel , Tex. , h ns al cell car - CllD b e t r a n splanted III t he s lim e host : '
ci nom a .
"Th er e I. a r ep or t fr om !lDoth er so u rco
J . L. ~nrro, Mer k el, Tex ., m a UgDl.lllt enr - In wh ich Dr. F'oln b llt t , ror 6 yenr s p at h ologis t
c ln oma .
o r Ih e Mem o r ia l Hos p it a l. New Yo rk , re po r ted
Mrs. J. D. DoUgl ,Fort Wor t h, T ex ., d u ct t h a t the Mem ori a l BOllplt al had o riginally
ce ll ca rc inoma .
clven X -r n)' and r adium t r ea tm ent b eror e
Mrs. R . S . 'Turner, squa mou s cell c.lTcl- a n d nlter rndlca l ope rations for b reast m nc om a , gra de 3 .
ll gn nn cy, Thes e patients did n o t lon g s ur MI'll. C. E. :.1a ll ory , Equ nm ous cell cnr- vive. so X-m y nnd r ad ium were Ive n nfte r
cln om :l.
s u r gery o n ly. Thes e p tlen ts lived a b rle t
Mrs . Ber m a n Thom as, 5222 Mer rlm e
time only, and nr te r omittin g ,, 11 r ndl ntl on
S treet . D li as, T ex .. m el nnocarcln om a .
patlenta li ved t b e lon gest of a ll .
Clltton B. sm ith . 5637 H ira m Stre et . Fo r t HOOCI'O I/AK N EO TO DE W AIt Y IN USE 0 x · r.. . T S
Wor th , T ex .. m a ll nlln t · clrcl nom .
IN DISEASE nt.E.. T),l J:NT
Re y. Hor nee W. Irw in , Wcst Warw Ick , R . I. ,
" (Dy Howar d W. Blakes lee, A!s oc lnted P r e""
m a li gn a n t ca r cIn om a .
.
s cIen ce edl o r )
I h n'e h ad nccess to literat ure by leading
" Nl:w YOIIK , J uly 6. 1948 .- X-rn,·s nnd g m scientIsts In t h e field of me dicIne. The a t t en ti on or t h e commltt.ee Is InvI ted to t h e m R r a)'s cnn cause bone cancer Is wl rnln g
h ear in gs h eld du ring t h e 79th Congress, In Issu ed In Cnncer, n ne w med ical j ournnl
J u l)' 1946; Se n a te hlll 1875 being u n d er co n - s t nrlC d by t h e Am er Ica n Ca n c er Soclet",
Th e bon e cnncer war n in g, covering m or e th an
s ld er ntl on , wh erein It appe llrs, as ro ll ows :
"Dr. George Mil e y WAI born In Ch Icago . 20 pnge s , Is b y Drs . Wil li am G . G Rh n , H el en
1907, gradun ted tram C b lc ago La t i n Schoo l, Q . Wood wnrd . Nor m a n L. Itl ggln b o t h nm , Fred
I y, all oC New
1923. gra d u at ed wit h b neh elo r o r arts rrom W , St ewa rd , nn d Bra d ley I .
Y nl" Un l'ers lt ,· In 1927, rrom Nor t h wes ter n Yo rk CIty.
" On o or th e m os t d a n ger ou s t h In gs about
Med len l SChoo"I, 193:l . In tern ed. n t Chi ca go
Mem or lnl Hos p ital In 193:l and 1933, Uni - Ih ls k in d o! bono cancer, t h e r e port s tes,
Is the very lon g d ela )' betwee n t h e u sc oC
vers ity or Vien n a P ost grad u a t e Medical
SChoo l, 1933. 1934, t o llowln g wh lcb be vl.6 ed t h o r ays and the ap pear a n ce o( t h e CRncer ,
lt
A5352

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -

Tb e de ltly time In t h e 11 case ra n ged rro m
6 to 22 y ears. .
"Dr, Hermnn J osep h Mu lle r . Nob el Prize
wm ne r, " world -r en owne d sctcn t ts t , n na
stated the medical prof essi on Is I' er m nn en tl y
d a m agtn g the Am er rca n IH e s t re nm throug h
t h e unwise u se of X -r nys, Tb ere Is a dosage
o f X -ra y so low ns to be w lt b o u t rtsk at
p rod ucin g n arm t u t mu t tl ons ."
The a tton t lon of t b e comm t teo Is In v it e d to t h e request m a de by Senator Elm er
T h om :u; foll owIn g an In'es tlg uo n m od e b y
t h e Senntor of t h e H oxs ey Ca n c er Cli n ic
u n d er d to of Feb ru ary 25, 19,,7, nn d a d d r esse d to t h e Surg eo n G en eral ,
bll c
H e a lt h Depar t m en t , w astu ngto n , D , C"
wh ere in he so ugb t to en lis t t h e s upport or
t h e Fed era l Oo ve rn m cn t. to m ke nn tn ves t lga t lon and r eport . No such Invcs t tgat ton
was m ade , In f ct, every error t wns m ade
a 'old a n d ev do the In'estlgntlo n b> tho
'
S ur geon Geneml 's office. T h e r eco rd wlU
r eveal tb t t h ts clinic dId ru rnrsh 62 com p le te c nse histor Ies , Inc ludIng p a t h ology,
n nrn es of h ospitals , ph yslctana, etc .. In 1(145.
Agnln , In J u n e 1950, 77 case histor ies, whIch
In clu d ed t he n am es of t he patients, pa t h ol o g l c.~ l reports In man y rn s tan ces, and In
t h e absence the reof, the n am es of t h e pu tno lgists, hospttals, and ph ysicIans wh o h ad
tre a te d these patients be(o,e beln t rea t ed
a t t h e 1I0x.ey Ca ll cer ClJn lc. The Cou n cll
of Na ti ona l C n Ccr I nst ItU te, wi t h ou t In,'es tl ga tlon, J.n Oc to ber 19:;0, r cl uscd t o order nn
In ·C5t lga tl on . The record In t h F ed eral
c our t d isc los es tba t thIs agency of t he Fedc, I G overnmc n t
k sldcs " n d. sough t In
a
c n ' T)' wni' to h lndcr, suppress, a n d ftstrlct
t h ts In s tituti on In t h e ir t r ea t m ent a t cancer ,
(See testlmon )' ot Dr . O llcln Mend ors, p p .
1125-1139, transcript ot record , C, se No,
13645, U. S, C, A.)
Am on
t h e n umcr o us fo u o d ntl on s , n d
cli n ic. wh leb rot ess to possess II r em cd)' for
the re ntment of ca n cer Is t he LInCOln Fou n d ati on of Medford, Mnss .. wh Ich hn. b een
t h e partlcu lar target ot t he .~:'l : . I ha 'e n ot
hnd IU1 o pportunIty to sufficiently exp lo r e
the p . rtlcu.l nr t)'pe ot thera py emp lo )'ed b y
t h l.! In ti t utlo n. Uowever , I unde rsta nd It
Invo l'C!I un ique th eo ry of In h nlen t t h er a py
n d t h e t r ansmIss ion or bnctc r la -ph a ge, In
p as s In g It Is Im porta n t to note th t t h b
t e chn iq u e was t b e subject of
p r t lcullU'
l n te re" t to t h e la t e ch a lrm ~ n wh o wns a
trustee of the LIn coln Fo u n d a ti on followln
a successf u l t re a t m en t of h Is so n , harl cs
'
,V. T obey, Jr. Th is remed > h ns b eon tried
b )' h und,eds of I' Uents nnd It I. a lleged tha t
th ese trentments h n' e been pro'en beneficIal .
An o t h er In s titu ti on wh Ich claims to ha'e
m ad e .ome p rogress In t h e t reat ment of can cer Is th e Dros Dos-L lI"en b e' Cance r Cli n ic , of
l ' lt ts b u rgh , P o.. The rep orts wo u ld In d ica te
th nt t h Is In s ti t u ti on Is IIk ew)s e en ti tl ed to
a hearing oefore this cummlttee. Tol e !::e:'.":r
t oll of life being taken by cancer r eq Uir es n
searching In ves tigation . The method s em p loyed , us I unde rstand It , Is a s ubs tanc e
k n own IlS Mucorh lcln , wh ich I.! r eported to b e
of thuapeu tlc " lue.
Under the fou r t h lUlSlgn m ent con cer n ln
volu ntaT)' cooperatl 'e prepaid med lenl pl ans
nn d a n y r es is ta nc e c n cou n te re d (r om org a n Iz a ti on s , IS
soclllt lons , or combi n es , I Is a
matte r of pu bli c record In th e F edernl a l d
S t ate court t h nt medical assoclatlons hn ve
p u t u p " ro ad block wh enc 'er or wh ere 'c r
t h Is Is attempted.
The Comm Ittee on abo r an d P u b li c Wei f nr e, t h ~ou gh Its Subcommittee all 1Icr.. th .
l
.ubmltted th e reSUlts at n study of h ea lt h
Ins u r a n ce plans In the UnIte d S t a tes, In n
r ep ort Issued In May 1951, 62d Con gr ess .
Th is was nccompJlshed unde r t he d ir ec ti on
o( Dr . Dea n H , Cla rk. oow the dI r e tor o r th e.
IIIa ss ach u se t ts G en er a l Hospital. TIlts ap pcars to be tho firs t objcctl  ' 0. and Itn pnr tl a l
stud)' 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 tio n at
t h a t tim e had : ome f orm o r p r otectloll

APPENDIX

a , Ins t tho cost or h osp it al care, b ut only
3 mJlllon h a d "..I t can be c Hcd co m p r on cns tve pr ot ecti on nga tnst, the cos t of h asp lt nl and rn cd t cnt care. S pe cIfi cally w it h
r efer en ce to can cer. Jt wou ld appenr th nt n n
o p p ort u n ity wo u ld b e aff ord ed memb e rs at
t h is sor t at n h eal th pr og ra m to pe riod ic
c h eck up s t o de te rmine wh ether the)' h ad
ca n cer . TIl ls s u bject was d iscussed a t l en gth
b e tw ee n K e n n et h MeIk lej oh n , s talf d ir e ct o r
o r t h e SUbcommittee on He nlth , nn d Sen a tor
T ob e)', 2 ye a rs ago. Correspon dcnce be tween
the two 18 a va tla b le . The repor ,of course,
a r e nvatlnble to t h e m embers of t h is com m ittee .
From a stri ctl y Ie al as we ll M et h len l np pre ach, If one In d ivid u a l h ns t h e r ight to
s elec t hI s o wn phystcta n or n ospltn l, wby
c annot 10,000 In d h' ld u a ls an d thclr rum m es
d etermIn e th t t h ey In te nd t inves t. di rec tly,
or In d lr ec tl )', In t h e construc tion and m ntu tenan cc of a h ospital, '1011'1 0)' a s t 1I of co m p etent pb yst ciana, surgeons, rech u tcra ns,
labor atory expe r ts, nurses , Inte r ns , e t ecto r. ,
to look aI te r t b elr h e a l t h pr o blems ? TIl l"
Is not so - call ed eoc tnnzed m edtcinc. It ts
pur ely ,o lu n t nr > Her e, as else wh ere stilted
',
In h ls re po rt, the Ju ri sdiction of the corn murcc rna > b llrn ltl'd , a may properl y
'
belon g to h e S tcs and th eIr l egi sla t o rs
and co u rts to de termIne thl. probl em. 'How ev cr, t h e ge n eral welflU'e clause of the Co n s ti t u tio n m a)' bo t he a nswer , U the com mlt te ee s hmlld de termine t ha t It h
Ju r 19di ction, I n m o f t h e opIn ion th nt competen t
IOGal e 'ldence cnn be p r es en t ed which "'111
a id a nd llSSlst t h o c om ml t t ee In It s fin a l
JUd gm en t.
Wit h re fe renoo to t he fift h nss lgn mcn t , ,' ou
a re IId'lsed that time d Id n ot permi t m e to
ascertaI n t he n um ber of studen
or th e
In cre,,"e t h er eof In t h e " nr lous m ed ic a l
scbools th r ou h ou t the co u n try. It h ns be ell
suggeste d thM a st Ud ie d elIor! h as b ee n
m nd e by cer tll ln gr o u ps to k ecp the n ll m b er
o f s t u de nts en r oll ing In m ed lcnl sc h ools a t
a low tl ure. r do n o t asser t t h Is to be t he
f act nn d I d ou bt If th e committ e e · wo u ld
ha'e Ju r isd Icti on to go Io t a t h at question,
Th is wou ld properl> belo11g to the S t tos ,
'
It t h Is Is a f act , t h en Ule various S ts te le g l _
Intur es o( the cou n try s houl d , of co u rse, t s ke
ne cess a ry step., cons is tent Wltll t he pu b li c
welf nr e , to see t h at ev er)' opportun lt )' Is
giv en to Im y bo y or gIr l who po""eSses the
necessnr)' quali fica ti ons to be permItted to
"en t er medical ac hoo l. , If, o n the oth er
h a n d , l h ls
m m l t tee b all e' es Ih a t It h as
Ju ri sdi ction unde r the ge n eral welfare clause
of t h e Consti tution to go ( or w rd , then cernly It would b e n p ro per n d t im ely mn tter
of In quIry. I n an y e' ent, yo u do b a 'o Jur ladJct lon and shou ld completo t he In ' os tl gnt lo n In sofar IS cancer Is concer n e d by thos e
en gnged In the r es cnrch field .
• ca re fu l 5 lid ;; of the subject m at te r e m b r aced In tbe d ir ec ti on of t h e lat ch Irma n
w lJl d lael
t h e tr em en d ou s .Im por tan ce of
l h e Inv es tlg nt lon u n d er t a k en nnd t h e c on s idera tio n o( t h e r es ll its by t h e m em ber s Of
tb lll commIttee .
We h ', lon g sI nce passed the age o f w it ch
h u n ti n g, We ar e, notwIthstanding, 1l" ln g In
a n er a or hyster ln. In ves Uga t lon s eems t o be
t h e ord er of the d a y. Crude t h luklng r esults
In b )'s ter lcal action , Perh a ps the co n verse
Is true, Tho beginn in g of hyst eria Is t h o
e n d of sou nd thinkIng. P r oceeding , the re (or e, to the en d res ul t sought b >' II, We r ec ogn ize t ho ,' aill e of our goal In str iving f or
so u n d , " Igorou a, and bellI t hr ill Na tl on a t
Jlllnlmum cost... Mon ey, b owe'er, la,l sh l y
spe nt to stnmp o u t n dreadf ul scou rg e I
s ou nd p u bli c econom v.
I ha'e np proacbed' Ulls proble m wit h n n
op en m ind. Recog nIZin g th e Im po r t a n e e of
m en s killed In t h e sc ien ce o( m ed lclne , who
nre be st Intorm ed , U n ot qu allfied , on t he
q u estl on of cnncer, Its cn uses and t rea t men ,
I dIr ect ed my a tte n ti o n t o the pr opa ga nl1n
b)' th e Amer ica n Med len l Assoclntlon a m l t h e
American Ca ncer SocI ety to til e elI ect,

n am ely , "til t rad iu m ; :': -r a y theraI'''
surge r j- are t he on ly r ccogn lzed t re ai'

fur cancer."

nOd

en

Is there an > di spute among r ecoe I
'
medlcat se ton usts In Am er Ica an d elseg~h7-e<l
In the world on t h e use of radIu m nnd ~ _:r ,
1
t hera py In t h e t re, t ment of cancer?
a n swer Is d cfinltely "Yes ," There I. ~
~
si a n of op ln o n o n t h e us e Of ra d IUm <1lvl_
X - rny, Bo t h ag e nc les are des truc 1 '0 /In ti
ccnatru c t.t vo, In the all eged d es tr u ctl';' 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~t
ti ssue an d normal c n s, Recognized medl nI
n u thorl t le s In Amerl c and elseWhere ~"I
posi ti vel y thn t X - ra y therapy can cnuse ~ te
ce r In and of Its elf , Doc u m e n ted cases an ,
a v l1able,
arc
The I ncrer s ed n umbor of cnncer pa t len
In Am er rca or nil nges and the nppnren t f II_
ure t o p resen t ty cope wI t h t his drea d d lse
In d ica tes t h neccssr ty of a s us tal n od c lIort
of p r tvn tc an d Fed eral a gen cie s to con tlnue
r esearch III t h e Ileld of c. ncer , Its c nus
nn d t ren m en e,
es
It r ad Iu m , X -rar, o r surgery or elt er Of
them Is t he complete ans wer, t hen the g reat_
es t boa x of ttl e age Is be Ing perpetra ted UPOIl
t h e people by t he con t inued appeal for .fu n ds
tor fur h
r es earch , If n e ither X -I . j '
rad iu m , o r surgery Is Ih e complete anawe;
to lhJs drend ed d Isease, nnd I submit th t
It Is not , then wbat Is the p laI n d u t y of
soci e ty ? ShOUld we s ta nd st lll? ShO U l d we
s It Idl > br a nd count t h e n u m ber of p h)' 1'
clnns, surgeons, nn d ea n cerologts t s ""h o are
!Jot on ly dl 'lde d but wh o, because o r fe:uo r f a ,or, nre.. forced to li ne u p wl t b . the so c nll ed nceepted vIe w of U IS Am eri ca n H e dlca l
Asso cln tl o n . or sh OUld this commIttee m nk e
a l u ll -s c Ie Im'estlg, tl on of t h e orgnntzed
ell or t t o hi n d er, s u ppr ess, nn d r est r Ic t t ho
'
f r ee flow of d r u gs whi Ch. a llegcd l> h a 'e p roven
s uccess fUl In cllSe. wb ero . cli ni ca l r e co rds,
C llS O hi s tory, p:.tholog lca.1 r epor ,and X -r ny
p h o to gra p h Ic proof, together with t he n.Jleged
c u r ed patI en ts, a re 'nll a ble?
Accord In gly , we ohould dete no loe wh et h er
exia tl n g agencIes, bo t h public and pl'J" a te,
nro en gaged nn d h a ' 0 purs ued n p Oli cy of
h a r ass m e n t, r Id iCUle, .lander , and II bel6us
Mt a cks on ot h ers s lncer el;' 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 ir ough thel t officcrs, a geo ts ,
s er vants and em pl o;'ees engaged In t h Is prnel ice ? 1>Ir In 'es t lga tlon to d nt e s hou ld con" In ce t h is committee t h nt a consp iracy doc s
eXist to stop t he frec fiow nd u s c of drugs
. In II te r s ta te commerce which alleged Iy h ..
li d t he r a p eutic 'a lu e. Publi c a nd prl' te
funds have be e n thrown aro u nd li ke can f ettl at a country f8l r to clos e u p and d es troy
ell nl Cll, h osplt.'ll•. nnd sci enti fic r cs enr c h lab ora to r Ies which d o not confo rnl t o Ih e ' Iew"
poIn t o f m edIca l assoclnllon s .
H ow long w ill the American peop l e ak e
this? To JIIu::trnte the s '.raoc1t'h"'ld Cf the
AmerIcan lIled lcnl AssocI t lo n on legl s la tl on
which In turn nlI ecta e 'er y h o u seh o ld III
Am er ica , le t US loo k at "mall 25-cen t tube
of penicill In ointment. I s It dangerous to
ha'e around t h o h'ouse f r n cut or small
b ru ise o n ;'o u r body ? R t pols on can be
bo u gh t wi t h o u t
docto r's presc ri pt Io n .
Ars en ic ca ll be bo ugh t wit h o u t a d o c to r 's
prescrIp ti on . TIl e sa le o r arsen Ic nnd r at
poIsons Is smllll b ut n ot penicil li n . A cco rd In l(l)', w e must have a doctor 's prescription
In Am erlCfl t o b u > a 25-ccn t t ube f oint '
m ent. I n Ca n a d a , h owe,'c r, t h e medical
assoclntlon h ns not ,'et dlsco 'ered t ho gren t
d a n ger of a Bmn ll t u be or pen ic il li n ol ntmcnt
and, nccordlngl > t h e peoplo are ablc to bur
',
It with o u t p, >1ng, doctor for a p res c l·l p t lo n .
To 63;' t h t It 1 dangero us , Is sill )'. T o
assert , r nthcr , thnt It Is b u t another m nn l fes t atlon of p ow e r a n d prl'lIer,e o f n t ew nt
the expense of t he 01 n > WOUld be more con '
sisten t with tru h a n d ,,' h oll}' accurate.
Wh at Is the d ut' of t h is com m i t t e nnd
t h e members th ereof? You r nrst d u t y , o!
course , Is t o d o rig h t , Prop er ly cons Idered ,
t h at Is yo u r only du t y. In d 010R r igh t , hOW-
A5353

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX
e ve r. you owe a duty to t he Am er Ica n peo pl e. ro ad reti re ment bene fits. I was proud
I n upholding t he I w a n d en nc t tn g legls to be a member of th e special subcom'Iatlon for t he peopl e at Amerlcn, we loo k mittee of the Senate Lab or a nd Publi c
fil1lt to t h o Imtr u m en t at our c rea t Ion lUI
n re pr esen t m tve form at government. Tho~ Wclt a re Comm ittee which was responsip owers not specIfically
nterred upon tho ble for the form ula tion of those ben efits
F'ed er nl o over n eoc n e nn d denIed to the States In the Sen ate , We Increased .annultles
are r
r ved e ither to t h e States or to the an d benefits by 15 percen t. We provided
people. Thus. the fou n dI n g t a t h ers very a wlfe's benefit til be equal to one- ha lf
"'Isely c reated an area of freed om In wntc n . th e a nnuita nt 's benefit. up to a maxtt reemen shall run cu on . I t Is III t h Is area mum of $4 0 a. mon t h . We Increased surset as tde b)' the ta t h ers at u r Re puhll c that vivor 's benefits b}' 33 perc ent a nd made
p eo ple have the r Ight to ow n pro per t y . tr ns act bustness , build u p a syst em at t ree en ter - other essen tia l Improv ements with out
Increasing ta x rates. W also pr ovided
p r is e wi t h out h in d r an ce. b ar assm en t . o r
abu,., at ei t h er t h e Gover n m en t . St:lte or for th e crea tion of n J oint Comm ittee
F'ed cr31. or of o ther clttzeris, however po w - on Ra ilroad Reti rement til study wa ys
erful, 00 long as t h e people so engaged d o and mea ns of In cr eas ing ra ilroad reti re. not trespass u po n the rights of others. Th is ment benefits fu r ther . Tha t joi nt com 15 the baste con ce pt of liberty functlonlng
ml ttee has re ported Its recomm en da In Am er len . It m ay be sa td to b . a rese r tio ns.
vo ir at f r eed om . I n t his are .., h a ve m ln It Is necessa ry that the Cong ress act
~ I ed our m on ey and blood wIt h tbe races o f
m nkln d . We na ve d emon s trated ou r nb ll - Quickly til Imp rove the ra ilroad ret ir elt y to li ve t og e he r p ea cet u ll y and h a pp ll ly. ment system. T hc ra ilroad workers of
It ho u gh we repr ese n t m os t at t he races,
the Un ited states ha ve contr ibu ted to
mos t at t h e color s , a n d most or the creeds . th e developm en t of a retl rement sys tem
ThlJJ was a n In n o vntl o n a nd a new expert - whic h Is today not a deq ua te ly m ee t in g
men t to the p eop les of the Old Wor ld . Ou t
at lid t ram t h Is area bas sprung t h e nobles t th eir needs In view of th e increased cost
of Jlvin g . New rail road r eti rement benedrea ms and sain tliest purposes of m a nlctDdp u r poses so strong and vital that It has bc - fi ts ca n be achieved 1! the Congr ess will
co me t h e envy a n d admtrn t ror, o f a wa It in g enact the n ecessary legisla t ion n ext
w or ld. Peop le loo k longingly to the shores year.
or America a nd desire
make th is t h e Ir
With in the las t few weeks the dis ti n asylum of esc a pe nnd h op e tor t h o fu t u r e .
I t Is more tha n a dren m . It Is a reality. guishe d cha irma n of the Comm it tee on
W hil e ....e nnve n o t sot ved III I t h e problems Railro ad Reti rement . Senator PAUL H .
DOUG
LAS. of Ill in ois, has presented to th e
or mankind. we n av e at leM t p rovtdcd a sanct u ar y and t h e Inst r u m en ts a t government , c ons ress the resu lt of tha t join t com It properly guarded Ilgnlnst t h e abuse of
mittee study. T his was t he m ost
se HLoh men and organlZlltlons who would t horough study ever made of the ra ilbe nd It to suit t h eIr pu rposes, whIc h could road retir emen t system and was made
II'e or ce n t u ries to come. t n thIs eonneeli on tbls committee shaul l! tn ves n g ne th e under the persona l direction of s ena tor
8d','ert lsln g ag e ncy wh lcb controls IlII ndver - DOUG LAS. who Is a grea t friend of the
II sln g In t h e J ou r n I at the Am er ica n Med l - ra ilroad workers. The s tudy demon cn l
ocran cn . as well ns the va r Iou s StM a stra tes t ha t substa n tlnlly better benefits
Jo ur na ls . Wh y Is the stamp at ap prov a l. are possible b}' m ea ns of m ore prol1ta ble
by t h e ao -called n u trit ion experts lin d t he Ir Investm ents of th e r ailroad retirement
co u n cil o n t ds, pillced on certain food s t uff s. r eserv e. and by oth er method . with ou t
de n Ied t
others, and others condemned
Inc reasin g th e tnx ra te . T his Is good
w it h ou t a reas on able Investigation? Is ther e
ny relatlolUlblp b et ween approvat b y t h es e news. T her e should. th erefore. be no
reason for (lOY dela y next yea r.
ex perts a n d t h e operation of the advertising
agen cy In the omces of tbe Am erica n Med ical
11011', P residen t , In ord er til Inform a ll
Ass ocIa ti on ?
railroa d workers and ra ilroa d retiremen t
Ma y I. wl th p r op r iety , ca ll your nt tcntton
beneficiaries of the Improv emen ts und er
to UI C t r aged y whi ch has Invad ed the United considera tion, I as k un ani mous consent
Stat es enate . Four grent Am er ican s . sll at
til Inser t In the Append ix of the RECORD
t h em--5en a to r McM a h o n , Senator Wh err y ,
Se na t or Vnnde n berg, nnd Sena tor Bob T n1t.-- a list of suc h possibiliti es. Congress m ay
not be able to' make nil of the chan ges
w er e ni l stric ke n d own wIt h t hi s dreaded
dlsc lUlc . We ar c u n d er a compelll n g m ora l Included in the list. Never theless , after
ob liga ti o n eo the m e m ory at t h es e gre n t consult a tion with the Rail road Reti r epublic 80r van ts a n d t o t h e u n told mUllon.
ment Board , st a nda r d ra ilroad unions
ot ca n ce r sullerers th ro u gh o u t th e w orl d to a nd oth 'er Interest ed pa r ties . I feel cercarr )' on t h is In ·estlgatlon . We cannot do ta in tha t a sound . effective. a nd im ot h erwise.
proved pr ogram can be worked out ,
Res p ectfu ll y su bmltl<l d .
BEN EDI ct' F . FJTzO J:llALD.

Spec ia l 'Cou n: cf.

The re bein g no ob jection. the list rc f err ed to was ordered printed III th e
REC D as t ollows:
OR
bU'IlO VJ:. .r l:t.'TS or TI U
A ct' U ND E:Il CO N S ID

We Need Improved Railroad Retirement
Deoelits
EXTENSION OF RE!1ARKS
or

HON. HUBERT H. HUM
PHREY.
OT

aN N ~ OT'A

no; T H E SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

M ond aY. A ugust 3. 1953

HUlIP HREY, Mr. Prcslden t , In
1951 the Congress passed a n umber of
a.mendments to the Rail roa d Retiremen t
Act wh ich SU
bsta n tia lly Increased r all·
M~ .

R,AILJlOAIl R J:TI Il EM ENT
nON IIY CO NGRESS

I. An IIcr oss - the-bo ar d In cr eas e In a ll
benefits.
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 l r ood r e tl r e ·
ment I' yments nrc usuall y r duccd wh en
t h e annuitant Is also receivIng sacllll securlt)'
benefit&. P r op06,. ls have been m de t o ellm.
In a te t~1s reduction,
4 . CalCUla ti on at benefits o n a m or e l a 'or ab le basis. Benefits nre presen t1y figur d on
the b :t.l<ls at ov erall av er age wa ges. Sugges ti o ns h ave been m a d e for figur in g payments ,
Ins tead . from t h e em p loye e's av ern ge earn In lll d uring h is 5 h igh est )'enrs,
6. Lo wer age r e q u tre m en t for re ti rem en t
on (u ll a n n u l t)'. R et ir em e nt be10ra age 65

on l) red u c-u annu l y Is already passlbl .
However , some nave s uggested provtston tal'
reti r em en t on fu ll annutrtes a t g o 60 fte r
20 years at se rvic e.
6. Lo we r age requIrement at wHo t or wife's
be n efit t ram age 65 to age 60.
7. Lower llge requIrement tor wldow 's bene fits from age 65 to age 60 (complete ellmlns uon at age r eq u ir ement has also been urged
for Widows),
8 . I n cr eas e II su r vi vor ben efits substan tially,

Resolulion of Daingerfield (Tex.)
Chamber of Commerce
EXTENS ION OF REMARKS
or

HON, PAUL J. KILDAY
O F T J:X J,...
Cj,

rN THE H OUSE OF IiEPRES ENTA Tl V ES

M ondav , A u gust 3. 1953
Mr . KI LDAY, Mr. Spea ker , u nder
Jea ve to ex end m;.· rema r ks , I ern Inelu d in g the following resolution , adopted by thc Ch am bcr of Commerce of
Da ingerfield. T ex., and addressed to
Sena tor LYND
ONJ OHNSON. of Te xas :
D AJ:NGE:IlrtEUl C HAM DElI

or COM " IERCJ:.

D al n ger fl cl d . Te: .• J u lV l B. 19SJ .

S eDa to r

LY ON J OHNSO:-r
ND
.

se n ate OfJlce Butldlnl1.
Wa.,lIrlgIO rl. D. C.

Mos t Hon or ab le SenatorI
rc.olt'c d. T h a t the
a lngerfiel d
Cbnmber of Commerce at Texas thank )' ou
for your etrorts ' that were put fort ll In
helping ou r f rien ds In t h e cattlo Industry
0 1 west Texas survive Ih e most s ever o
droug h t or this generauon.
" B e I t r cso!t'ed . Tha t t h ro u gh yo u It wlll
be possible f r the ci ties and t h e p eo p les o r
t be SOuthwest oncc agatn to prepare to build
an empire t h a t will not be outclnssed b y
an )', Th is will be accomplish ed b;.· the f ct
t h at your time Vo'as spent In behnlt at t h o
constttuents of tbls gunt Sta te.
" Fu r t h er we would like to stat e tha t th is
nrca has been fortunate through the grace or
Ood to h a ve recer ved an ample "'nt cr f a I
t h n wlll permi t us to be n par t or t h e helpers t or t h e need . .t ;"
Tbls r eso lu t ton being dUly adopte d an d tho
rnotton m a de by G eorg e (BUddy) Bass , sec onded by Jack Ponder, on th ls the 16t h da y
Of J u ly 1953 .
Sl n ccr ely,
W . M. WA
"lSO,",.
Ma tla !1 Ch a m ber 0/ Comm er ce.
er.

"Be

Why Our GI',

Fo u g~t

So Hard

E::X:TENSIO N OF REMARKS
OF

HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
OF

~H N :N

OTA

IN TH E SENATE OF TIlE UNITED S T ATI:.'J

Monda v . 11ugust 3. ) 953

Mr . HUMPHREY. Mr . P reslde n '. I
una nImous cons en t that th e te xt of Po
broadcast by Mr . Eric Sevareld. the dis tinguished radio commen ta tor t the
Colum bia Broadcasting Syste m on July
27 be pr in ted In th e Appendix f ho
L
CONG
RESSION A RECORD. EvelJ' servicema n 's !a mlly should have an opportunity
to read t.hls brllllall t a nd poetic produc
of Mr. SeY reld's k 'en Dlind and com p, sa
slona te hea rt.

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Fitzgerald report 1953

  • 1. A5350. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX CONCORD, N. R . Ae t i vf!y repor t Jn c.: a gue of Ca th ollc s tovontan AmerHo ra WILLIAM LANGER, P u rs u a n t to the a bo ve. th e u n d ersl tca ns : Miss ionaries of St . Ch ar les for th e T h e Senn e bte ce B llfld 17 at Of!l 19, co m m en ced a coll ecl on and stud j' 0 1 gne d !ta lla n Immigrants : Na ti on al AllIa n cc of lVa .sh t ngton . D. C . ter ra t co verrng t he operatlons o r I OUn datlm a Czech Ca tholics; National Ca t holic DE.'R S ENA TOR LANGER: M v f ther had In - h os p i t als . enn tcs. an d G O',"ernmeDt -sp on ons , Ru ra l Life Con ference: Nationa l Con - t e n d ed to p u t t h e cn ci osed re :t In the r gan lza tlo na specu IIz ln g In c ne e: probl ~r ed fer ence of Cath olic cha rltlcs : Na t ion al CONGRESSIONAL !l Econ D b u t . d ue to hi s u n - InclUd in g t h e t o ll o wlng : rna. Council of Cathollc Men ; Na ti ona l Coun- t Im ely d e nt h . t h is w • trn p osstb l c, Arner tca n Can cer Soc le y. It wo u ld be &Teatl ;. np prcc ta ed I t j' OU · cil of Ca tholic Women : New York DioAm er lc n :'l ed lc nl IIss oc l t lo n . cesa n R esettlemen t Commit t ee; P olish w oul d h. ve t h is re po r t In serted In t h e cox An n e Jo'u ll er Fund . l>e w II nven , Co nn. Ga ESSION, L RECORD Ap p e n d iX und er the su g D be R u t h Fou n d n t lo n . Jm m lgra tlon Comm ittee : Slova k C. th o gest d h elld ln [; or ..... R epo r t to t he sen ate Bl a ck . Stevenson C ricer Fou n da t io n. H at ollc Federation of Ameti ca : Uk raInIan Jn t ers ta 0 Co m m erce Co m m ittee o n t h e ti esb u rg . Miss . Catholic Comm ittee : UkraIn ia n Con- Need for I n ~ es tl g a t1 o n of C a n c e r Reses r ch Bonds Fund , Ne w York . gr ess Committee : nlted F riends of Orga n lza t tona ." J o h nllthan Bowman Fund , Ma dIs on , Wls Wi th personal r eg a r d s, I a m . Needy a nd Dlsplac ed People of Y u 0 Cr oc k e r Ca n c er R es ea r ch Fun d. Ne w YO~k S in cer el, j·ou rs. Da m on R u n yon Ca n cer Fund . . sla vla : u nuce Lith ua nia n R elief Fund CH ARLES W. T o o!:". J r . Ph tllp L, Dr os nes and t h e Dr os n es Lnzen . of America ; Uni ed Ukrain ian Am erica n bey ono rc. Plt tsburgb. Pa, R ellef Com m it tee ; Wh ite R u th eni a n Prom : Be n ed Ict F . F it " ernl d , J r .. spcc ta l Dr . F, M . Eug ene, Bl ll&! Clin ic, Lo n g Vu ll ey By elorll S5la n- Congress Com m it tee : . counsel t o t he Comm ittee o n I n t en t n le N . J . and F ore ig n Co m m er ce . G o ver n m en t o rgn n lzntlons : Th e Dep rt. Wa r Relief se n 'lces-Nationa l Ca thol1c T o : Hon. J OHN W. Ba lcl<>:R a n d men: bers of m en t o f Health , E d u ca t ion , an d Welf a r e: ( ) w crrnre Conf erence. ' the I nterstate nn d F ore ign mrnerce loood a n d Drug Ad m in is t r a tio n: (bl Fe d era l T here bein g no ob jectio n . the resolu Committe e of t h e Uni t ed S t ates Se n ate . T r ade Commi ssi o n . ti on was ordered to be printed in the Dr . G rego ry ClinI c. P asnd c na , Caut. S u b j ect : Pr ogr ess r e por t o n s t udy requested R EconD, as follows : Hon ey Cancer C li n ic. 40507 G llst on Ave n u e, by the la te Se n a tor C h a r les W , To bey , T ho ne rnbcr s or th e Na ti on . I Ca tho llc R c nc ttle m e n t Coun cil a n d th e Am er tcun c o rem lttee on S p ecIal M igra t ion t a j ot n t, m e et In g unantmousty p assed the t ollowln g reso tu li o n : " Wh er eas t h e 63d Co n gr ess . lst s ess tc n , h as enac te d }I. R. &:81 In r e ponse t o r ec om m e nda ti on s m ad e b y Pres id en t E is enhower : "Wh er eas t h e en ac t m en t o f this le gi s!. t lon ner ves t h e hi gh est Interes t o f ou r b elov ed Am e r ica wh il e , at, the same tim e, It will as 1lt SOIl)C o f our m o t Im portant a llies In h ' ln g p roblems c re a t ed by t ymnny, w ar , a n d It" aftermn th ; " Wh e reas the enac tmen t or t h is leg is la t Ion w as made possIb le by t h e lIr m s u ppor t and de te rm ined le ad e rs h ip of ce rta in :.l em b ers 0 1 Co n gress : Th er e rore. be It "R esolved, Th a t t h e Na ti onal en h oll c Re set lem en t Coun e ll a nd tho Amerlcn n mm ltteo 011 Speci al Migr a t Ion, r epresen t in g M they d o mllliona of Am eri ca ns wn oee h o pes n n d p raye rs beseec h pe a ce w ith rrced om lo r n il rn nnkt nd, ex p r ess t h e Ir &TatcfUI a p p reCia ti on to all t hose w h o assis t ed In brln g ln " bou t t he enac tIOOn t Of e merge ncy l eg is la ti on : be It tUrther " Reso lved , Thn t a co py o f this r es ol u lOll b e t ra nsmItted to t h os e Me m be rs o f Co n g r e Wh o e ,ervlc es In t h is wo r t h y clI Us e wer e outst n ndl n g.., ehal rmn n, Selllite I n t N s t a t e a nd Fore l[;11 Co m m erce Co m m it tee. l )ROJ ECT The u nder s ig n ed, as s peci a l co u n se l to the S en a t e tnter st nte and F o r e ig n Co mmerce Co m m it te e. WIS directed t o aupervlse a stu d y of t h e ro llo wln g : I. All t h ose In d lvld · nl s . o r gan t zat tc ns , rounc nu ons, hospi tals a nd eu nice. through o u t t h e U nited S ta te s , wh ic h n a ve a n etr ect u po n In ters t a te commerce nnd wh ic h n ave bee n conductlng r esea r c h es , tn vcs tt gatto ns, expertmcnts a n d d e m o ns tra t ion s r el a tl n to t he ca u se, prc vcntto n, nnd m e t 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 t e rs t a t e ram l fi Io n s o f t h eir op e ra tion s, t h e ir d n a n clal str u ct u res, Inclu d In g t n err fun d -rais in g m eth ods. and t h a m ou n ts e xpe n d ed for cUnlcal r e earcn as d is ti n gu is h ed fr o m admin istrative exp end It u r es . a n d to as certa in the ex rc n of th e t h er a pe u tl c value cla im ed b y eacu In t h e us e 01 Its p art. Ic ul nr therapy. 2 . The fnc ts In vOl'l n g t h e d is co very of, t h e 1m po r ts fr o m a for el s n co untr)' of. the re search es upo n . and t h e In to r sta te cx per l . m en ts, de m o n stratIons , a nd u se o f t h e . a r l OWl dr u gs . prep nra tl ons. and remedIes for th e t re a t m e n t of the d Isease c anc e r, suc h d rugs t o In clude t h e so -ca ll ed 'I' o n d er dru g kr e b lo ze n , gl oxyllde, m ucorhle ln , and oth ers. 3. The t ac ts I n ' o l ~ l n g the Inte rstate co n ap lr a cy. If an y. e n ga ged In b j' any In dl' ld u als , organIzations, corp oratl on s , ass o ci a A Report 10 the Senate IDlers/ate Com- t o ns. and, co m b In es 0 1 a n y kin d Wh a tsoever. . to hInder. sup p r ess, or r estrict t·h e tree now merce Committee OD the Need for In- o r trans m is si on 0 1 kreblo7.en. g lox ~· lI d e . a n d m u co r h lcJn . a n d o t her druga, p re p nratlon s vest igatioD of Cancer R ~s ea.eh Organa n d remed ies. a n d In fo r m a tl o n . · re aear c h es. izations In ves t lga tl ons , experiments a n d d em on s t rat ion s r el a ti n g to the ca use . pre ve n tion a n d methods of diagnosis a n d trea t m en t o f the EXTENSION OF REM ARKS d isease ca n cer. 0 >" 40 . T he f acts h w ol vln g the operatl n o f volu n ta r y coop era tl ve prepaid medIc al p la ns a n d t h e orga n lz tlon s sponsor In g said p la ns which n re en ga ge d In In ters t tlte com m erce 0>" No aTH IMKOT A a n d whic h In cl ud e In the ir {lro rams medical IN TIlE S -ATE OF TIIE UNIT E D STA TES t r ea t m e n t for t h e d is eas e c. n cer, t o d etermine the ex ten t o f their Interst ate Ins urM onda y. August 3, 1953 ' n C operatio ns. t h e Id e n t l y of the ir orl Ie n t o rs a nd spo n so rs , a n d t h e res istan ce. If 1I r. LANGER. Mr. P resid en t. Ire· an y. t h at each In s u r e r h as experI enced f rom q les permlS5Joll to havc In se r te d In th e a ,. y In d l~ldu al s , or 17.a tlo ns . corporl'.tl ons. CONG RESSIONAl, R ECORD un der da tc of assoc ia t io ns, o f co mbines , In t h e ir aUempl.'l Augus t 3, 1953 , the letter from Ch a rlcs to offer p ro t ec Ion t o th ose who a r c nnll cted V. To bey, J r.. son o f the la to Senator wit h t h e di s eas e cancer. 5 . T h o t a ct s Im 'ol vlng t h e In eq u a lity o f Ch a rles Tobey, togeth er with h is en · opportunlt j' , If a n y. th a t e xis ts with r eg a rd closure. t o raeo. creed . or col or. In co n n ec ti on with T h ere beIng no obje cti on . th e letter the ad m l... lon f stude n t.q. r ese a rc h ers . a n d nn d enclosure were ord er ed 1.0 lJe Pl'luted p a tl e n ts to Ins t lt u tl o ns t h r ou gh ou t t h e in th e R ECORD, a s follows : Unl ted States c g aged In ca n cer thern p j . HON. WILLIAM LANGER Da ll ns . T ex. C . P . H u n t in gton F u n d . Ne w Yor k . t nternut tou : I Cance r R ct e nrcl' u nda. t lon , P h il a d elp h ia . P n. Johns Hopki ns Hosp it a l , Ba lt im or e, , Id. Dr . Wa ld o J o nes , M j'r tl e Bea c h . S . C. D r . W ill i am F . K och and R<:'. S m S ... a ln · Cli n ic. a lso kn own as the Ch r is tia n Med ical Res earc h Le a gu e . Det roit , Mic h .. . nd Br azil . Sou th Am er ica . La ke la n d Found a ti on . Ch lc ng . III. L In co l n Foundntlon . Medto rd, Mass, M em o r ia l Hos p lnl . New Y or k , D r. K . F . Murph y a ri d D r . Charles Lym a n ner c n n ic. 25 E as t Was h in g to n tr ee t , Ch iCAgO, III . N ew Yo r k Sk In and Ca n ce r Hos It I , :f ew 'l:or k. R ad Ium I ns tl t u t e o f New Yo:k . H e n r~' R u t her'Iord Fund . f<: cw Yo rk, C h r les F . S p a n g Fo u n tl a t lo n . P ittsb u rgh. Pa. n l, 'e rs lt y 01 Chicago. Ch Ic ago , III. n l'c rs lt j' of I lIl n o ls ' ChampaIg n. I ll . T h er e H e r , the u nder si gn ed tr. velc d to I 11I n o is to In ve stlgate the so-called kreb loze n co n n o vers j·. and on J Ulj' 2. 1053. wr ote 8 r ep or t o n h is fin dJ n gs which Is a t t a ched h er eto a nd m luk ed "Exh ib it A." I n clud ed In t h is r ep or t W !.S tho e v lu atlo n : " The controvers y Is In vo lv ed and req u ir es f u r t h e r rese arc h and de velopment, T h ere Is reM on to b ellevo t h a t the AloiA hns b een h llStj' . capricIous . arbitr a r y, a n d outrJght d ishon est. and o f co u rs e If the doctrin e o f 'respondeat superior ' Is 10 b e obser ved, tl le a lle ged m ac hi nations of D r. J . J . Mo or e (l or t 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 ~ll e ,A, M , Bnd o thers In nn In lCrs t :>.te co nspir acy ot al arming propo : t lo n • . "Th e p ri n ci p a l wit ne ss es wh o t ell of Dr . M oore 's rlUeallt y nr c Alber to Ba rrelra, Argen t in e c a b ine t m e m be r , nd h is ecrctnr " . An n . D . Sc hmidt." Therea fte r. t h e und ersi gn ed " ls it ed oth er a r eas . In t orrogBUn g med ical men. a nd o n July JoI. 19 53 . wrote " f u rt h er r epor t . In cl u ded In this was t h e e 'a luat!o n: " Be ing ' It n lly In te r es te d nnd h l' ln l; trIed o listen a n d obse rve close l y. It Is my pro fo u n d co nvi cti on th a t t his s u bst ance k re 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 o f cancer. I t Is bi ol og ic all y ae t h 'e. I h a 'e go ne c ver t h e re cor ds o f 530 cases, m ost o f t h e m con ducted at a d lstance fr om Chicago, b j' un ' bl llSed ca nce r eJq>er ~ a nd ellnlcs . I n r ea ch In g ro v conclusions I h a ve of cours e dis . counte'd mj' o wn la y observ a tlot15 a nd r elied m os tl y o n the op in io ns ot q u a ll ll ed c~ncer r esenre h workers nn d rdlJ r; e xper ie n ced phj'sl c lans,
  • 2. i. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD " J h ave co n clu de d th nt I n the va lu e of pr ese nt ca n cer researc h , th is s ubs tance a n d t h e t h eo r y be h Ind It d eserve s t ho most f u ll Ilin d complete and s cientific s t u d y, I ta valu e In tbe m nn ag em cn t, of t h e cance r p a ti en t h lS bee n d em ons tr nte d In n su rnclent n u m b er ' no d percemage of eas es 10 d em a n d f ur t her 'work. "B eh in d a n d over .,11 thIs Is t h e weirdes t con glom era t io n or co rrupt m c ttves , Intrigue , :s oU1s h n ess , jeal ou s )t , ob struct io n , a n d con' sp lra cy that I hnve ever s een . "D r. An dr ew C. Ivy, wh o h as b een co n d uc ll n r es earch u p on t hi s dmg , Is abso IUt.ely bon es t In tellect ually, acle n Ul1ca lly , 'nn d In every otber wa y. Mor co ver, he a p p ea rs to be a c e a ! t h e m ost compe tent a nd u n b ias ed ca n ce r exp erts til. t I h a ve ever in com e In con t a ct wit h , h a V g served on t bo nrd o r h o A rn crt cnn Cnn ccr SocIet y an d t h o Am er ica n Med ical Associat Ion , nnd In t h at c" pa cl t y h avi ng been ca ll ed u pon to o"a lu a t o vario us types o r ca n cer thera p )' . 'Dr, Georg e O. Stoddar d , president or t h o .Unlverslty of Il lin ois , In nss ls tl n g In the cess at ion or Dr . I vy'. r es ea r ch on can cer a t t ho Un ivers ity or nu nors , a n d In r eco mm en d tn g .rh e a bo nshment. or t h e Intter', pos t B vlcc p r esi d e n t of t h a t tnstt t u t ton , n es , In m y opinion , s hown a tt r ibu tes o r In to ler a n ce for scien tifi c r es earch In gene ra l." I t Is a matt er or co mmon knowledg t h llt t il. entire s u b j ect m ntter Is hi ghly centro 'Crs la l a nd th us rur t h er and a dd ltlonnl re s earch and develop me nt would entail m or e ti m e. A contro vers y a mon g renowned su r goon s, p a t hologtats , ca n cerolog ts ts , a nd r adl o log ls ta should n ot de ter or silence t h lB co m m it te e fr om carrym out the m a nda t e con t em pla t ed and ex pr essl y dIr ected b)' th e la t. o c h a irma n or yo u r commIttee, Sen ntor Ch arles W . To ~y, by virtue of th o r esolu ti o n p asaed b y the Senate. :'< ow, pass in g on to a n t h er Im tl t u tl on . I h ave very carefully s t u die d t h e court .records or t h r ee cas es tried III t h e Fed er al and Sta t<:l cou r ta or Da ll as , Tex. A ru n ni n g figh t has ·bee n golng o n be t wee n onlclals. es pe clnll y Dr. Mor ris Flshbeln , o r tbe Am er ic an Med.lc I Asso cia t io n t hrou gh t he jou rnal or Ih nt o rga n iza ti on , n d the H oxaey Ca n cer Clin ic. Dr. Jo'l shbo ln con ten d ed tha t th e m ed ici ne s em p lo)'ed by t h o Hoxaey Cancer Cli ni c h nd DO therapeu tic value; t h t It was run by a q u a ck an d a charlatan . (This clin Ic Is m nn n ed hy a stalf o r over 30 employees , Inc lu d in g n u rs es a n d p h ys icia n s . ) Rep rin ts and cIrc u la ti on or s everal million cop Ies o r IIrl1cles f,() p repa r ed resu lte d In li t igatIo n . T h e Gove r nment tlleN!aH cr Interv en ed a nel EOu ght an In ju n cti o n to p re ven t t h e tra ns m iss ion In In te rst a te co m me rce o f ce rtnl n m ed icin es. It Is In teresti ng to n ote th nt In t b e t r ia l cou rt, herore J Ud ge At well , wh o h ad an o ppor t u n lt,' to h e nr t he wltn csses In t wo dIffe re n t t r ial s. It wa s h eld that t h e so c, lie d Ho xs ey m eth od or treat in g ca n ce r ..... M In orne rc.spe cts su pe r io r to th a t o r X- ray. r a d ium. a n d s u rger y a nd did h a ve t b erap e u t lc ·nlu o. T h e Cir cuit Cou r t o f Ap pe als of t h e Fltth CIrc ui t d ecId ed othe rwl so. Th is d ecis io n was hande d down during tho trl I of a libel s u it In t h e Dis trict Court o r Dall as , T ex., b)' Hoxsey agaInst Morr is F1Bhbelll, ""h o II.d ml ttod t h a t he had ne,'er p racticed med ic in e one dar In h lB lire lind h a d n ever had p rl'ate pa tien t , v, b lch re s ul te d In a verd ict ror Hoxs ey an d a gainst Morr is Fishbein , Tho derense ndm lt te d t h at Boxae,' co uld cure eXternnl enncer hu t co n tcn ded t h llt his m ed icines ror In :., rna l cancer ha d n o t h e ra peu t Ic ,·a lu e. Th e jur )-. a rt e r 11 ten ln to le nd In s p a t h ol og is ts , ra d Iol ogis ts , p hysi cia n s, s u r geo ns, a n d sco res or wI ne sses . a great number o r wh om hnd n eyer been treated b y an y phys lcl II c r surgeon excep t t h e tn a t m en t r ece h 'ed a t t b e 8 0l<se,' Ca n cer Cli n ic . concl u d ed th t Dr , F1sh ~ l n 110' s wr o n g: th at hi pUblished statemen ts we r e ral se , and thn t the n oxaey methOd o r Irent ln g ca n cer di d have the ra pe u ti c " a lue, APPENDIX A5351 In t h Is li ti ga t Io n the o c ver n m ee t of t n e the h sp ltBls In I n d ia , Ch i n a nn d J apa.n . Un it ed St a te s , IS we llns Dr . 1"Lsbbe ln , b rough t H e Is a rell ow of t h e Am er ica n Assoctauo rr to the co u r t the lend ing m ed icat scton t ts ts , t or til. Ad vnn eem en t or SCience. H e h olds In c ludi ng pa t h ologis ts nd o th ers s k ill ed I n Do natlonn l board certi fica te a n d s ince 194 5 the treatmen t or cancer. The y ca me from h o bas been medic I direc to r or t he G tha m a ll pnr or t h e cou ntry, It Is s lgn lfic nn t 10 JI pu a ), Now Yor k. n o te t h nt n gr ea t n u m h er of t h es e d oc t ors " Re po r t of Dr. Mil ey of a s u r v ey m a d e b y admi tted tha t X- TIl)' therapy co ul d caus a Dr. S tn n ley Relm lln n (I n charge or t umor re c a n cer. Th is view Is s upporte d by m edI ca l s earch a n d pnlbology , G ot h a m H os p ital) b epu blica ti ons, In clUdi n g tho m ng nzlne en- roro Sena tor P ep per 's committee on S en a t e Utled " Cnn eer ," published by t h a Am or lcan b Ui 1875, a bill to nuthorlze e x pen dit u re o r Cancer Soc iety, May tss ue or 1948. $100 mUl la n In ca ncer r es earch . I a m h ere wi t h tnc tudtng t h e n a m es a n d "D r. Re lmnn n 's repo rt o n cancer c as ca In ad d r ess es or so m e or the witne sses wn o testt- P ennsylva nt a ove r a lo ng p eriOd or tl m o n ed In th e S tnte a nd Federal cou r t . It h as s howed t h a t t h os e wh o r ece i ved n o t r elltb een d et er m in ed b y p llthol ogy , In ( gren t m ent liv ed a lon ger p eriod t h n u t h os e t h n t mBn y Ins t a nc es b y la bora tories Wh oll y d is - r eceived surgery , ra di u m . or X -r a y, The ex co n n ec ted rro m t b o Hoxsey Cancer Cli n ic, cep t ion s we r e thOllo pa ti en ts w h o h d r e t ba t t b ey ", ere su ffer ing fro m d lffc ren t ty pes c etved e lectros u rgery. T h o esu r vev atso or ca n cer , bo t h m tern al nn d e xre r n a t, a n d " h aw ed t h nt foll owIn g the Us o r radIUm an d foll OWin g t re a t m en t they tcs ll fl.ed tbe y_were X -ra y much mo re b nrm t h nn go od wns do n o cured . to t h c av erage cancer p a ti e n t . "Dr. Wl lll nm SeamBn Bnlnbrldge. A. M ., Nam e, add r ess, and !lI P. J. A. J oh nson. Ra n g Jr. Tcx., sq u a m o us cell S c. D.. M. D.. C. M., 1". I . O. S . (h o norary) . W lU tbe r ec ip Ien t or s ix h on orar y d egr ee' No. 2. Mrs. R. J . R lck m nn , 122G Enst Alle n St r eet , rr om var tou s In s ti tu t ions, t h e m ost r ecen t b e in g t h e d egr ee or d oc tor honor I s caus e rr c m Fo r t Wor th , rnc tnn oca r ctn em n. Ro ber t Tha n e. Avoc a , Tex., m yxol t pos nr - t h e Univer sity or San Mar cos, P eru. He h lU,l b oen su rgeo n at t h e Ne w Yor k Sk in a n d Cnn com a. {I'll. H. H. J oh n son. Den ton , T ex ., ad ena- c r Hosp it a l, eurgrcnt dI recto r of New Yor k Cit y Children's Ho pl tal, a nd or ~I nn h .. t t nn car etn oma. Mr s. Elmer Smit h , Well in gto n , Tex.. rnn n g- State Ho. p lt nl, War d 's lsi n d , a.ad ccneut t .-. In g surgeon nn d In' necologl. t to v erio us h os n nn t m elan rna. Mild r ed I"ager , 2101 sr ovan S tre et . Da ll as, p i tals In the Ne w Yor k m etro poli t a n and . s u bu rba n are lUI . T ex.. m ela no m a. " Vhlle th ere ar e som e wh o s U Il b eli eve In A. Q . Burgess , 2oll6 W ym an n Stree t . Da ll as , t h e emency or r ad iat ion as a cu r ,my skepti -n, x .. blUlal cell cnr cl noma. Ira Pos to n , 6322 Vict or Str eet , Da tlaa , Tcx.. c is m with re gard to Its va lu e 111 betng In cr eas in gly sUbstnnUate d. Bu t e ven w it h th o bas a l ce ll carctnomn. s t tecn m e or tod ny, Its curat I ve elrect In W. E. Harmon , Grapevin e, T ex " pri ck le ce ll r e nl cancer Is q uestlonnble . In 1939 t h o car c in om a . Ml'1l. J . A. Rob b, Weat b erford . Tex., blUm grea t Br itish p hy si ologis t. S ir Leo n a r d Bill , l WI' Ie : ' La r go d Os ~ (of g mmn a nd b ard cell carcin oma . Mrs . Les sl e Hes l e r , LUb bOck , Tex.• a d eno- X - m ys ) pr Odu ce d C05t ru c t lon oC n ol'lll I tI .. s u es ouc h as m arrow and lymp h oid ti ssue, car cIn om a of u t er u s . l eu co cyt ... nn d ep lt ho llal li n in gs , and d ent h D.~~~I~kl~· c~;r=~::~i~~ersVllle, T er, R . F. en su es. • , • The nation " 'ould , I t hink, bo Mrs . Lor n Barn et t , Penl el, TOX .. adeDocar- IIttlc th e worse a ll Ir all the r ad IUm In t h e c o un t ry n ow hurled ror s ec u r it y t r a m bOmbcln om n o( utenls. T . E. Truma n , Wa co, Te x., epId er m oi d cnr- In g In de ep b oles, r em a In s t h er e i n : " A n eo plasm should n Oer be In cis ed ror ' cln om a . Fritz Troja n. Wa co, Te x., sq uamou s cell d i agn osti c p urpo s es, ror one Cl,n n ot tell at WAnt sp lit momen t t h e ca u ce r c e Us m a y be t yp e . Mr. C. W. Ma lon e, Brown wood , T ex., bas I d issem inat ed a n d th e p atient d o om.: d. As p lratlng the neoplnsm to drnw o u t h e cella ce ll t ype. Va l Seurer. Hi n to n , Okl n.. ma llg n an l car - b )' l uc tlon . This, 100 . Is a ver,' q uestlonabl o p rocedu re , for wh at or t b e cnn cor ce lls til t c inoma. Jo Parelll, spor to to r lu m , Da ll , T ex., m n- m ny be present be low t b e pu nct ure poIn t; a n d arou n d t he ne edle whI ch ha " e h e en se t IIgn ant carclnomn. Mrs . R . M. HoUm nn, C e J . B. Bair d Co ., fr ee ? I t m ust be r eallud th nt w h ile ca ncer ar e lln n ot b e tran spl a n ted from man to m n, It Sh r evep ort. La .. s pi n dle cell carclnomn. Tom COnt es , Mer kel , Tex. , h ns al cell car - CllD b e t r a n splanted III t he s lim e host : ' ci nom a . "Th er e I. a r ep or t fr om !lDoth er so u rco J . L. ~nrro, Mer k el, Tex ., m a UgDl.lllt enr - In wh ich Dr. F'oln b llt t , ror 6 yenr s p at h ologis t c ln oma . o r Ih e Mem o r ia l Hos p it a l. New Yo rk , re po r ted Mrs. J. D. DoUgl ,Fort Wor t h, T ex ., d u ct t h a t the Mem ori a l BOllplt al had o riginally ce ll ca rc inoma . clven X -r n)' and r adium t r ea tm ent b eror e Mrs. R . S . 'Turner, squa mou s cell c.lTcl- a n d nlter rndlca l ope rations for b reast m nc om a , gra de 3 . ll gn nn cy, Thes e patients did n o t lon g s ur MI'll. C. E. :.1a ll ory , Equ nm ous cell cnr- vive. so X-m y nnd r ad ium were Ive n nfte r cln om :l. s u r gery o n ly. Thes e p tlen ts lived a b rle t Mrs . Ber m a n Thom as, 5222 Mer rlm e time only, and nr te r omittin g ,, 11 r ndl ntl on S treet . D li as, T ex .. m el nnocarcln om a . patlenta li ved t b e lon gest of a ll . Clltton B. sm ith . 5637 H ira m Stre et . Fo r t HOOCI'O I/AK N EO TO DE W AIt Y IN USE 0 x · r.. . T S Wor th , T ex .. m a ll nlln t · clrcl nom . IN DISEASE nt.E.. T),l J:NT Re y. Hor nee W. Irw in , Wcst Warw Ick , R . I. , " (Dy Howar d W. Blakes lee, A!s oc lnted P r e"" m a li gn a n t ca r cIn om a . . s cIen ce edl o r ) I h n'e h ad nccess to literat ure by leading " Nl:w YOIIK , J uly 6. 1948 .- X-rn,·s nnd g m scientIsts In t h e field of me dicIne. The a t t en ti on or t h e commltt.ee Is InvI ted to t h e m R r a)'s cnn cause bone cancer Is wl rnln g h ear in gs h eld du ring t h e 79th Congress, In Issu ed In Cnncer, n ne w med ical j ournnl J u l)' 1946; Se n a te hlll 1875 being u n d er co n - s t nrlC d by t h e Am er Ica n Ca n c er Soclet", Th e bon e cnncer war n in g, covering m or e th an s ld er ntl on , wh erein It appe llrs, as ro ll ows : "Dr. George Mil e y WAI born In Ch Icago . 20 pnge s , Is b y Drs . Wil li am G . G Rh n , H el en 1907, gradun ted tram C b lc ago La t i n Schoo l, Q . Wood wnrd . Nor m a n L. Itl ggln b o t h nm , Fred I y, all oC New 1923. gra d u at ed wit h b neh elo r o r arts rrom W , St ewa rd , nn d Bra d ley I . Y nl" Un l'ers lt ,· In 1927, rrom Nor t h wes ter n Yo rk CIty. " On o or th e m os t d a n ger ou s t h In gs about Med len l SChoo"I, 193:l . In tern ed. n t Chi ca go Mem or lnl Hos p ital In 193:l and 1933, Uni - Ih ls k in d o! bono cancer, t h e r e port s tes, Is the very lon g d ela )' betwee n t h e u sc oC vers ity or Vien n a P ost grad u a t e Medical SChoo l, 1933. 1934, t o llowln g wh lcb be vl.6 ed t h o r ays and the ap pear a n ce o( t h e CRncer , lt
  • 3. A5352 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Tb e de ltly time In t h e 11 case ra n ged rro m 6 to 22 y ears. . "Dr, Hermnn J osep h Mu lle r . Nob el Prize wm ne r, " world -r en owne d sctcn t ts t , n na stated the medical prof essi on Is I' er m nn en tl y d a m agtn g the Am er rca n IH e s t re nm throug h t h e unwise u se of X -r nys, Tb ere Is a dosage o f X -ra y so low ns to be w lt b o u t rtsk at p rod ucin g n arm t u t mu t tl ons ." The a tton t lon of t b e comm t teo Is In v it e d to t h e request m a de by Senator Elm er T h om :u; foll owIn g an In'es tlg uo n m od e b y t h e Senntor of t h e H oxs ey Ca n c er Cli n ic u n d er d to of Feb ru ary 25, 19,,7, nn d a d d r esse d to t h e Surg eo n G en eral , bll c H e a lt h Depar t m en t , w astu ngto n , D , C" wh ere in he so ugb t to en lis t t h e s upport or t h e Fed era l Oo ve rn m cn t. to m ke nn tn ves t lga t lon and r eport . No such Invcs t tgat ton was m ade , In f ct, every error t wns m ade a 'old a n d ev do the In'estlgntlo n b> tho ' S ur geon Geneml 's office. T h e r eco rd wlU r eveal tb t t h ts clinic dId ru rnrsh 62 com p le te c nse histor Ies , Inc ludIng p a t h ology, n nrn es of h ospitals , ph yslctana, etc .. In 1(145. Agnln , In J u n e 1950, 77 case histor ies, whIch In clu d ed t he n am es of t he patients, pa t h ol o g l c.~ l reports In man y rn s tan ces, and In t h e absence the reof, the n am es of t h e pu tno lgists, hospttals, and ph ysicIans wh o h ad tre a te d these patients be(o,e beln t rea t ed a t t h e 1I0x.ey Ca ll cer ClJn lc. The Cou n cll of Na ti ona l C n Ccr I nst ItU te, wi t h ou t In,'es tl ga tlon, J.n Oc to ber 19:;0, r cl uscd t o order nn In ·C5t lga tl on . The record In t h F ed eral c our t d isc los es tba t thIs agency of t he Fedc, I G overnmc n t k sldcs " n d. sough t In a c n ' T)' wni' to h lndcr, suppress, a n d ftstrlct t h ts In s tituti on In t h e ir t r ea t m ent a t cancer , (See testlmon )' ot Dr . O llcln Mend ors, p p . 1125-1139, transcript ot record , C, se No, 13645, U. S, C, A.) Am on t h e n umcr o us fo u o d ntl on s , n d cli n ic. wh leb rot ess to possess II r em cd)' for the re ntment of ca n cer Is t he LInCOln Fou n d ati on of Medford, Mnss .. wh Ich hn. b een t h e partlcu lar target ot t he .~:'l : . I ha 'e n ot hnd IU1 o pportunIty to sufficiently exp lo r e the p . rtlcu.l nr t)'pe ot thera py emp lo )'ed b y t h l.! In ti t utlo n. Uowever , I unde rsta nd It Invo l'C!I un ique th eo ry of In h nlen t t h er a py n d t h e t r ansmIss ion or bnctc r la -ph a ge, In p as s In g It Is Im porta n t to note th t t h b t e chn iq u e was t b e subject of p r t lcullU' l n te re" t to t h e la t e ch a lrm ~ n wh o wns a trustee of the LIn coln Fo u n d a ti on followln a successf u l t re a t m en t of h Is so n , harl cs ' ,V. T obey, Jr. Th is remed > h ns b eon tried b )' h und,eds of I' Uents nnd It I. a lleged tha t th ese trentments h n' e been pro'en beneficIal . An o t h er In s titu ti on wh Ich claims to ha'e m ad e .ome p rogress In t h e t reat ment of can cer Is th e Dros Dos-L lI"en b e' Cance r Cli n ic , of l ' lt ts b u rgh , P o.. The rep orts wo u ld In d ica te th nt t h Is In s ti t u ti on Is IIk ew)s e en ti tl ed to a hearing oefore this cummlttee. Tol e !::e:'.":r t oll of life being taken by cancer r eq Uir es n searching In ves tigation . The method s em p loyed , us I unde rstand It , Is a s ubs tanc e k n own IlS Mucorh lcln , wh ich I.! r eported to b e of thuapeu tlc " lue. Under the fou r t h lUlSlgn m ent con cer n ln volu ntaT)' cooperatl 'e prepaid med lenl pl ans nn d a n y r es is ta nc e c n cou n te re d (r om org a n Iz a ti on s , IS soclllt lons , or combi n es , I Is a matte r of pu bli c record In th e F edernl a l d S t ate court t h nt medical assoclatlons hn ve p u t u p " ro ad block wh enc 'er or wh ere 'c r t h Is Is attempted. The Comm Ittee on abo r an d P u b li c Wei f nr e, t h ~ou gh Its Subcommittee all 1Icr.. th . l .ubmltted th e reSUlts at n study of h ea lt h Ins u r a n ce plans In the UnIte d S t a tes, In n r ep ort Issued In May 1951, 62d Con gr ess . Th is was nccompJlshed unde r t he d ir ec ti on o( Dr . Dea n H , Cla rk. oow the dI r e tor o r th e. IIIa ss ach u se t ts G en er a l Hospital. TIlts ap pcars to be tho firs t objcctl ' 0. and Itn pnr tl a l stud)' 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 tio n at t h a t tim e had : ome f orm o r p r otectloll APPENDIX a , Ins t tho cost or h osp it al care, b ut only 3 mJlllon h a d "..I t can be c Hcd co m p r on cns tve pr ot ecti on nga tnst, the cos t of h asp lt nl and rn cd t cnt care. S pe cIfi cally w it h r efer en ce to can cer. Jt wou ld appenr th nt n n o p p ort u n ity wo u ld b e aff ord ed memb e rs at t h is sor t at n h eal th pr og ra m to pe riod ic c h eck up s t o de te rmine wh ether the)' h ad ca n cer . TIl ls s u bject was d iscussed a t l en gth b e tw ee n K e n n et h MeIk lej oh n , s talf d ir e ct o r o r t h e SUbcommittee on He nlth , nn d Sen a tor T ob e)', 2 ye a rs ago. Correspon dcnce be tween the two 18 a va tla b le . The repor ,of course, a r e nvatlnble to t h e m embers of t h is com m ittee . From a stri ctl y Ie al as we ll M et h len l np pre ach, If one In d ivid u a l h ns t h e r ight to s elec t hI s o wn phystcta n or n ospltn l, wby c annot 10,000 In d h' ld u a ls an d thclr rum m es d etermIn e th t t h ey In te nd t inves t. di rec tly, or In d lr ec tl )', In t h e construc tion and m ntu tenan cc of a h ospital, '1011'1 0)' a s t 1I of co m p etent pb yst ciana, surgeons, rech u tcra ns, labor atory expe r ts, nurses , Inte r ns , e t ecto r. , to look aI te r t b elr h e a l t h pr o blems ? TIl l" Is not so - call ed eoc tnnzed m edtcinc. It ts pur ely ,o lu n t nr > Her e, as else wh ere stilted ', In h ls re po rt, the Ju ri sdiction of the corn murcc rna > b llrn ltl'd , a may properl y ' belon g to h e S tcs and th eIr l egi sla t o rs and co u rts to de termIne thl. probl em. 'How ev cr, t h e ge n eral welflU'e clause of the Co n s ti t u tio n m a)' bo t he a nswer , U the com mlt te ee s hmlld de termine t ha t It h Ju r 19di ction, I n m o f t h e opIn ion th nt competen t IOGal e 'ldence cnn be p r es en t ed which "'111 a id a nd llSSlst t h o c om ml t t ee In It s fin a l JUd gm en t. Wit h re fe renoo to t he fift h nss lgn mcn t , ,' ou a re IId'lsed that time d Id n ot permi t m e to ascertaI n t he n um ber of studen or th e In cre,,"e t h er eof In t h e " nr lous m ed ic a l scbools th r ou h ou t the co u n try. It h ns be ell suggeste d thM a st Ud ie d elIor! h as b ee n m nd e by cer tll ln gr o u ps to k ecp the n ll m b er o f s t u de nts en r oll ing In m ed lcnl sc h ools a t a low tl ure. r do n o t asser t t h Is to be t he f act nn d I d ou bt If th e committ e e · wo u ld ha'e Ju r isd Icti on to go Io t a t h at question, Th is wou ld properl> belo11g to the S t tos , ' It t h Is Is a f act , t h en Ule various S ts te le g l _ Intur es o( the cou n try s houl d , of co u rse, t s ke ne cess a ry step., cons is tent Wltll t he pu b li c welf nr e , to see t h at ev er)' opportun lt )' Is giv en to Im y bo y or gIr l who po""eSses the necessnr)' quali fica ti ons to be permItted to "en t er medical ac hoo l. , If, o n the oth er h a n d , l h ls m m l t tee b all e' es Ih a t It h as Ju ri sdi ction unde r the ge n eral welfare clause of t h e Consti tution to go ( or w rd , then cernly It would b e n p ro per n d t im ely mn tter of In quIry. I n an y e' ent, yo u do b a 'o Jur ladJct lon and shou ld completo t he In ' os tl gnt lo n In sofar IS cancer Is concer n e d by thos e en gnged In the r es cnrch field . • ca re fu l 5 lid ;; of the subject m at te r e m b r aced In tbe d ir ec ti on of t h e lat ch Irma n w lJl d lael t h e tr em en d ou s .Im por tan ce of l h e Inv es tlg nt lon u n d er t a k en nnd t h e c on s idera tio n o( t h e r es ll its by t h e m em ber s Of tb lll commIttee . We h ', lon g sI nce passed the age o f w it ch h u n ti n g, We ar e, notwIthstanding, 1l" ln g In a n er a or hyster ln. In ves Uga t lon s eems t o be t h e ord er of the d a y. Crude t h luklng r esults In b )'s ter lcal action , Perh a ps the co n verse Is true, Tho beginn in g of hyst eria Is t h o e n d of sou nd thinkIng. P r oceeding , the re (or e, to the en d res ul t sought b >' II, We r ec ogn ize t ho ,' aill e of our goal In str iving f or so u n d , " Igorou a, and bellI t hr ill Na tl on a t Jlllnlmum cost... Mon ey, b owe'er, la,l sh l y spe nt to stnmp o u t n dreadf ul scou rg e I s ou nd p u bli c econom v. I ha'e np proacbed' Ulls proble m wit h n n op en m ind. Recog nIZin g th e Im po r t a n e e of m en s killed In t h e sc ien ce o( m ed lclne , who nre be st Intorm ed , U n ot qu allfied , on t he q u estl on of cnncer, Its cn uses and t rea t men , I dIr ect ed my a tte n ti o n t o the pr opa ga nl1n b)' th e Amer ica n Med len l Assoclntlon a m l t h e American Ca ncer SocI ety to til e elI ect, n am ely , "til t rad iu m ; :': -r a y theraI''' surge r j- are t he on ly r ccogn lzed t re ai' fur cancer." nOd en Is there an > di spute among r ecoe I ' medlcat se ton usts In Am er Ica an d elseg~h7-e<l In the world on t h e use of radIu m nnd ~ _:r , 1 t hera py In t h e t re, t ment of cancer? a n swer Is d cfinltely "Yes ," There I. ~ ~ si a n of op ln o n o n t h e us e Of ra d IUm <1lvl_ X - rny, Bo t h ag e nc les are des truc 1 '0 /In ti ccnatru c t.t vo, In the all eged d es tr u ctl';' 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~t ti ssue an d normal c n s, Recognized medl nI n u thorl t le s In Amerl c and elseWhere ~"I posi ti vel y thn t X - ra y therapy can cnuse ~ te ce r In and of Its elf , Doc u m e n ted cases an , a v l1able, arc The I ncrer s ed n umbor of cnncer pa t len In Am er rca or nil nges and the nppnren t f II_ ure t o p resen t ty cope wI t h t his drea d d lse In d ica tes t h neccssr ty of a s us tal n od c lIort of p r tvn tc an d Fed eral a gen cie s to con tlnue r esearch III t h e Ileld of c. ncer , Its c nus nn d t ren m en e, es It r ad Iu m , X -rar, o r surgery or elt er Of them Is t he complete ans wer, t hen the g reat_ es t boa x of ttl e age Is be Ing perpetra ted UPOIl t h e people by t he con t inued appeal for .fu n ds tor fur h r es earch , If n e ither X -I . j ' rad iu m , o r surgery Is Ih e complete anawe; to lhJs drend ed d Isease, nnd I submit th t It Is not , then wbat Is the p laI n d u t y of soci e ty ? ShOUld we s ta nd st lll? ShO U l d we s It Idl > br a nd count t h e n u m ber of p h)' 1' clnns, surgeons, nn d ea n cerologts t s ""h o are !Jot on ly dl 'lde d but wh o, because o r fe:uo r f a ,or, nre.. forced to li ne u p wl t b . the so c nll ed nceepted vIe w of U IS Am eri ca n H e dlca l Asso cln tl o n . or sh OUld this commIttee m nk e a l u ll -s c Ie Im'estlg, tl on of t h e orgnntzed ell or t t o hi n d er, s u ppr ess, nn d r est r Ic t t ho ' f r ee flow of d r u gs whi Ch. a llegcd l> h a 'e p roven s uccess fUl In cllSe. wb ero . cli ni ca l r e co rds, C llS O hi s tory, p:.tholog lca.1 r epor ,and X -r ny p h o to gra p h Ic proof, together with t he n.Jleged c u r ed patI en ts, a re 'nll a ble? Accord In gly , we ohould dete no loe wh et h er exia tl n g agencIes, bo t h public and pl'J" a te, nro en gaged nn d h a ' 0 purs ued n p Oli cy of h a r ass m e n t, r Id iCUle, .lander , and II bel6us Mt a cks on ot h ers s lncer el;' 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 ir ough thel t officcrs, a geo ts , s er vants and em pl o;'ees engaged In t h Is prnel ice ? 1>Ir In 'es t lga tlon to d nt e s hou ld con" In ce t h is committee t h nt a consp iracy doc s eXist to stop t he frec fiow nd u s c of drugs . In II te r s ta te commerce which alleged Iy h .. li d t he r a p eutic 'a lu e. Publi c a nd prl' te funds have be e n thrown aro u nd li ke can f ettl at a country f8l r to clos e u p and d es troy ell nl Cll, h osplt.'ll•. nnd sci enti fic r cs enr c h lab ora to r Ies which d o not confo rnl t o Ih e ' Iew" poIn t o f m edIca l assoclnllon s . H ow long w ill the American peop l e ak e this? To JIIu::trnte the s '.raoc1t'h"'ld Cf the AmerIcan lIled lcnl AssocI t lo n on legl s la tl on which In turn nlI ecta e 'er y h o u seh o ld III Am er ica , le t US loo k at "mall 25-cen t tube of penicill In ointment. I s It dangerous to ha'e around t h o h'ouse f r n cut or small b ru ise o n ;'o u r body ? R t pols on can be bo u gh t wi t h o u t docto r's presc ri pt Io n . Ars en ic ca ll be bo ugh t wit h o u t a d o c to r 's prescrIp ti on . TIl e sa le o r arsen Ic nnd r at poIsons Is smllll b ut n ot penicil li n . A cco rd In l(l)', w e must have a doctor 's prescription In Am erlCfl t o b u > a 25-ccn t t ube f oint ' m ent. I n Ca n a d a , h owe,'c r, t h e medical assoclntlon h ns not ,'et dlsco 'ered t ho gren t d a n ger of a Bmn ll t u be or pen ic il li n ol ntmcnt and, nccordlngl > t h e peoplo are ablc to bur ', It with o u t p, >1ng, doctor for a p res c l·l p t lo n . To 63;' t h t It 1 dangero us , Is sill )'. T o assert , r nthcr , thnt It Is b u t another m nn l fes t atlon of p ow e r a n d prl'lIer,e o f n t ew nt the expense of t he 01 n > WOUld be more con ' sisten t with tru h a n d ,,' h oll}' accurate. Wh at Is the d ut' of t h is com m i t t e nnd t h e members th ereof? You r nrst d u t y , o! course , Is t o d o rig h t , Prop er ly cons Idered , t h at Is yo u r only du t y. In d 010R r igh t , hOW-
  • 4. A5353 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - APPENDIX e ve r. you owe a duty to t he Am er Ica n peo pl e. ro ad reti re ment bene fits. I was proud I n upholding t he I w a n d en nc t tn g legls to be a member of th e special subcom'Iatlon for t he peopl e at Amerlcn, we loo k mittee of the Senate Lab or a nd Publi c fil1lt to t h o Imtr u m en t at our c rea t Ion lUI n re pr esen t m tve form at government. Tho~ Wclt a re Comm ittee which was responsip owers not specIfically nterred upon tho ble for the form ula tion of those ben efits F'ed er nl o over n eoc n e nn d denIed to the States In the Sen ate , We Increased .annultles are r r ved e ither to t h e States or to the an d benefits by 15 percen t. We provided people. Thus. the fou n dI n g t a t h ers very a wlfe's benefit til be equal to one- ha lf "'Isely c reated an area of freed om In wntc n . th e a nnuita nt 's benefit. up to a maxtt reemen shall run cu on . I t Is III t h Is area mum of $4 0 a. mon t h . We Increased surset as tde b)' the ta t h ers at u r Re puhll c that vivor 's benefits b}' 33 perc ent a nd made p eo ple have the r Ight to ow n pro per t y . tr ns act bustness , build u p a syst em at t ree en ter - other essen tia l Improv ements with out Increasing ta x rates. W also pr ovided p r is e wi t h out h in d r an ce. b ar assm en t . o r abu,., at ei t h er t h e Gover n m en t . St:lte or for th e crea tion of n J oint Comm ittee F'ed cr31. or of o ther clttzeris, however po w - on Ra ilroad Reti rement til study wa ys erful, 00 long as t h e people so engaged d o and mea ns of In cr eas ing ra ilroad reti re. not trespass u po n the rights of others. Th is ment benefits fu r ther . Tha t joi nt com 15 the baste con ce pt of liberty functlonlng ml ttee has re ported Its recomm en da In Am er len . It m ay be sa td to b . a rese r tio ns. vo ir at f r eed om . I n t his are .., h a ve m ln It Is necessa ry that the Cong ress act ~ I ed our m on ey and blood wIt h tbe races o f m nkln d . We na ve d emon s trated ou r nb ll - Quickly til Imp rove the ra ilroad ret ir elt y to li ve t og e he r p ea cet u ll y and h a pp ll ly. ment system. T hc ra ilroad workers of It ho u gh we repr ese n t m os t at t he races, the Un ited states ha ve contr ibu ted to mos t at t h e color s , a n d most or the creeds . th e developm en t of a retl rement sys tem ThlJJ was a n In n o vntl o n a nd a new expert - whic h Is today not a deq ua te ly m ee t in g men t to the p eop les of the Old Wor ld . Ou t at lid t ram t h Is area bas sprung t h e nobles t th eir needs In view of th e increased cost of Jlvin g . New rail road r eti rement benedrea ms and sain tliest purposes of m a nlctDdp u r poses so strong and vital that It has bc - fi ts ca n be achieved 1! the Congr ess will co me t h e envy a n d admtrn t ror, o f a wa It in g enact the n ecessary legisla t ion n ext w or ld. Peop le loo k longingly to the shores year. or America a nd desire make th is t h e Ir With in the las t few weeks the dis ti n asylum of esc a pe nnd h op e tor t h o fu t u r e . I t Is more tha n a dren m . It Is a reality. guishe d cha irma n of the Comm it tee on W hil e ....e nnve n o t sot ved III I t h e problems Railro ad Reti rement . Senator PAUL H . DOUG LAS. of Ill in ois, has presented to th e or mankind. we n av e at leM t p rovtdcd a sanct u ar y and t h e Inst r u m en ts a t government , c ons ress the resu lt of tha t join t com It properly guarded Ilgnlnst t h e abuse of mittee study. T his was t he m ost se HLoh men and organlZlltlons who would t horough study ever made of the ra ilbe nd It to suit t h eIr pu rposes, whIc h could road retir emen t system and was made II'e or ce n t u ries to come. t n thIs eonneeli on tbls committee shaul l! tn ves n g ne th e under the persona l direction of s ena tor 8d','ert lsln g ag e ncy wh lcb controls IlII ndver - DOUG LAS. who Is a grea t friend of the II sln g In t h e J ou r n I at the Am er ica n Med l - ra ilroad workers. The s tudy demon cn l ocran cn . as well ns the va r Iou s StM a stra tes t ha t substa n tlnlly better benefits Jo ur na ls . Wh y Is the stamp at ap prov a l. are possible b}' m ea ns of m ore prol1ta ble by t h e ao -called n u trit ion experts lin d t he Ir Investm ents of th e r ailroad retirement co u n cil o n t ds, pillced on certain food s t uff s. r eserv e. and by oth er method . with ou t de n Ied t others, and others condemned Inc reasin g th e tnx ra te . T his Is good w it h ou t a reas on able Investigation? Is ther e ny relatlolUlblp b et ween approvat b y t h es e news. T her e should. th erefore. be no reason for (lOY dela y next yea r. ex perts a n d t h e operation of the advertising agen cy In the omces of tbe Am erica n Med ical 11011', P residen t , In ord er til Inform a ll Ass ocIa ti on ? railroa d workers and ra ilroa d retiremen t Ma y I. wl th p r op r iety , ca ll your nt tcntton beneficiaries of the Improv emen ts und er to UI C t r aged y whi ch has Invad ed the United considera tion, I as k un ani mous consent Stat es enate . Four grent Am er ican s . sll at til Inser t In the Append ix of the RECORD t h em--5en a to r McM a h o n , Senator Wh err y , Se na t or Vnnde n berg, nnd Sena tor Bob T n1t.-- a list of suc h possibiliti es. Congress m ay not be able to' make nil of the chan ges w er e ni l stric ke n d own wIt h t hi s dreaded dlsc lUlc . We ar c u n d er a compelll n g m ora l Included in the list. Never theless , after ob liga ti o n eo the m e m ory at t h es e gre n t consult a tion with the Rail road Reti r epublic 80r van ts a n d t o t h e u n told mUllon. ment Board , st a nda r d ra ilroad unions ot ca n ce r sullerers th ro u gh o u t th e w orl d to a nd oth 'er Interest ed pa r ties . I feel cercarr )' on t h is In ·estlgatlon . We cannot do ta in tha t a sound . effective. a nd im ot h erwise. proved pr ogram can be worked out , Res p ectfu ll y su bmltl<l d . BEN EDI ct' F . FJTzO J:llALD. Spec ia l 'Cou n: cf. The re bein g no ob jection. the list rc f err ed to was ordered printed III th e REC D as t ollows: OR bU'IlO VJ:. .r l:t.'TS or TI U A ct' U ND E:Il CO N S ID We Need Improved Railroad Retirement Deoelits EXTENSION OF RE!1ARKS or HON. HUBERT H. HUM PHREY. OT aN N ~ OT'A no; T H E SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES M ond aY. A ugust 3. 1953 HUlIP HREY, Mr. Prcslden t , In 1951 the Congress passed a n umber of a.mendments to the Rail roa d Retiremen t Act wh ich SU bsta n tia lly Increased r all· M~ . R,AILJlOAIl R J:TI Il EM ENT nON IIY CO NGRESS I. An IIcr oss - the-bo ar d In cr eas e In a ll benefits. 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 l r ood r e tl r e · ment I' yments nrc usuall y r duccd wh en t h e annuitant Is also receivIng sacllll securlt)' benefit&. P r op06,. ls have been m de t o ellm. In a te t~1s reduction, 4 . CalCUla ti on at benefits o n a m or e l a 'or ab le basis. Benefits nre presen t1y figur d on the b :t.l<ls at ov erall av er age wa ges. Sugges ti o ns h ave been m a d e for figur in g payments , Ins tead . from t h e em p loye e's av ern ge earn In lll d uring h is 5 h igh est )'enrs, 6. Lo wer age r e q u tre m en t for re ti rem en t on (u ll a n n u l t)'. R et ir em e nt be10ra age 65 on l) red u c-u annu l y Is already passlbl . However , some nave s uggested provtston tal' reti r em en t on fu ll annutrtes a t g o 60 fte r 20 years at se rvic e. 6. Lo we r age requIrement at wHo t or wife's be n efit t ram age 65 to age 60. 7. Lower llge requIrement tor wldow 's bene fits from age 65 to age 60 (complete ellmlns uon at age r eq u ir ement has also been urged for Widows), 8 . I n cr eas e II su r vi vor ben efits substan tially, Resolulion of Daingerfield (Tex.) Chamber of Commerce EXTENS ION OF REMARKS or HON, PAUL J. KILDAY O F T J:X J,... Cj, rN THE H OUSE OF IiEPRES ENTA Tl V ES M ondav , A u gust 3. 1953 Mr . KI LDAY, Mr. Spea ker , u nder Jea ve to ex end m;.· rema r ks , I ern Inelu d in g the following resolution , adopted by thc Ch am bcr of Commerce of Da ingerfield. T ex., and addressed to Sena tor LYND ONJ OHNSON. of Te xas : D AJ:NGE:IlrtEUl C HAM DElI or COM " IERCJ:. D al n ger fl cl d . Te: .• J u lV l B. 19SJ . S eDa to r LY ON J OHNSO:-r ND . se n ate OfJlce Butldlnl1. Wa.,lIrlgIO rl. D. C. Mos t Hon or ab le SenatorI rc.olt'c d. T h a t the a lngerfiel d Cbnmber of Commerce at Texas thank )' ou for your etrorts ' that were put fort ll In helping ou r f rien ds In t h e cattlo Industry 0 1 west Texas survive Ih e most s ever o droug h t or this generauon. " B e I t r cso!t'ed . Tha t t h ro u gh yo u It wlll be possible f r the ci ties and t h e p eo p les o r t be SOuthwest oncc agatn to prepare to build an empire t h a t will not be outclnssed b y an )', Th is will be accomplish ed b;.· the f ct t h at your time Vo'as spent In behnlt at t h o constttuents of tbls gunt Sta te. " Fu r t h er we would like to stat e tha t th is nrca has been fortunate through the grace or Ood to h a ve recer ved an ample "'nt cr f a I t h n wlll permi t us to be n par t or t h e helpers t or t h e need . .t ;" Tbls r eso lu t ton being dUly adopte d an d tho rnotton m a de by G eorg e (BUddy) Bass , sec onded by Jack Ponder, on th ls the 16t h da y Of J u ly 1953 . Sl n ccr ely, W . M. WA "lSO,",. Ma tla !1 Ch a m ber 0/ Comm er ce. er. "Be Why Our GI', Fo u g~t So Hard E::X:TENSIO N OF REMARKS OF HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY OF ~H N :N OTA IN TH E SENATE OF TIlE UNITED S T ATI:.'J Monda v . 11ugust 3. ) 953 Mr . HUMPHREY. Mr . P reslde n '. I una nImous cons en t that th e te xt of Po broadcast by Mr . Eric Sevareld. the dis tinguished radio commen ta tor t the Colum bia Broadcasting Syste m on July 27 be pr in ted In th e Appendix f ho L CONG RESSION A RECORD. EvelJ' servicema n 's !a mlly should have an opportunity to read t.hls brllllall t a nd poetic produc of Mr. SeY reld's k 'en Dlind and com p, sa slona te hea rt.