5 6 1.8. Ста HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 74768 ON S. 720 and S. 2215 APRIL 8 AND 9, 1948 CARD DIVISIY Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1948. Adair, Dr. Frank E., American Cancer Society, New York, N. Y__ 64 Bridges, Hon. Styles, a United States Senator from the State of New Connor, Dr. Charles A. R., medical director, American Heart Association__ Ewing, Hon. Oscar R., administrator, Federal Security Agency- Foote, Emerson, National Heart Committee, New York, N. Y. Goldblatt, Maurice, Chicago, Ill_-_- Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jones, Dr. T. Duckett, medical director, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation__ Pepper, Hon. Claude, a United States Senator from the State of Florida__ Rutstein, Dr. David, professor of preventive medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., member of board of directors, American Heart Scheele, Dr. Leonard A., Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Federal Hon. Styles Bridges, a United States Senator from the State of New Hon. Oscar R. Ewing, administrator, Federal Security Agency--- Hon. Claude Pepper, a United States Senator from the State of Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a Representative in Congress from the State of Dr. Frank E. Adair, American Cancer Society, New York, N. Y Dr. Arlie R. Barnes, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., president, Ameri- Dr. David Rutstein, professor of preventive medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., member of board of directors, American Heart Dr. Charles A. R. Connor, medical director, American Heart Associa- Dr. T. Duckett Jones, medical director, Helen Hay Whitney Founda- III. LIST OF STATEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Bortz, Dr. Edward L., American Medical Association, statement of__ Bureau of the Budget, letter of, addressed to Senator Taft, in re S. 2215__ III Federal Security Agency, letter of, addressed to Senator Taft, in re S. 2215__ Library of Congress, study by, entitled "Official Measures Toward Re- Mehornay, Robert L., Kansas City, Mo., telegram of, addressed to Senator Donnell, in re S. 2215 hearings-. Murray, Hon. James E., a United States Senator from the State of Fact sheet, entitled "What Is the Need for Congressional Legislation Statement of, in re S. 2215-- Telegram to, from sponsors of National Heart Committee_. 61 876 Rutstein, Dr. David D., American Heart Association, letter submitted by, 96 114 NATIONAL HEART INSTITUTE THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in the hearing room of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Capitol Building, Senator H. Alexander Smith (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Smith, Donnell, and Pepper. Senator SMITH. I will call the meeting to order. Senator Bridges is going to testify this morning, and he has another hearing to attend. This is a hearing primarily on S. 2215, a bill to provide for research and control relating to diseases of the heart and circulation. The bill was introduced by Senator Bridges, Senator Pepper, Senator Ives, and Senator Murray, and at this stage of the record, I will insert the bill in full so that we will have it in the record. (S. 2215 is as follows:) [S. 2215, 80th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To provide for research and control relating to diseases of the heart and circulation Whereas the Congress hereby finds and declares that the Nation's health is seriously threatened by diseases of the heart and circulation, including highblood pressure, which annually kill over five hundred and eighty-eight thousand of our people and disable aproximately seven million eight hundred thousand more. These diseases are the main cause of death in the United States and more than one in every three of our people now die from them; and Whereas it is therefore the policy of the United States to provide for research and control relating to diseases of the heart and circulation in a supreme endeavor to develop speedily more effective means of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of such diseases: Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Heart Act". PURPOSE SEC. 1. For the purpose of improving the health of the people of the United States through the conduct of researches, investigations, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart and circulation (hereafter in this Act referred to as "heart diseases"); assisting and fostering such researches and activities by public and private agencies, and promoting the coordination of all such researches and activities and the useful application of their results; training research workers; training undergraduate and post-graduate personnel in matters relating to heart diseases; and developing, and assisting States and other agencies in the use of the most effective methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart diseases including refresher courses for physicians; there is hereby established in the Public Health Service (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Service") a National Heart Institute (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Institute"). 1 |