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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, May 15, 1962
The King-Anderson Bill
The King-Anderson medical care bill is presently stuck in a House committee while furious pros and cons about its provisions are tossed back and forth between the American Medical Association and the Kennedy administration.
The AMA says the medical plan would be a start toward socialized medicine which would endanger professional freedom and lower medical standards.
They say the King-Anderson bill would make the secretary of health and welfare "...the czar of American medicine," and that the economic status of the aged is not as low as the supporters of the King-Anderson bill say.
President Kennedy in support of the King-Anderson bill has said the following: "Those of us who are 65-16 million today in the United States—go to the hospital more often and stay longer than their younger neighbors.
"THEIR (THE AGED) annual medical bill is twice that of persons under 65—but their income is only half as high.
"Today, only about half our aged population has any health insurance of any kind—and most of these have insufficient coverage. This program, of course, would not interfere in any way with the freedom of choice of doctor, hospital or nurse. It would not specify in any way the kind of medical or health care or treatment to be provided."
The bill would provide inpatient hospital service for up to 90 days-after the patient has paid a minimum charge; nursing home service for up to 180 days after hospital treatment; outpatient hospital diagnostic services, after the patient has paid a minimum charge; home health services for up to 240 visits a year.
Not covered under the King-Anderson bill would be physicians fees,the cost of drugs,and certain other health items.
THE LOGIC of the argument the AMA has advanced against the bill is hard to see. It consists mainly of stating that the bill is a step toward socialized medicine, and making sure that the label "socialized medicine" takes on unfavorable connotations.
The AMA says the bill would make the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare the "czar of American medicine." Once again, their logic is an extension into the unanswered future, and a labeling that causes unfavorable connotations.
Whether the King-Anderson bill is the answer to the aged's medical needs is another question. But the AMA's techniques of propaganda against the bill leave much to be desired.
They are fighting the King-Anderson bill on a level of abstraction that will possibly gain a few supporters, but will create questions about their logic in fighting the bill.
—Karl Koch
Catholic Church Attacked
Editor:
I shall never cease to be amused when reading statements of Catholic doctrine or policy such as that reprinted on page one of the May 11 UDK.
"... the Roman Catholic Church has opposed racial segregation everywhere and in any form throughout the two milleniums of its history."
("The sect") . . . was exterminated in the 13th century through the influence of Pope Innocent III and the Inquisition."
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OH, HAS it really? What interesting news this is to me! If any Catholic who is naive enough to believe this statement dares to, he may examine page 528 of the Encyclopedia Britannica, or page 49 of Websters Third International Dictionary, where he will read of the fate of the Albigenses, a sect which existed in the 11th century in southern France. To render even this small amount of research unnecessary, I will quote Webster.
Britannica says, "Moreover, the Church decreed severe chastisement against all laymen suspected of sympathy with the heretics (Council of Narbonne, 1235; Bull ad extirpanda, 1252)."
Rome has, as usual, chosen simply to ignore historical fact.
Jerome F. Pugsley
Wayne, Neb., graduate student (Editor's note: Pugley is correct in his statement about the destruction of the Albigenses. However, they were not a racial group. The name refers to a religious sect and it was for their religious beliefs and not their race that they were attacked by the Catholic Church.)
--the majority have changed their policies, represent a considerable amount of social progress.
Explaining the CRC
Editor:
There were a couple of factors overlooked in your otherwise very interesting article on barber discrimination in Lawrence.
Firstly, previous to last year, there was not a single white barber in Lawrence who would cut the hair of Negroes. The figures you gave, therefore, which showed that
SECONDLY, while clearly the major credit for this change must go to the barbers themselves, it should also be remembered that the group which "discovered" this situation, and initiated a major change in it, by the exercise of moral suasion, was the Civil Rights Council. This involved a considerable expenditure of time and diplomacy by a committee of three, who visited with some of the barbers five or six times to ascertain their feelings and problems on racial matters. Some of the barbers contacted were very helpful. As a matter of fact, the committee on barbershops, which was bi-racial, did a very able job.
IN VIEW of the poor image which must certainly be projected by America, so long as discrimination of this kind remains, and of the importance of bringing it peacefully to an end, the activity of the Civil Rights Council in this field should be regarded as one of the most successful examples of student action in Kansas.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Denis Kennedy
P. S. Where was the Human Rights Committee of the All Student Council during this time? Did they know anything about the issues involved?
AT LEAST WE HAVE A LOT MORE OF THE FRESH-MEN COMING IN TO USE THE LIBRARY."
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By Richard T. DeGeorge
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ESSENTIAL WORKS OF STOICISM, edited and with an introduction by Moses Hadas (New York: Bantam Books, 1961). Bantam Classic FC121. 50c.
With the pressure of exams and term papers increasing at a rapid rate there is hardly any book I would recommend more at this time (except perhaps assigned texts) than the writings collected in this volume. For those who feel that pleasure is the only end in life, these essays will be salutary, though probably not very palatable. But for those who want to learn to live with and through the strains of times like these, the stoics will help.
THE STOIC emphasis on living the life of reason, unconcerned about pleasure, wealth, health, position or success is aptly brought out in the writings of Marcus Aurelius (the emperor), Epictetus (the slave), Seneca (the teacher), and in Diogenes Laertius' Life of Zeno (the founder of stoicism)—all of which Professor Hadas has collected here. Hadas' introductions are simple and informative and I feel he rightly leaves the task of interpretation to the reader. Happily, even when only part of a complete work is presented, it is intelligible of itself and is of sufficient length for the reader to enter into the stoic spirit.
If your time is short, read at least Seneca's "On Tranquility." It might not get you through exams, but it will put you in the proper frame of mind no matter what the outcome.
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By William Gilbert Associate Professor of History
THE LETTERS OF MACHIAVELLI. A selection of his letters. Translated and edited with an Introduction by Allan Gilbert. New York: Capricorn Books, 1961. $1.65.
The sixty-four letters in this volume extend from 1498, when Machiavelli, almost thirty years old, was at the beginning of his active political career, until 1527, the year of his death. His letters, dealing with both personal and political matters, provide the best means of learning about his personality and character. They reveal him as a man with a keen and mocking sense of humor, a devoted friend and affectionate relative, and above all a Florentine patriot. In one of his last letters he wrote, "I love my native city more than my own soul."
STUDENTS OF Machiavelli's writings and of the Renaissance will find here many discussions of the politics of the period, illuminated by his penetrating insight and forceful style. Occasionally he develops in letters some subject which he touches on more briefly in his writings, for example, the evils of neutrality. Some letters clarify the background of his works; the best example is the famous letter of December 10, 1513, in which he discusses the writing of "The Prince."
This edition has its imperfections. The introduction is too long, containing a good deal of repetition and discussing material which the reader can get directly from the letters. The texts of the letters contain difficult passages which the editor makes no attempt to explain, and at least one of his footnotes contains a serious historical error. Nevertheless, this little book is a useful introduction to the thought and character of a man whose relevance does not appear to be diminishing with the passage of time.
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DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR, by Lt. Col. Joseph B. Mitchell, Premier (Fawcett), 75 cents.
This slim volume serves primarily as an introduction to the great war. There is little here, frankly, that one cannot find elsewhere. One exception is the fine maps that Col. Mitchell provides. These show present-day sites and present-day highways, and for this reason they offer much help to the traveler.
Each battle is treated sketchily, as it must be, in such a volume. A little political background and high strategy are mentioned. The battles that Mitchell describes as most significant are Bull Run (which he gives the southern name of First Manassas), Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Murfreesboro, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Chickannauga, the Virginia campaign of 1864, Atlanta, and the siege of Petersburg that culminated in the peace meeting at Appomattox.-CMP
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THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, presented by John Dewey. Premier (Fawcett), 50 cents.
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Here is a fine little book that provides quick reference material and valuable quotations on the American who is all things to all people. The person who looks to Jefferson as his infallible founding father is likely to be disappointed, for this man was too flexible to provide chapter-and-verse help for any situation that might arise in 1962.
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It is foolish, for example, to look for constitutionalism or legalism in Jefferson. Jefferson adapted his early position on agrarianism by conceding some need for commercialism in the rising America. His defense of state rights would seem to be more a defense of small units of government rather than states per se, and it is possible that the perversion of state rights today might shock him.
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