THE NATIONAL PHYSICIANS' COMMITTEE FOR THE EXTENSION OF MEDICAL SERVICE
On November 18, in Chicago, a formal meeting of an executive board officially launched a new organization, the National Physicians' Committee for the Extension of Medical Service. At this meeting the following officers were elected: Dr. Edward H. Cary, Dallas, Texas, chairman; Dr. Austin A. Hayden, Chicago, secretary, and Dr. N. S. Davis III, Chicago, treasurer. These officers were given authority to act as a management committee for the new organization.A central committee of more than 800 physicians is being formed, in which all the states will be represented. Some of those already listed in the central committee include Drs. Howard Morrow, San Francisco; Charles W. Mayo, Rochester, Minn.; Herman L. Kretschmer, Chicago, and Charles Gordon Heyd and Haven Emerson, New York.The organization is an independent one, not affiliated in any way whatever with the committee sponsored