LIMITING THE USEFULNESS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

The substantial support given by Congress to the United States Public Health Service during the war encouraged all interested in public health to hope that at last this important branch of the federal government was to be supported in its efforts to meet the urgent demands for a national health service. This hope was all the more justified by the effective work accomplished by the Public Health Service in aiding the nation's war activities. Here, certainly, were numerous convincing demonstrations of what could actually be accomplished by well-planned public health activities carried on through the effective cooperation of federal, state and local health agencies.

In the face of these demonstrations, and despite the fact that the need for health conservation is greater than ever before, it is regrettable to note that Congress, in its plan to place all government departments on a prewar basis, has deemed it expedient to discontinue