Washington Letter
(From a Special Correspondent)Aug. 1, 1949.Dr. Hench Heads Federal Panel on ArthritisEstablishment of a new study section on arthritis and rheumatic diseases, headed by Dr. Phillip Hench of Mayo Clinic, is part of the current reorganization of advisory panels serving National Institutes of Health. Appointment of Dr. Hench as chairman was announced July 31 by Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing. Nine other investigators have accepted appointment to the new section. They are Drs. Walter Bauer, Boston; Granville Bennett, Chicago; Jerome W. Conn, Ann Arbor, Mich.; W. Paul Holbrook, Tucson, Ariz.; Robert Loeb, New York City; Fred Moore, Los Angeles; Jane A. Russell, New Haven, Conn.; Emil L. Smith, Salt Lake City, and Alfred L. Wilds, Madison, Wis.
School Health Services Bill Is Modified
The House subcommittee on health legislation approved the school health services bill (S. 1411) in revised form and submitted it to