Dr. Betts resumed the chair. The Chairman: We will next have the report of the Junior Vice-President, Dr. H. S. Ward, Birmingham. Dr. H. S. Ward: My message to the county societies would be that we get behind the things that are in our President's message. Get the improvements that are required in the State of Alabama, and further the progress in our affairs. We should try to keep these things in mind, see our representatives and explain to him the need. A representative likes to have his doctor tell him what should be done before he goes to Montgomery to the Legislature. It is the duty of the doctors to instruct their legislators along these lines. Not to get into politics, but instruct them in the things that are needed in the State of Alabama. If you explain to them what those needs are which our worthy President has pointed out, they will thank you for it and it is part of your duty to the great State of Alabama. So my message is to get behind the things that the President points out, the things the county societies want and the things that are needed, and I believe you will have done a great work for the progress of the public health and the progress of the State of Alabama. I thank you. (Applause.) |