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r*'"' Mr. Kavanagh: Referring to the attached, Mrs. La Malle would like to have you review the first five or six sheets. She says it will be necessary for her to get a wire off this afternoon to the Burses (Miss Cates and Mis3 Fitzgerald). It 8eeas that J. Fred Johnson showed then the letter he received from Dr. Frenkel, which by-the way was written by Mrs. La Malle over his signature, and this naturall; upset than. She says if we will teilephone hhuqtf- (526) Jajk^et will cone right down to see you before she sands the wire. F. T. F. March 10-1951. baa teadnd to iln tha iapreeaion that tha health of Aaarloaa youth la inferior today to ahat it was 20 yoare ago in epite of all our affarts to ieprove it. However, naithar the situation, tho ur^oee, the rrr-m of aaaaurlnf health status, nor tba pfayalaal standards ara tha aaas today aa thay vara la 1917-191B# The vary progress which baa wade it posalbla to (In bsttar health protaction also aoahlaa phyaleiaaa to (In batter rhyeioal axaainations. Diagnosti techniques and lastruanate and tarta for detesting objeatlv* signs of dafaeta in structure mad function ham baan vastly iapanred* Tba vary lnaiataaee eo tba riebt of yontb to bo Hall borne* nourished, adequately protested against no--mloabla diseases, and fraa of reaadlable dafaeta baa taodad to raise tba atandarda of pbyaloal and nantal fitness* Vo have ham-- *all*r*ic* to aalautri- tion, daatal oerlas, twmtatta diaaaaaa of ovary description mat thongh n 7^* hava not yat found a nay to apply unlvaraally^J--n natboda of dealing with then* finally at-- tba Selective Service let of 194S ana paaaad aa vara not at war aa wa aara whan eoeaeriptlon wu pot la faraa la 1917* Thara baa aot baan tha in aadiata urganey for nan power that aakaa aspadiant tba aiftlac of nan through a ooaraar screen than ia uaed la laan harried tines* wndrrtrtrnr thooaaada of draftaaa who ware aoeeptedA1917 would ba aaraanad out with dlapateh la 1911* Setter facilities for detecting defects, ncre rigid definitions of fit* nasa for adlitary ssrvloo, laaa urganey In supplying nan fit to fight, hare t- doubtadly oonMaad to iaaraaaa rejections for oartaia dafaotaf aad for otbora to iadiaato only alight laqprorenaata that wa night reasonably aspectloiba far graster^on tba haaia of,gatlaeal mbidlty aad aortality rutea* Zt baa baan pointed oat that national vital otatlatlca (in a ah truer piotara of tha nation'a health than do the pro! 1winery atatiatlea of ptaraioal dafaeta brought to light in tha aelaotiwe service exaaiaatlcos* Tba death rota la lesar now than it baa aver baan Before, aad longevity ia at lta peak* In the interval beta-- tba tw> / -&- draft* tta* Mortality rat** for tho di**s that ore particularly haaardooa for J-nfaata, school children, and adoleeeenta have all declined. There is no question tut that thara ha* been narked iaprovewat la tha health of the civilian population with a vastly groatar chance for young oople to vim through to adult Ilf* than u* tha owe 25 rear* ago. lt a* not forgot, bfunr, that it aa atnraiaal dof*at* at a period ohan health ihwld bo at it* bast and not tho death rate which aroused tho ornsorter* of 191t. Zt was to equip for Ilf*, that lad us than to start work ing for healthier bar* and girls. Zt do** not halp us Mh to know that tho /wag mm of today nut pass aer* rigid tarts and oast higher standard* than did their fathers| that on the whole they are toller and batter educated, and stand a food ohaaaa of living longer. This la tha year 1941, not 1911 VO aro Judging and being Judged ty tho standards oo havo halpod to establish, ind by thee# standards prwvantabl* and r--rtf able daroots and disaaaas, notably those of tho tooth, ayes, heart and blood weasels, bone* and noaoloa, and ear, nose, and throat, are atlll all too ooMon anong Anerloan youth* (hi tbs etber bond if *0 havo failed to achieve dranatie and universal Sr 1 aprim--nt in tha young aan of ana generation as mpared with tbew of tho % '**tJ-* praoadlng generation, than la no to bo discouraged. ^*Our kncvlodgo l*/ iniiei thought and avparlonoa of liwninerahls ainda." Zt la iiimH--lly groolng, sontianally bearing now fruit. As tha generations cy-i I suooesd one another, new oothods aro triad out, as* facilities are aeda avail able, as* iafanaticn la spread, eld prejudices and superstitions ara evaree Uth aaab gansratisn wa begin afroah, with soil-triad knowledge constantly groolng, vlth ncrfeablc aaehinary constantly being improved, vVAltWh a fAeVwV sl|WpsVo-" Uu Tta tacular triaapha to hsarton u*< Kuai n -k-jCC ______ her* <1earnft Vhat we T*t to do i j -7 tee thane of fchie yerr*- ~r' 1th Bolotin far ?aaa*sepg, far gBV'. of. i.r("m w wx] fcatt sl-ttir a^vt rora /'^7fx / 3 ' 7 ^wcr The Parleaont of foclc -'? r'crs fubUa Health Reoortg. United EteVn Public Rc-'ltft Service, 7- chin?ton, P. C. "Sumcry Of Defect-' Am; Sen ErrfWl la trte Porld Sor," l.osuo of Jenuuxy 10, 17X1) "Ptyciccl Dl. ualiflections Under the Selective Service Lwt(* issue of Ray 1941. pflitlonshl2 of a* Britt of OlrlUcne to ffloicney of t, Amy,* JL'Mcm C. 0e#oe, SUD., SeD, lepriem Jonmei rf **11* Wealth- Itoveebor 1940. i--Tiwcn Public Iwltt liietlatlani Be* York, 7. T. "Fhyaianl fltooec of Jasrican loath," J3toUlSiMLJtaUkfilQe Bctwpolltcn Life Inmrcnco Ompaajr, Jum 1941*