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FILE NAME: Norton (NORT) DATE: 1938 Aug 4 DOC#: NORTOll DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Industry Presses Health Campaign INDUSTRY PRESSES HEALTH CAMPAIGN NeH York Times (1K57-Cw lent file) Aug4 1918, PioQuest Hibtoncal Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2l Pg 2 INDUSTRY PRESSES HEALTH CAMPAIGN Heiser Made Research Head of Move to Extend Work Big Plants to Small Ones AID FOR 80,000 FACTORIES Educational Drive to Redice Employe Illness Sponsored^ by Manufacturers' Group D r. V ictor G. H eiser. form er rector o f H ealth o f the Philippi Isla n d s a n d a u th o r o f " A n A rt can D octor's O dyssey," h as 1 appointed research director of N atio n al A ssociatio n o f Manuffi turerB com m ittee on healt w orking conditions. The appointm ent, announced terday by C. M. Chester, chain o f th e a ss o c ia tio n 's execu tiv e cj< m itte e a n d c h a irm a n o f th e bcu of G eneral Foods Corporation in line w ith the a sso c ia tio n 's m ove' to extend health benefits developed in large m anufacturing establish m ents to sm aller p lan ts which haua, no m edical service. D r. H eiser, who recently com pleted a three-m onths' European tour, studying industrial health conditions "and m ethods, said yes terday that " despite the w idespread action to reduce employe injury and illness, prelim inary studies show th at the sm aller A m erican in d u strial units have fallen behind in giving such care." " Authoritative surveys show that ap p ro x im ately 80 to 80 p er cen t of the large industries give excellent m edical care and health supervision to their men but the sm aller units w ith 300 em ployes or less h ave not felt able to give such care, although they account fo r one-quarter of the industrial population in the United S ta te s." The association's com m ittee on healthful w orking conditions will be perm an en t. I t exp ects to a s s is t 80,000 sm a lle r p lan ts. " I believe w e can cu t occupational diseases, illnesses and disabilities by one-half in two or three y e ars," Dr. H eiser said. The com m ittee, headed by Fran k Purnell, president of the Youngs town Sheet and Tube Com pany, will first set up a health dem onstration unit in a plant in or n ear N ew Y ork City, D r. H eiser revealed. The cam paign , which will be prim arily edu cation al, will be extended through out the country. D r. H eiser will be assisted by Dr. Donald M. Shafer, form erly asso ciated with the m edical departm ent of the Stan d ard Oil Com pany of N ew Jersey . An advisory comm it tee will be headed by D r. W. Irvin g C lark of the N orton Com pany, W or cester, M ass Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission