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2 Kentucky Surgeon Tall; 
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BY GEORGE MORGENSTERN., 
  [Chicago Tribune Press Service.] `  
` _ Cleveland, O., June,5.>~lDr. Fred ~W. g
Rankin of Lexington, Ky., was.named·f 
president elect _of the American Mgdiié 
cal association for 1942-1943 by uname;. 
mous vote of the associationshouse; 
of delegates today."_ He will take; href
iice_a year from now in Atlantic  
succeeding Dr. Frank`H. Laheydofi
_ Boston, elected president for thecomqu;
ing year at the 1940 conventiiinfy Q
Dri Rankin, a distinguished surgeon; 
who has been president of_ tHejSoi1t}i-»~
ern Surgical association, `has betenf 
_ " chief surgeon at St. Joseph’s and  _~’
Good Samaritan hospitals in= Lexing-j· 
ton. During the world war he was 
. commanding officer of'Base hbspitai 
No. 26 in France and is a colonel in, “
the medical corps reserve. He `is*54¥
years old. ~ _ Tv
‘ "Chicagoans Are Reelected. ._  A
Dr. Charles A. Dukes of 6aklan~d,; 
` Cal., was elected vice president; All 
other ofiicers of the association were `
reelected. They are'Dr. O1in`W€St{·
Chicago; secretary and general mane. 
`-ager; Dr. Herman; L. Kretschmer,
. Chicago, treasurer; Dr. Harrisongl 
. Shoulders, Nashville, Tenn., tspediéé 
of the house` of delegates; and  
R. W. Foutsy Dmaha, Neb.;` vice'
speaker. . , g ` '_ _  
~ Dr. Ernest E. Irons of Chicagoygvvhtr
was appointed to the boardot .trus=
tees during the last year to filla va}. ,
cancy created by‘de_ath, was elected; .
’ to serve out the term during the folj 
` lowing year. Dr. Charles W. Roberts};
of Atlanta, Ga., was elected to a rivet. .V
` year term as trustee. ‘— `_   ji
The house of delegates approxted. 
C . policies submitted by its committee`? 
E on medical preparedness authorizing;  
‘ the government to establish a.p17o·;
curement and assignment agencyvtd 
meet the call for physicians required; 
for military,. civilian or industrial deg, °
E fense needs, and urging tha_t,_deferé`$ 
{ · ment be granted medical stuqents, aridr
` interns by draft boards in order` tow
maintain a steady supply of youngd? 
— w doctors. . A ,¤ i [ ii
· . Defeat Institute Plan. p  
. At the instance of Dr. Donr  
Cameron. of Fort‘Wayne, Ind., ith_e4`
V _ house tabled a' recommendationtoi
l V — approve the establishment ef an inl
i — stitute by the United States publl 
health service in Washington, D. 
for the study and treatment of mental
. . and nervous diseases. —   · ,1
{ `Dr. Cameron said that any exten}
A , sion` of government activities intgthec
i field of medicine would only{add`t6.
l Vthe present swollen federal.} payrd  Jig
‘ and contribute to increase_,,»gf; ,” ,._ 
deficit. He said that it woulddaisd
represent a further inroad‘—upoh civtléb
. [ ian medicine and might serve  :
·_ precedent for the g0V€I`IiYTi1€Iii§~i}d'rg`7;1ili
-dertake the study and 'treatmentof  s
many other maladies; . ‘ `   »»‘» y
The house also agreed to adoptiéi .
__ V watchful attitude`Qm futurej;exteri— 
l sions of thefederal »_veteransT.ad§s1i*n;s=
V tration, which nowthas .moré`than§` _ i 
V · hospitals and domiciliary homes=;itfi$
_ · _ l_'. rnoreiithan 80,000 beds; and,is1if·pIa§i?é‘
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