Motion was made, seconded and carried that Doctors Edwin Arthur Busse, Ian MacFarlane Chesser, Glenn Henry Mathis and John K. Nattinger be approved for term membership.
The Secretary read a letter from the Arizona State Nurses Association, District #2, advising that beginning October 1st, 1951, the Private Duty Nurses' fee will be $13.00 for every eight hours for one patient, no meals included.
The Secretary read a letter from the State Secretary of the Independent Nurses Association, a practical nurses association, requesting permission to solicit funds among the members of this Society to help them in obtaining a State Charter. Dr. Harry Thompson thought we ought to acknowledge this communication; that the State is desirous of encouraging such a charger, so that their standards may be raised and a state examining board and state licensing be brought into being. Dr. Beaton felt they might be advised that we sympathize with their desires and that they do not need any permission to ask anyone for funds. A letter to this effect is to be written.
The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Joseph M. Kinkade stating that the State Committee on Conservation of Hearing would appreciate the appointment from the Pima County Medical Society of an Otologist to act as the Pima County Chairman for the Conservation of Hearing Program on the county level, each year. Dr. Rudolph felt that this matter might be allowed to ride until the first of the year, that he knew Dr. Mikell had wanted this appointment, but that Dr. Mikell has now started a hearing research program himself, and won't cooperate and won't help with the State program. Dr. Hastings said that Dr. Mikell has had some funds given him by someone who is interested in the hard of hearing children, that he had talked with the Censor's Committee about having a listing in the telephone book about this Hard of Hearing Foundation. Finally, the Censors, during the summer, decided that a listing could be made simply "The Hard of Hearing Foundation", and giving Dr. Mikell's telephone number. There is no mention of Dr. Mikell's connection with it--it is simply his own foundation financed by funds he has received from interested people for private research. Dr. Rudolph then said that Dr. Kinkade had apparently jumped all over Dr. Mikell, and that this is all tied together--that the only thing Dr. Kinkade is asking for is that appointment be made as above, and that he, Dr. Rudolph, had said he would bring it up before the Board of Directors. Dr. Rudolph suggested that the appointment, which up to now has been made by Dr. Laidlaw, be allowed to continue until the first of the year and the new president appoint such an individual. Dr. Rudolph said that Dr. Kinkade should be written that the Board of Directors agree that such appointment should come from the County Society, and that we hereby appoint Dr. Bernstein to continue until officers change at the first of the year.
The Secretary read a letter from the Arizona Medical Association suggesting "that in those counties where acceptable treatment facilities are already available or may be developed in the future, the county medical society recommend to the Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis a panel of physicians equal to double the number of committee members to be appointed, who would be willing to serve as medical advisors to the Chapter in its medical care program. The Chapter would then name a Medical Advisory Committee from this panel which would serve the Chapter and represent the medical profession." Dr. Hastings said that in the local organization the Board of Directors of the Foundation elect their medical advisory committee, and they elect those of the members who are interested enough to come to the meetings. Practically everybody, he said, who treats polio is on that committee, and there is no reason why the National organization should not be similarly organized. The AMA
