A2 Modw.lvlr26.1971 THE WASHINGTON POST

A new ,health alliance will
tryto addA possible $1 billion
to the 83.5 President
Nixon has requested to battle

Health Alliance Seeks Extra $1 Billion

Voted authorizing legislation
lo add 9185 (Rogers'
figure) or $436 million (Kenne-
dy's) for manpower training to
the 841 Mr. Nixon has nro-

By Victor Cohn

      ]whose Senate and House
wuwwtm PO& ohif writer health subcommittees have

disease and train doctors in
the YeaS that started this
month.
The push is the biggest in
aevcral years for money to
-Xfi&!. verier-
ea1 disease, alcoholism, mental
illDeSS and other sicknesses
pd to fund a major increase
in health manpower.
The effort separate from
the struggle over national
health ~nSUranCe, which Seems
bogged down in a battle over
Costs that would make an
extra $1 Lbillion seem a drop in
the bucket.
Yet the administration. fac-
ing a mounting deficit, is op.
posing nearly every cent of
this possible $1 billion, despite
the health forces' argument
that research, development
and training are vital to create
Ute "health system" necessary
to .make health insurance
work.

Alllance Leaders

Among those in the new
health alliance are nine mem-
bers of the House Appropria-
tlons Committee led by Reps.
Sldney Yates (D-Ill.) and SiI-
vi0 0. Conte (R-Mass.). They
will seek a floor fight Tuesday
Lo odd $230 million to the $341
million the committee has al-
ready tacked on to the Nixon
ptogrom.
Also involved are Sen. War-
ren Magnuson (D-Wash.),
whose Senate Hedth Appro-
priations Sukommittee starts
markups today, and Sen. Ed-
ward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
and Rep. Paul Rogers (D-Fla.),

posed.

These sums are due to he
argued in conference Tuesday
or Wednesday.
Others in the group are
phllanthropilrt Mary Lasker
and her Washlngton base, the
National Committee Against
Mental Illness; the country's
medical colleges. and a new
"Coalition for Ilcalth Fund-
ing," made up of the La5krr
and college Croups. the hmeri-
can Public Health /\ssociation.
heart, dental and nursrs' asso-
ciations and 11 other groups

                 tioii's $2 million rrqur\l ' to
seekhg lo

Mrs. Lasker. the r\niri Iran tally inadequate " The Ilealtll
Cancer Soclety and Scnate al  group seeks $5 mlllion more
lies led by Kennedy have     On alcohollsm. the cornmil

ready pushed the administra trr voted $25 niillion, cwn

lion into adding $'O0 pared wlth what tlir rirlil
for cancer     ant' pro- 1)rmorrah call Ihr adniiiii\lia
posing a new           tinn's "lnexplicahlr" 70 o for
Now the broader   forrrs stair programn io hr lrtl 1,) a

- though some are less than nrw ~ationa~ inslitutr on \I
happy about 50 lar~ 3

                  cntio~ ,\l)usr 'rlir eirlit (lirwn
crusade - hop' lo piPmhaCk iers - nine wit11 11riiii111ii nri
on It to win funds to battle

                        - w,ollltl adtl
other diseases. lion mnrr

They argue-as did a Frlrlay
statement by eight House Ail. Bu1Id1W Fund
propriations Committee Demo- The commillrr I 111rtl $87:
mats - that even lhe commit- millinn for hospital huildiiiL
tee's actions "do litlle more and modernization. niainlv ir
than reslore cuts made by the hiillding rrumhllng ztrurturc*\
administralion brlow fiscal lhr admlnl~tration askrd n(
1971 levels." funds for wrh efforts 'rhv

On lead poisoning of slum ninc uant It) add $50 million
children, one of the nation's morr.
most neglected health prob The group also would add
lems, the elght said the com- sums for maternal and rhild
mittee was providing just $!j rare and control of infecliouc
mlllion to fund a Lead-Based diseases.
Palnt Polsonlng Prevention Desplte federally finanred
Act and called the adminlstra. development of a German

c.& of rlir largrt popiilallon"
(yotin: childrrn) "bas hren
rawinatid: in sonir slnlrs lhr
fIXIii'I' I$ ;I\ IIIW as 17 III'~
:rill."

'Yhr gr-oiili wants to add $100
million 1111, commillee~s
$88  rllll~ll,r, illcrctalr to an ,,((.
iiiinislraliiin rjl 1 hillion for
II~,, ~~li~,ill~~ ~,~,~il~~~~
II~-~~I~~, \,~lil+, financ,rs most
,,, llll. ,.,, IIII1,.,~\i ~ll.~i~l~l .r.
.kYll.i~\l

I.nw ~ucl~rls Swrrtl

Tlir? armr "I1 ii 111 irnnrily
dur 111 hrarl clisraw that
\rnrric~a 1r;iiIs 17 nlhrr coiin.
trim in rnnlr longc)iIy." IiuI
"rcslricl ivc hiitlgcls havc rnni-
prllrtl Ihr Salionnl Ilrnrl In.
slitule lri CUI hack tin Ihc num-
brr of iL\ inaior rcbrarch proj-
"IS *.

'flirv alw hay "XI(irr than
20 million pPoplr nrr afferted
hy such cliwases as stroke.
nirnlal rrlartlalion. rerebral

lrl)sy and rongcnital deformi-
tirs.'. hi11 "for some strange
rravm Ihr I'rrhident's hudget

lulr of Nrurological Diseases
ant1 Strdirs IhP sharpest per-
crni:ice cut (I[ all the insti-

I'lir lliiiisr niiie do not
rraW cxiTrt.1 In win a House
votr 13111 an imprcsslve vote,
llic> frrl, would influence
Ilniiw ronfrrres when they fl-
nnlly fare Scnate conferees -
alwiiys morc hralth minded -
obcr final research and train-
ing funds.

Onc administration health
offirial said last week: "I
think wr're goinc to see a lot
rif licalth money voted this
year that lhe \Vhite House
didn'l plan on, at least $500
million." "The Presldent gave
n I)old.sounding health me&
sage. hut the program wlll
really belong to Congress."

llns given llip Xaliona] Insti-