p THE NATIONAL HEART COMMITTEE 237 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Murray Hill 3-4276 Executive Committee Ted R. GambIe Chairman Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg Emerson Foote Vice Chairmen Mrs. Wendell Willkie &a* Albert bsker Gen. WiIIiam Donovan La Quints Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Don Francisco Ls. Quinta~ Robert Coyne War hryz Norman Winter Executive Secretary &rch 18, 1948 I am i5we that you will be happy to kxuw that telegrams from the rrponsoring list of the National &art Committee have been sent to all members of the conunittees in the Senate and %use that are considering our legislation. out today in time to reach the halth Committee of the Senate which was holding a meeting this afternoon. arranged plan of aation projeoted with the help and advice of Senator Pepper, Anna Bosenberg and herson Poote. These telegrams went This was a prec Be are at this moment trying to force a statemnt from Senator Smith of New Jersey connerning hearings. We should like the statenrent, if possible, to be predioated upon the reoeipt of our telegram. Smith to issue a statement, we rill then try and get the four Senators who introducred the legislation to iasue a statearsnt themselves. As concerns the above, what I failed to lrantion is that we are also trying to get Senator Smith to make a joint statement with Representative Wolverton. legislative bodies together on the heart question. Thia is our aim. If we oannot get Senator This would tie both I skiall speak with &SO Rosenberg this afternoon in reference to her oontacting batt connelly in Washington for name8 of Nis~ouri Republioans that my be of use to UE in dealing with Representative Donnell. 1 am trying, at this time, to follow through on thi6 matter, by locating some picture ran from that seation of the country that crould suggest people that may be of assistance to us. Mrs. Albert DO Lasker -2- March 18, 1948 The list that was sent you yesterday concerning our sponsoring group may have slight inaccuracies. coming almost immediately- With the addition of the following three na1ue8 that accepted today, our sponsor list totals 70. George KO Rebar, Jr. 1 Please replace that list with one that will be forth- (Hugh Martin, Merri11 Meigs, I am sorry that the release that was sent out got so little play in the papere. However, we haven't as yet heard from the olipping ~ervioe, so don't know what the situation is over the rest of the country. get clippings, they shall be sent along to you. Lowell Thomae, Ceoil Brown, XBC and Mutual News, and the early morning husbandend-wife teams were among some of the radio aoverage that we got. I: waF able to cover those mentioned above o Just as BOOXI as we do There seems to be an extrsmb amount of optimism for hearings, which Senator Pepper and Senator Bridges both think will take place the first week of Erpril fr! the &use, and about the middle of April in the Senate. to be in lew york yesterday, and was seen by Dr. Sianns, to whom he told the above. the legislation to Bridges, and Bridges seemed very much interested in them. I asked Dr. Gimme if he would be kind enough to send ns a copy ofthe letter that he will send to Mr. Bridge8 concerning thew changes 80 that we may be abreast of what he has in mind. Some of thase doctora, by the way, are not too much in favor of any heart legislation by the governmnt, espeoially where it concerns the Public Health Service. conenitted himself to a furtheranoe of our aims. M~o Bridges happened Dr. Sims, on the telephone, told me that he had suggeffted ohanges in Dr. Levy is one who has not as yet I have not as yet heard from Bob Hops, and wonder if there is anything that you can do on thie matter. Ha has reosived our telegram and our follow-up letter, and, despite the fact that he is on the air each weak, and 1 know he is alive, there still if3 the question of why he does not answer oorre8pondenc0, if' it ia even to aay *notc. As for your telegram with the name& suggested by Judge Robert NO Gornmn of Cincinnati, it is moat difficult for us to d~temine Just what the business affiliations are of Paul Xalter, George Weber Jr., and Hugh Martin. if you can clear this up for me. We are returning the telegram herewith a6 per your request+ I wonder I heard from your offioe ooncrerning the fact that you thought it might be who for me to go down to Sashington and see various people. this with dana Rosenberg as Boon as I can oontact her. I shall oheck up on I think I haw just about written myself dry and shall call you at LaQuinta 11~00 a.m. your time on Monday, brch 22. Thank you very very much for keeping me as infomed as I am, and I hope both you and blr. Laeker are enjoying yourselves. 4s ever, m:pb - Elorimn Winter Mrs. Albert 1>. Lasker -3- March 18, 1948 P. 8. the fact that we were experiencing an extremely heavy snow and ice storm, and we didn't knm just haw soon it would obar up. these letters on their way to you just a8 fast as the plane can clarry them. The reaeon why the last letter to you did not go airmail was due to Be assured I would like