The Laskers had supported President Harry Truman ever since he proposed universal health insurance in 1945, at a time when nearly all business leaders and physicians decried it as "socialized medicine." The Laskers organized the Committee for the Nation's Health, which gathered facts and conducted public relations efforts to bolster what one of its newspaper ads called Truman's "thoroughly American plan" to "increase productivity, reduce disease, and save lives."
Number of Image Pages:
1 (30,567 Bytes)
Date:
1949-01-04 (January 4, 1949)
Creator:
Truman, Harry S.
White House
Recipient:
Lasker, Mary
Source:
Original Repository: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
Rights:
This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
