Title:

Letter from Harry S. Truman to Mary Lasker

Creator:

The White House
Truman, Harry S.

Recipient:

Lasker, Mary

Date:

4 January 1949

Description:

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."

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 684

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBMJ

NLM ID:

101584665X194

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X194

Story Section:

Biographical Information