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The Chairman. Since you refer to Gov. Lowden, let me call your 
attention to an article appearing in Good Housekeeping of January 
27, 1921, in which he says that he favors this bill- 
Mr. Anderson. He does not say that he favors the State-aid plan. 
The Chairman. He says that lie favors this bill. You had better 
read this letter over before you argue that Gov. Lowden is against 
this bill. If you have any letter there showing that he has changed 
his mind, we will be glad to have it. 
Mr. Anderson. That was a communication appearing in the Illinois 
Medical Journal, and it was following that date. 
The Chairman. What was the date ? You have no letters your 
self from him about it ? 
Mr. Anderson. But I have these other letters that I have read. 
The Chairman. You do not claim that he referred to this bill 
particularly in this article, do you ? 
Mr. Anderson. The best that I can do is to call your attention to 
the—— 
The Chairman. I do not think that it is quite fair for you to cite 
Gov. Bowden's opinion in regard to this bill. There is not much use 
of telling us that he is opposed to this measure unless you have some 
thing to show it, after the date of this letter. 
Mr. Anderson. He recognizes the danger of this tendency toward 
centralization. 
The Chairman. He also says in this letter that he heartily indorses 
the idea. 
Mr. Anderson. This letter that I referred to is dated May 25, 1920, 
and states: 
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter— 
This is written by the secretary of the Illinois State Medical 
Society — 
with resolution inclosed. I am glad that your society has taken this action, as I 
have been for a long time in full sympathy with the views expressed in the resolu 
tion. If the present tendencies toward centralization at Washington go on, all vitality 
will go from the several communities and States of the country in the management 
of their own affairs. I congratulate your society on the good work that it is doing. 
Then the resolution states in the last paragraph— 
Resolved, That we deem the furnishing of Federal State aid as pernicious and dan 
gerous, and that it is an encroachment on the functions of the State rather than its 
development. 
Senator Phipps. What is the date of the resolution? 
Mr. Anderson. The date of the letter is May 25, and the resolu 
tion was 
Senator Phipps. What year ? 
Mr. Anderson. 1920. Then I had a letter from Gov. Samuel ft. 
McKelvie, of Nebraska, under date of March 28, 1921, in which he 
says: 
Acknowledging your letter of March 24, I have to advise that in making up the 
State budget I did not include in it items to meet Federal aid for any medical pur 
poses. In this, my action was an expression rather contrary from the position that 
I had formerly taken, for about a year ago I recommended to our Representatives in 
Congress that the appropriation be continued for cooperation with the States in the 
control of venereal diseases. 
Now, however, I am constrained to feel that it is better for the States to make these 
appropriations on their own account and without regard to anything that may be done 
by the Federal Government, I think that the theory of Federal aid is, for most part