The President meanwhile signed Congressional resolutions authorizing zn extensive inquiry into monopolies d also authorized a study of the on's phosphate resources, import-t in the event of war.
The President later received from the Senate a bill subjecting over-the-counter brokers to Security and Exchange Commission regulations on the same basis as members of organized exchanges.
The Senate prior to adjournment also agreed to House methods of alloting $212,000,000 in benefit paynents to farmers and agreed upon a compromise providing $700,000 for rural electrification. charged.
In the out-patients' department a total of 3427 cases were treated, no fees being charged and medicine being given gratis also. The hospital possesses a small clinical laboratory. and during the six months 753 examinations were made there, Realizing that some of the patients came from refugee camps where a well-balanced diet is lacking, the report adds, the hospital operated a modern diet kitchen. A full-time dietitian was placed in charge of this side of the work, and free milk was supplied by the S.M.C. Health Department, free soya bean milk and cakes being presented also by the Refugee Children's Nutritional Aids Committee. The cost to feed a patient was 40 cents a da The reports states that the Board of Directors have decided to keep the hospital open for a further six months, and for this another $18,000 is needed. Even with promises of financial help, the hospital funds will only cover a period of two months, and a plea is made for further support from organizations who have helped previously, and from others,
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