Letter from Harry S. Truman to Mary Lasker
- Contributor(s):
- Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers Lasker, Mary The White House Truman, Harry S.
- Publication:
- Produced: 4 January 1949
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- 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."
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584665X194 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- TLBBMJ
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X194
- Archival Collection:
- The Mary Lasker Papers (Profiles in Science)