R. RHETT RATHBONE, M. De ‘ 122 SOUTH CENTRE STREET

FRANK T. CAWLEY, M. D. 44-1000

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Drs. RATHBONE AND CAWLEY
RADIOLOGY

CUMBERLAND * MARYLAND

May h, 1959

The Honorable John E. Fogarty
The House of Representatives
Washington 25, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am writing in reference to your recent public state-
ments that the N.I.H. budget should be increased or
medicine is doomed. For some 25 years I have practiced
medicine in Maryland or the District of Columbia, and
have referred several patients to N.I.H.

In my personal experience these so-called outstanding
medical scientists have not produced a single cure or
remedy for any disease; in fact, all our modern medi-
cal progress has been through private practitioners
and medical schools or privately endowed clinics.

It seems to me you are merely trying to get socialized
medicine in the back-door and you believe the false
premise that government can do things better than pri-
vate enterprise. In my experience nothing in any field
has been done better by government bureaucracy; and I
hate to see our government expanded into areas where
they waste the taxpayers money, increase our Federal
debt and lead to more inflation.

Very truly yours,
LULA QR deLhong
R. Rhett Rathbone, M. D.

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