- Email: [email protected]
Washington Views
Was
• lews
George V. Allen, 'Director of U. S. Information Agency, says that history is whispering to the human race: "All right. You have outstripped all previous records in scientific achievement. You have now the means by which you can destroy yourselves utterly. The time has arrived when you must learn to get along with each other peacefully or perish. You have no choice." Resolutions favoring collective bargaining for nurses associated with hospitals and approving compulsory health insurance in principle were passed by the American Nurses Association at their recent convention. Regulatory agencies of the Federal Government such as the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration are unable to accomplish a really effective policing job to protect the public from harmful products and misleading claims for such items as cigarettes, dentifrices, and weight reducers because their funds and manpower have not been increased to keep pace with population growth and scientific development, according to testimony before Congressional committees. The mental and physical health problems involved in housing human beings in a capsule for long periods of time ~n outer space where human wastes must be purified and reused are being investigated. Two new contracts directed toward solution of space flight problems totaling $400,000 have been let by the Air Force Research and Development Command. Spokesmen for the Federal Trade Commission, appearing before the Blatnik Subcommittee investigating misleading advertising, say they have no record of any dentifrice having produced a harmful effect, and although witnesses appearing for the American Dental Association say that misleading claims for dentifrices create a false sense of security about tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath, and serious system diseases, the Federal Trade Commission says advertisements do good in getting people to use a ~oothbrush, which is after all the most important factor in removing decaying food particles from between the teeth. Under authority of Reorganization Plan No.1 of 1958, President Eisenhower has by executive order established a new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization to replace the former Office of Defense Mobilization and the Federal Civil Defense Administration. VOl. 19, NO. ,8, AUGUST, 1958/ PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
453
• lews
George V. Allen, 'Director of U. S. Information Agency, says that history is whispering to the human race: "All right. You have outstripped all previous records in scientific achievement. You have now the means by which you can destroy yourselves utterly. The time has arrived when you must learn to get along with each other peacefully or perish. You have no choice." Resolutions favoring collective bargaining for nurses associated with hospitals and approving compulsory health insurance in principle were passed by the American Nurses Association at their recent convention. Regulatory agencies of the Federal Government such as the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration are unable to accomplish a really effective policing job to protect the public from harmful products and misleading claims for such items as cigarettes, dentifrices, and weight reducers because their funds and manpower have not been increased to keep pace with population growth and scientific development, according to testimony before Congressional committees. The mental and physical health problems involved in housing human beings in a capsule for long periods of time ~n outer space where human wastes must be purified and reused are being investigated. Two new contracts directed toward solution of space flight problems totaling $400,000 have been let by the Air Force Research and Development Command. Spokesmen for the Federal Trade Commission, appearing before the Blatnik Subcommittee investigating misleading advertising, say they have no record of any dentifrice having produced a harmful effect, and although witnesses appearing for the American Dental Association say that misleading claims for dentifrices create a false sense of security about tooth decay, gum disease, bad breath, and serious system diseases, the Federal Trade Commission says advertisements do good in getting people to use a ~oothbrush, which is after all the most important factor in removing decaying food particles from between the teeth. Under authority of Reorganization Plan No.1 of 1958, President Eisenhower has by executive order established a new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization to replace the former Office of Defense Mobilization and the Federal Civil Defense Administration. VOl. 19, NO. ,8, AUGUST, 1958/ PRACTICAL PHARMACY EDITION
453