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By Quimby Melton
President Nixon returned to
Washington Monday night from
his trip to Peking. He was
greeted at Washington An
drews’ Base by some 7,500
people.
He wound up a short talk with
the statement, “We hope that
the seeds planted on this
journey for peace will grow and
prosper into a more enduring
structure for peace and security
in the Western Pacific.” All
/ loyal Americans agree with the
President, while widening this
hope for peace so it will include
America and the rest of the
world.
The President again said
there were no “secret deals”
and assured other nations there
would be no “negotiations
behind their backs concerning
their national security.”
During the President’s short
talk at Andrews Air Force Base,
there was evidence of a little
moving about in the rear of the
audience. Following the con
clusion of the talk it seemed to
Good Evening that several of
the TV commentators stressed
this, in an effort to raise doubts
in the minds of their viewers, a
false impression — that the
welcome to the President was
not a warm and friendly one.
Evidently one of the commenta
tors also had this impression,
for he said that in his opinion
there were “no more than a
dozen of the ‘hecklers.’ ” If
there were any “hecklers”
Good Evening asks “What is a
dozen folks compared to the
7,500 who were in that crowd?”
(The plane with reporters had
landed earlier and those report
ers joined the crowd that
greeted the President.)
The presidential party was
greeted with flourishes, “Hail to
the Chief" and the National
Anthem. When the National
Anthem was played, the Presi
dent, the Vice President and
others saluted. And we could not
help but recall that there were
no salutes when the National
Anthem was played in Peking.
(They no doubt call this “proto
col”. Many a rudeness is excus
ed by this word.)
At Peking no one would have
dared to even mumble heckling
words. Had he done so, it would
have been instant banishment
to the wildest parts of Siberia or
even instant execution before a
firing squad.
The President’s visit to the
Chinese mainland was a daring
one. We, with him, hope and
pray, that it will result in better
understanding between nations
and the beginning of peace not
only in “the western Pacific”
but to all the world; not only to
“this generation”, as Chamber
lain said after his trip to Munich
years ago, but to many genera
tions to come.
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WASHINGTON—Senate leaders Hugh Scott, Republican
(left), and Mike Mansfield, Democrat, pose with a world
globe at the U.S. Capitol after it was announced by President
Nixon that the two would visit China at the invitation of
Premier Chou En-lai. No date was set (UPI)
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Daily Since 1872
Foreign-trained doctors play vital role in U.S,
By EDWARD NEILAN
Copley News Service
WASHINGTON - In a high
income suburb near George-
Washington’s old home at
Mount Vernon, one of the most
popular doctors is a Filipino.
Dr. Mario Ordonez does a
booming business as a general
practitioner. His wife, Esther,
is a psychiatrist.
Not far down Sherwood Hall
Lane from the Ordonez’ combi
nation home and office is a doc
tor who received his medical
training in England.
Near the fashionable Belle
Haven golf course a mile away,
two of six doctors whose offices
are in a new medical building
received their medical educa
tion in India and Germany, re
spectively.
There are plenty of U.S.-
trained doctors in the same
neighborhoods but the presence
of the foreign-trained M.D.s in
this and other communities
spotlights a situation that is
stirring a controversy of the
kind that television's Dr.
Marcus Welby and Dr. Ben
Casey never had to face.
Because there is so much
emphasis these days on high
doctor fees and a shortage of
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1972
ATLANTA (UPI) - The hotly
debated Atlanta annexation bill,
a measure that would almost
triple the land area of the city
but add only about 50,000 to the
population, has cleared the
Georgia House and goes to the
Senate.
The House passed the mea
sure Tuesday by a vote of 103-
40. What the Senate will do with
it was unpredictable.
In addition to changing the
shape (from 135 to 305 square
miles) and the population (from
450,000 to about 500,000), the
bill reduces Atlanta’s black ma
jority of 53 per cent to 47 per
cent and grabs up some of the
wealthies and most exclusive
areas surrounding the city’s
north side.
Residents of Sandy Springs
and other areas to be annxed
have repeatedly turned down,
by referendum, efforts to annex
them. The bill provides for no
referendum.
The bill passed Tuesday was
generally along the lines pro
posed by Mayor Sam Massell
who had swung black leaders
behind him by agreeing to post
pone its effective date until Jan.
1, 1974, after the next mayoral
election which Negroes hope to
win.
But the rural - dominated
House moved the effective date
back to June 30, 1973, so that
those annexed would vote in the
November, 1973, city elections.
The annexation may become
the first step in a two- step
move endorsed by Massell to
create an “north” and a “south”
city in Fulton County. The sec
ond step would be to incorporate
areas south of the city into an
other suburban municipality.
Massell, a Democrat and re
garded as a liberal, has insisted
that his proposals reflected a
“Folks do a lot of things they
wish they could forget — and
then can’t remember what
they’re trying to forget.”
doctors, little is said in public
about the fact that one in six of
doctors now practicing in this
country received his medical
training abroad.
Is that good or bad?
Most observers in the medi
cal world see nothing wrong
with the statistic at present.
But some long-range planners
see a crisis coming when the
American Medical Association
may start screaming that for
eign doctors are taking jobs
away from Americans —“just
like the automobile and textile
industries,” one doctor pre
dicts.
A recent head count by the
AMA shows some 60,000 foreign
medical graduates in the
United States.
They hail from 84 countries,
ranging from Afghanistan (84
graduates now practicing in the
United States) to Yugoslavia
(343).
In New York these foreign
graduates comprise one-third
of all the doctors in the state.
In New Jersey the over-all
percentage is slightly lowo - ,
but even there about 80 per cent
of the interns and residents
were educated abroad.
Foreign doctors are working
desire to put the city on sound
er financial footing rather than
being racially motivated.
The action Tuesday was the
second time the House had
voted on the measure. The bill
failed to gain a majority in a
92-86 vote last week.
Debate was short, cut to five
minutes per speaker on a mo
tion by Rep. Elliott Levitas of
Decatur.
Graham at prayer breakfast
President’s preacher
sees world reshuffle
ATLANTA (UPI)— Evangel
ist Billy Graham said today
that President Nixon envisioned
“ a whole new situation in Asia”
before he became President.
Graham, who has been called
the “President’s preacher,”
said the President’s trip to
China has “reshuffled the whole
world structure.”
The evangelist said he is very
interested in making his own
China trip. “I would like to go
to China as a tourist and I’d
like to speak there,” said Gra
ham.
Heart Sunday
totaled $2,058
A total of $2,058 was raised for
the Heart Fund here Sunday, a
tentative report showed today.
This does not include con
tributions made through other
avenues of the campaign.
The Sunday drive showed an
increase of $450 over the
previous year.
The ABC-Ettes coordinated
the campaign Sunday.
A complete report on all
contributions to the drive is
being compiled.
in every state and in all
branches of American medi
cine. But they are particularly
important in these three: anes
thesiology, pathology and psy
chiatry. They constitute about
one-fourth of all doctors now
working in these specialities.
In some cases, the doctors
received advanced training in
the United States and then went
back to their own countries to
practice.
But many return here again
after finding that their skills
were not needed in their native
lands.
One of them asked: “What
good is a heart surgeon in a
country where few people live
beyond 40 and malnutrition is
the most common source of
disease?”
Others educated here com
plain that the medical estab
lishments back home in their
own countries were not recep
tive to modern American tech
nology.
A Japanese doctor practicing
in the Georgetown area of the
capital said: “It is almost im
possible to get anywhere in
Japanese medicine if you’ve
done a major part of your study
in the United States. The prob-
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ATLANTA—BiIIy Graham talks with Gov. Jimmy Carter and House Speaker George Smith at a
prayer breakfast this morning in Atlanta. The Rev. Graham was the speaker for the prayer
breakfast for the Governor’s prayer breakfast (UPI)
Graham also announced he
will conduct a 10-day crusade
in Atlanta Coliseum presently
under construction.
The tanned Graham, in At
lanta to address a prayer
breakfast held by Gov. Jimmy
Carter, said his last crusade in
Atanta was held in the old
Ponce deLeon ball park.
“Our crusades have been al
most totally youth oriented,” he
said. “Over 75 per cent of those
attending are under 25 years of
age.”
Graham, who is conducting a
Spruce up
plans made
A committee to improve the
appearance of downtown
Griffin and the city com
missioners discussed several
proposals at a get together last
night.
The commissioners indicated
a spirit of cooperation with the
merchants group.
The commissioners asked the
merchants group to come up
with a specific plan.
Felton Rainwater is chair
man of the improvement com
mittee, formed through the
lem is that you know too much
technology but not enough
about the ‘system’ and the big
shots in Japan.”
Another, a Pakistani, said he
found that back home in
Karachi older doctors were
often hostile to him because his
American-learned techniques
exposed the incompetence of
locally trained doctors.
No one disputes the impor
tance of these foreign-educated
physicians play in American
medical care; most citizens,
and even patients, don’t give it
a second thought.
But there is a growing chorus
of critics that denounces the
country’s increasing depen
dence on immigrant doctors —
a trend some say is gaining
momentum.
The critics’ line goes like
this:
“It is unethical for the United
States to import with the lure of
high fees thousands of doctors
from poor countries like the
Philippines, South Korea and
India when they are badly
needed in their own countries.
The United States should meet
its own needs by expanding
medical school enrollments.
Many foreign students come
speaking tour in Florida, said
there “is a Christian answer to
busing,” but he declined com
ment on the issue because he
said “at the man ent its so po
litical.”
The evangelist said he would
make a statement on the busing
question later in the year but
said he did not want to com
ment while touring Florida dur
ing the current presidential pri
mary.
“What ever answer is found
ought to be applied in New
York, Atlanta, Los Angeles,Min-
Chamber of Commerce. Attend
ing the session with him last
night were Lee Roy Claxton,
Taylor Wynne, Bill Reeves, Jim
Pridgen, Jimmy Mankin and
Dewitt Simonton.
All five city commissioners,
Mayor Louis Goldstein, mayor
pro tern O. M. Snider, Jr., Scott
Searcy, Raymond Head and R.
S. Norsworthy, attended. City
Manager Roy Inman and Light
and Water Director Charlie
Smith also attended as city
representatives.
here saying they want to go
back eventually to help their
countrymen, but actually
they’re seeking the good life of
an American doctor.”
Defenders of the concept say
there is nothing extraordinary,
unethical or new about foreign
ers wanting to come to the
United States and learn and
work and enjoy better living
standards. That’s how the
United States became strong in
the first place. Many foreign
medical students here do go
back home. Others can’t go
home because of political
changes. Who would want to go
back to Biafra or Ghana or
Bangladesh right now to prac
tice medicine if he had earlier
had ties to the deposed
regimes?
The critics also claim that
many foreign medical grad
uates who come to the United
States are poorly trained by
American standards and have
trouble speaking and under
standing English. Their argu
ment is that hospitals which de
pend on such foreign interns
and residents are guilty of de
livering substandard medical
care.
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neapolis and uniformly across
across the nation,” he said.
Graham said he expects more
concrete results from President
Nixon’s trip to the Soviet Union,
but added, “The possibility of
an Asian war has been dif
fused.”
He said Christianity still holds
the answers to many of the
world’s problems.
“If we go at the problems we
face in a spiritual dimension,”
he said, “they can be partially
solved.”
185 pints
of blood
donated
A total of 185 pints of blood
was collected during the
bloodmobile visit in Griffin
yesterday. Some 31 people
couldn’t give blood because of
minor physical illnesses.
Lin Thompson, chairman of
the bloodmobile program here,
said there were 31 first time
donors.
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Backers of foreign doctors’
abilities and right to practice
here admit there are problems
of comprehension but that
these are exaggerated by
critics. Most foreign medical
graduates have all passed
minimum tests in both medi
cine and English. Those who
are full-fledged doctors have
passed exactly the same U.S.
tests as their American col
leagues.
Even the most outspoken
critics concede, according to a
recent AMA publication on the
question, that there are many
communities in the nation that
would be without resident staff
if it were not for the availability
of foreign trainees.
And even the most outspoken
advocates of free access to jobs
by these foreign trainees admit
that some of the immigrants
are exposed to disturbing ex
ploitation. This is especially
true in hospitals that hire for
eign trainees on the promise
that they’ll receive training but
in fact are kept so busy actually
taking care of sick people that
they get little or no formal edu
cation.