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Er. Jaaeph Ham i lb New Classmarn Building University of California Feference is made to your letter of 21 Juns 1944, and pre.Crious conv6rset~orM Dr. Stone and I have been hoping for sane the that .i;he gedical program rat the University of’ California mi ph t be centralited and consolicfated under one person who could deal directly with the Jxea Engineer’s office as a representative of the ‘Jniversity in el1 nrediaal satters s n d to whor: this office couli! look for tm in sds en who cari ~ t c tin this cap city, or who hsw-e any training ir the spec id - ieed field which tr; involved. There is even a shortage of physicians who might f can az re cia b the fact thatthere isa serious shortage both of A s ycu know, the medicid prs on nel have been added bit by bit86the procra;n has grown and there n m exists a patchwork of arrangmonts shich i s not under the control af aI!ybody, with th8 rssglt that t h e only coordination occurs ;n t h i s office w?mn the reports are put together. This is wrong sinae the rw?arts should be coord in e to ~ , as -sal1 BG the activities of the men involved, bysw # control Tn v i e w of *,e circuastanaeo, I see no altsrmtive but that you aocept the responsibility for 6irecWr.q the mdical profram. You have the oapacity, K?m tx a in ing,the iratimske knoviledge o f what i s requirec, tmd are yotlrself directing a medical m ~ e & r c ? iprogram for the ; i strict as a sub-contract arranged by the Chicago group. I knov that you ~ r c )e x a ee dh gly busy with m npr esp on sibi fi ties. ‘:‘et, 7 believe thRt If p.1 ?;;ere able to obtain the assistance of smebody like 5r. Filler, the Froblor, could be 60lVed without adding t o your burden. If stbility of tying all the loose ends together and mp rtl np to you the.-btatcs of t h e various situatims. In other words, he oould act as your executive ofTiccar. f f Er. Stone it3 um’ble to oomince Cr. Smith that Dr. Wlller should be made available for t h i s prt-the activity ( 2 to 3 half days per -&>,1 would be Willfw to make the attempt t o persuade Dr, kith at a peraotrzl interview, although this would have to b e delayed unti 1 ~y next vl sit, T n rogard t o the Cawell Ymorial Ihscital situation, I believe that we would not be warranted in ajmnding the money required to install a six-bed ward on the top floor, because I sufficient need has not beac shown so far for hospital facilities of thfs nagsitude for the personnel on tho Berkeley profeck. In
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fc view of t h i s fact, I believe that the last two paragraphe of Dr. hnal8 ' s Iet%r of 17 June 1946 to you tire euffioisnt to fulfill our emergency rrsqiimme nta: "it has been the custom of the Jiosrttal to rive first aid and then mfor the patient to his own vhysician, or one of a list of doctora, for further owe. "It ha8 also been t h e custom in case of grave injuris5 and illnasses to keep the patients untll it waa safe to move them." After all, tho requirementa of t h e group on .the Campus are not vary great, and should work no hard&,ip on Pr. Gonaldls group. kcetaorial IIospital would be used only as t& stand-by in case of emergenay, For the List riat Zrqinoer: