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a woe Stee time ' tos . - : : * ; vO CS he 7 . es Pn te . “he ot . or . a . . . " : vp -- tT. . , we Rey Wilkins ‘se THE FHYSICIANS FORUM, TNCORPORATED Records in the office of the Clerk of New York State Supreme Court, Foley Square, New York, reflect that The Physicianst Forum, Inc. (PF) was issued a Certificate of Incorporation on April 27, 1944, under the laws of the State of New York, to operate as a non-profit, membership organization principally in the United States. The PF, under the name of the New York Physicians! Forum, had been in existence as an unincorporated association since about 1939. A source, on September 13, 1954. furnished a folder of PF entitled "What is the Physicians! Forum?" which stated in part that to maintain freedom of thought and expression in medicine, the Forum opposes the imposition of "loyalty oaths" as a prerequisite for licensure, for hospital appointments or privileges, in medical schools, on hospital staffs and against patients; to re-establish the freedom of the medical press, the Forum urges medical BOciety publications to open their volumes to diverse “views on controversial subjects; and to provide a forum wherein socially liberal doctors may express their views in opposition to the policies of organized medicine. The report of the Sub-Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and other Security Laws of the Committee of the Judiciary, United States Senate, 82nd Congress, 1952 on "Subversive Influence in the Educational Process" on page 37 sets out the testimony of BELLA TODD, member of the National Committee of the Communist Party from 1944 to 1948, DODD testified that the PF was established primarily by theCommunist Party (CP) and although not all members of the PF were Communists, the "initiative for organizing the PF came from the CP, came from the ninth floor (35 East 12th Street, New York City), where the National Committee of the CP existed." - On April 24, 1963, the above source advised that the PF is opposed to the resumption of nuclear testing and 4s against compulsory membership for physicians in the American Medical Association (AMA). It continues to be active in a program of supporting legislation which would provide medical care for the recipients of Social Security benefits, and provide for Social Security benefits TOR eye] -_ physicians. . : ; i ie . The Physicians Forum is located at 510 Medison ., , Avenue, New York, New York, . _ wae oa. : ' ' . a las. 3 |