Keywords: U.S. opens war on social diseases. 21897v.jpg The first nation-wide effort to combat venereal diseases was launched in Washington today when 300 delegates from 32 states attended the opening session of a three-day conference call by the United States Public Health Service In the photograph left to right Edward S Godfrey Jr State Commissioner of Health of New York state; Dr Thomas Parran U S Surgeon General; Miss Josephine Roche Acting Secretary of the Treasury; John H Stokes; University of Pennsylvania Medical School; and Dr J E Moore of John Hopkins Hospital 1936 December 28 1 negative glass 4 x 5 in or smaller accession number Reproduction Number LC-DIG-hec-21897 digital file from original negative Call Number LC-H22- D-428 P P institution Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve Gift; Harris Ewing Inc 1955 General information about the Harris Ewing Collection is available at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp hec Temp note Batch four LOC-image hec 21897 Harris Ewing Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication U S opens war on social diseases png PD-Harris-Ewing Josephine Roche 1936 in Washington D C Thomas Parran Jr |