The passing of Senator Ted Kennedy the lion of the senate is a huge loss for advocates of civil rights in all forms. The youngest of four brothers three to die tragically, two the result of political assassination the Kennedy's were allies in the quest for civil rights, economic and social justice at the right time and the right moment in history. They were traitors to their aristocratic class in the tradition of President Franklin Roosevelt. CONTINUE

President Harry S. Truman's National Health Care Proposal

The American people are the most insurance-minded people in the world. They will not be frightened off from health insurance because some people have misnamed it "socialized medicine".

I repeat--what I am recommending is not socialized medicine.

Socialized medicine means that all doctors work as employees of government. The American people want no such system. No such system is here proposed.

Under the plan I suggest, our people would continue to get medical and hospital services just as they do now--on the basis of their own voluntary decisions and choices. Our doctors and hospitals would continue to deal with disease with the same professional freedom as now. There would, however, be this all-important difference: whether or not patients get the services they need would not depend on how much they can afford to pay at the time... CONTINUE