Senator W J Harris, Georgia, introduced Senate bill 4531 which authorized a survey in connection with the control of cancer

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On May 29, 1929, Senator W. J. Harris, Georgia, introduced S. 4531, authorizing a survey in connection with the control of cancer and providing “That the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service is authorized and directed to make a general survey in connection with the control of cancer and submit a report thereon to the Congress as soon as practicable, together with his recommendations for necessary Federal legislation.”

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Source: National Cancer Institute
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