Following Walter M. Barnett's request that the Louisiana Heart Association re-enter the United Fund, Dr. Sanford W^uthill,
Bogalusa and Dr. Homer J^Du-puy, New Orleans^" issued a written statement.
Dr. Tuthill is president and Dr. Dupuy president-elect of the Louisiana Heart Association. Their statement follows:
"We welcome this opportunity to explain our Heart Fund policy following Mr. Walter M. Barnett's request that the Louisiana Heart Association re-enter the New Orleans' United Fund. This plea was made of five other non-participating groups, all national health agencies.
"Leaders of this association believe in the United Fund as a means for financing local welfare and charitable purposes.
"However, experience on a local, state and national level has demonstrated countless times that federated campaigns simply do not provide sufficient funds for financing the fight against cardiovascular diseases, which annually claim more lives than all other diseases combined. The American
