PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 5 November 1981, pp. 731
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We Spoke Up for Children and Were Heard!

R. J. McKay Jr MD

Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics should be proud of the effective way their organization has recently "spoken up for children." Thanks to the well-coordinated team efforts of our elected officers, especially our immediate Past-President, Don Blim; of our Washington office led by Jackie Noyes; and of the Government Affairs Committee, chaired by Birt Harvey, the chance has greatly diminished that children will be forgotten or shortchanged by the block-grant approach to reducing federal expenditures for health care. Although support was given by such organizations as the Association of Maternal and Child Health-Crippled Children (MCH-CC) Directors, the Children's Defense Fund, and the American Medical Association, it was AAP initiative, strategy, and implementation from start to finish that carried the day.