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Lou~evllle~ ~entuc~ June 2~, ~ Iakers Still Have Time For LABELLING CI(';~J~ET'r]~S and cigarette adv~tmin~ Io w~rn ~at "cigarette smoking is ,lange~us to hea]~ and may cause de;rib from cancer and nther d~eases" b:m h,.e. nrde~d by the • ~de Commk~m,. ,.ff~llvv next year. ~e dictum I. ~l~viously lust a,d fair. Hew o~ the ominnt;, ev~ence Ihut has ~en a~umulnt~ ~' :he United SIuL~ Public H~lth. S~J~ under direelion o( Surgeon General Ter~.. Whelher the riding, no matter how just and ~air. is also ~awr~ U. a quntion w~ch will be. contested in ~u~ for three 'o~ Four y~ars. ~us, la~llin~ is not an in,n~Jate pr~pect. ~t ~tl ~ ~sisJed. not only in the ~t in ~e fo~m o~ public opinion, by e~aret~ manub~ture~ and ~e farmers poliflei~ or Kentucky and otl:er toba~ ~wing s~s. ~he legality and wisdom governmen~l inteJ~en~n a~ not ~e i~ues ~iu~ raise. It is not even c~in • a~ labelling would have much A~ler all. ei~u~lie smoking i~a~ been und~ suspicion tn (his co,nl~ since the beginning or the ~ntu~. City,ties have I~en a~us~ oF Causing n~rly eve~-~ing f~m beldne~ to ~nity. Ye~ espedally since World W~ I. smoking has ~come sL~d~7 morn po~ ular and has sp~d f~m men to women, even Ibou~lt nmokln~ .by e ~:man w~ on~ ~nsldend n si~ of immorali~. OLhFP complicatie~ ~ numerous. ~ovemment wjtl be a~used of u~ ~ht hand to dis~'ourage ei~a~t~ ~e: out leLUng ~e left band know ~at. ~e tobac~ g~wer is ~lng at ~e nine encouraged by the farm prngram. No~ then this. ~n~ve~y arJs~ Washin~ton over witch bureau has thorl~ to ~qul~ labelling, or wh~er only Congre~ has that power. Dr. Te~ ~liev~ that Ihe authorit)- ~s~ wi~ the Food and Dru~ AdministraUon ~ ~e Department of Health. Edttca~ion and W~are. or ~hich ~e ~blic ~ealth Re~ic~ i8 8 parL. Rut ~aeral ~8de Cnmmt~ion h~ el~m~ 8uthoflty and is proposing to exe~ise He~rthel~, newer ~fo~ has ~e seien- ttfic ease aoainst ~e eJ~ntte ~en' so ~w6fful and pel'SUUSiv~ The F.T.C.'8 d~ion ~ not sudden, nor Lq the or iLq o~er to h~ exp~ ov~rlli~hL the d~lon 18¢k~ ~ndusive ~i~,tiftc sup port, ~en the Ol)P~iUon ~ not u'ithout time for more ~boratory St, I~u~s, Ktaeourl June ~6, l~)~t~