Medicine: Life among the Thobbers

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¶ Consultation fee of John J. Anthony (formerly Lester Kroll, taxi driver) of radio's Original Good-Will Hour was $25, but people who could not afford the fee might arrange to have their troubles aired over the radio. Mrs. Steiner asked Mr. Anthony his qualifications. He said he had "studied all the psychiatrists' work" and claimed that he had advised Vassar College on an Institute of Marital Relations (which Vassar does not have), and that Princeton had asked him to start an "experimental station." Nowhere to Go. Wherever she went, Mrs. Steiner saw people needing and paying for professional help, but not getting it. She does not think the church is the answer, since she believes that the clergy often lack the right training. She would like to have the Government move in on the business, setting up mental hygiene facilities for civilians comparable to those in the Army & Navy.