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   3. Providing information program suggestions, etc., to office
      visitors, mail correspondents, private and public organiza-
      tions inside and outside the state and representatives of
      the press.
   4. Initiating and participating in local, regional and state
      conferences.
   5. Giving talks and leading discussions on human rights for
      a variety of church and civic groups.
    6. Preparing and participating in radio and television programs.
    7. Writing articles for magazines and preparing press releases.
    8. Supporting remedial legislation when within the scope or
      the commission's objectives.
    9. Mediating in cases of alleged discrimination and utilizing
      the specific case as a springboard for handling any over-all
      state-wide problem which may be indicated.
  10. Developing methods and techniques for handling controver-
      sial issues.
  11. Helping to set up community committees for human rights
      and serving in a consultant capacity as requested.
  12. Initiating a Youth Board and a youth human rights program
      in the state and serving these youth boards in a consultant
      capacity.
  13. Working with foreign visitors and students at colleges and
      the state university on special projects and programs.
  14. Cooperating with other state and private agencies on prob-
      lems of human rights and encouraging interagency teamwork
      in alleviating any alleged discriminatory practices.


           HYGIENE, STATE LABORATORY OF
Members of Administrative Committee: JOHN Z. BOWERS; E. B. FRED;
    STEPHEN E. GAVIN; CARL N. NEUPERT; W. D. STOVALL.
Director: W. D. STOVALL.
Office: University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Publications: None.
   The State Laboratory of Hygiene was created in 1903 and has
been located on the campus of the university since that time. By
statute it is the laboratory for the State Board of Health. It is
administered by a committee composed of the president of the
university, the dean of the medical school, the president and sec-
retary of the State Board of Health and the director of the labora-
tory. The laboratory's budget is part of the university's budget and
its staff is selected by the Board of Regents of the university, upon
the recommendation of the dean of the medical school of the
university and with the approval of the administrative committee.
Functions of the Laboratory:
   1. Assists physicians and health officers in the diagnosis, con-
     trol and eradication of communicdble diseases.