ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Dr. Bettag, former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Welfare, discusses his medical training and experiences combating tuberculosis; experiences at Cincinnati General Hospital and the Veterans' Administration at Hines, Illinois; and as chief surgeon at Whitehaven Sanitorium in Pennsylvania, treating tuberculosis patients and miners with "black lung" disease. He discusses treating tuberculosis at the Pontiac prison; his tenure as the first state tuberculosis medical official and as tuberculosis control officer of Chicago; term as Director of the Depart-ment of Public Welfare, relationship with Governor Stratton; organization of state services through the Department of Public Welfare; and changes in the treatment of patients at psychiatric institutions. He discusses allegations of fraud in the Welfare Department; Governor Stratton's trial for income tax evasion; and the use of drugs in the treatment of mental illness. Articles written about and by Bettag are interspersed throughout the memoir and a summary of accomplishments during his tenure with the Department of Public Welfare is also included.

10 tapes, 900 min., 147 pp. Interview by Marilyn Huff Immel, 1981 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, newspaper articles, Welfare Bulletin, summary of activities, and statement made to Illinois legislature.