THE first communication is a statement by the American Board of Pediatrics on the importance of better training in the care of the well child during its period of growth and development. The second communication is by Dr. Frederick D. Mott, Acting Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Health in the Province of Saskatchewan. Dr. Mott is an authority on medical care in rural areas and is senior author of Rural Health and Medical Care (McGraw-Hill, 1948), an outstanding source of information on health conditions and medical services in the rural areas of the United States. This communication requires reference to an earlier statement in the Journal of Pediatrics (31:228, August, 1947) by the Canadian Medical Association in which that association approved the principle of health insurance and maintained the opinion that health insurance programs should be developed by the various provinces in accordance with their local needs. Dr. Mott's paper describes what has been done in Saskatchewan.