Statement by Secretary Heckler

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY HECKLER
April 23, 1984
On June 14th of last year -- about ten months ago -- I
traveled to Denver to tell the United States Conference of
Mayors that I had made the conquest of AIDS the federal
government's number-one health priority.
I told the Mayors and the American people that this awesome
medical problem was "a disease with two names." One was "AIDS,"
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The other was "Fear."
In the intervening months, public education and public
understanding have substantially reduced the incidence of fear.
The panic which, for a time, began to spread through American
cities has quieted.
Today I am proud to announce that the arrow of funds,
medical personnel, research and experimentation which the
Department of Health and Human Services and its allies around
the world have aimed and fired at the disease AIDS has hit the
target.
Only two or three rings away from the bulls-eye.
Here are the specifics:
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