MISS FLORENCE D. HANKS of the U.S. Naval Hospital at Annapolis: She stated that cooperation is the big thing, that without it the dietitian is helpless. She said she has received the most hearty cooperation from the Chief Nurse and Commanding Officer, and stated further that in different hospitals liquid, soft and regular diets are different, and that it must be immediately understood just what the doctors mean. MISS GENEVIEVE FIELD, Head Dietitian of the Walter Reed General Hospital: At Walter Reed there are all kinds of patients to deal with. They have at least one dietitian present at every meal, and the patients feel free to bring comment or criticism to them at any time. In the wards the nurse is directly responsible for the service of food. If any food is not just as it should be the nurse is expected to telephone to the kitchen and report it, and it is immediately corrected. The nurse also knows just what is appetizing to certain patients and may request certain foods for them. One big problem is the patient who has been in the hospital for a long time and needs special attention, and it is these patients that the dietitians try the hardest to please. The menus are sent daily to the ward, and the nurse makes out her diet request list. She stated also that for the regular diets 1 pt. of milk and 1 egg are allowed per day; for light diets 1 qt. of milk and 1 egg; for soft diets 1½-qt. milk and 2 eggs; and for liquid diets 1½ qt. milk and 4–6 eggs. CAPT. EARL P. GREEN, Mess Officer at Walter Reed: Stated he had been three years at the Walter Reed and that during that time many problems have come up. He stated that food and service are the two principle things about feeding people, but the greatest difficulty is service. It is very important to get the people serving the food confident that it is all right. He said a nurse could take the best food to a patient and if she thought it was not good the patient would not eat it. Good food can be bought with money, but service cannot. He said he used to get his complaints from the Post and Star, but this has been eliminated by requiring the nurse to report anything which she thinks is wrong in the diet, and that no complaint is too small to investigate. He believed the mess department could hide nothing, but should be fair and above board.