 Oh is the 10th man the 10th man is the man in your community who needs or will need psychiatric guidance yes one out of ten of us will suffer at some time in our lives from an emotional disorder ladies and gentlemen this is Ralph Bellamy our story is called out of sight out of mind but perhaps we ought to warn you that it doesn't concern the fickle lover who runs away nor is it about the hen pecked businessman enjoying himself at convention city rather it concerns you you and me us if we've closed our eyes and hearts to our country's number one health problem mental illness this story concerns us our scene is main street but it could be your street our characters are Sarah and Michael Stevens but they could be your Michael Michael where are you Michael answer me out here Sarah on the porch for heaven's sake what are you doing out here I told you supper was on the table I don't want anything to eat Sarah someone's been tampering with the food Michael don't talk that way I fix supper myself Farnam slipped in when you weren't looking at poison the food Michael I don't be so silly why would mr. Farnam want to poison you because he hates me he wants to get this house away from me oh be reasonable dear you've been saying that for weeks now how long can you keep this up forever if I have to but what's happened to you Michael you're so different and this ridiculous idea about mr. Farnam ridiculous idea so he's turned you against me too oh Michael he's after me all the time poisoning my food appearing in my dreams sending radio messages to my brain I can hear him now Sarah don't let him he's trying to drive me crazy I can't stand it I won't let him drive you crazy Michael I'll help you Dr. Ballard is there any hope for him of course there is if there weren't any hope for him there wouldn't be any need for psychiatrist like me would there I guess you're right now tell me who is this man Farnam he holds the mortgage on our house I don't know why Michael thinks mr. Farnam is trying to poison him though it's so foolish but your husband sees it as a real threat well we'll do what we can you ought to be hospitalized at once I think you should have him admitted to Cedar Manor oh I'm afraid that's too expensive we could never afford that time is very important in an illness of this kind I'd like to start insulin shock therapy immediately well what about the general hospital unfortunately they have no facilities for psychotic patients well then where can Michael go well there's the state hospital state hospital but that's such an awful place I'm sure they'll do everything they can remember those newspaper articles about the bad conditions there you know the ones by that reporter Johnny Durant they were appalling oh I never thought when I read those articles and saw those pictures but one day my husband would have to go there oh why should such things be it must be somebody's fault that the mentally ill aren't properly cared for in this state who is to blame a lot of people a lot of people who think that out of sight out of mind is the best policy in handling the mentally ill when I was younger I was a great one for crusades didn't matter whether I was marching for political reform or for homeless dogs I was always in there carrying a placard well it seems as if there were a few lost causes I overlooked doing something for the mentally ill isn't a lost cause yet and now you have a personal stake in it well I think I'd better concentrate on getting Michael well again before I start tilting at windmills well will you get in touch with the state hospital about admitting Michael of course I wish I could be sure that I'm doing the right thing hello Michael hello Sarah are you looking well why shouldn't I I'm perfectly all right Sarah do I have to stay him much longer this is getting ridiculous but now Michael the doctor said you ought to stay here a little while longer for treatment they know I'm not sick I never see a doctor from one end of the day to the other aren't they giving you any kind of treatment of course not why should they there's nothing wrong with me this whole business is part of phonem's plot sometimes I think you're in on a two-seller oh no Michael no realizing that there's been no change in Michael's condition even after four weeks at the state hospital Sarah decides to find out why he isn't getting any treatment she questions the doctors nurses and attendants they tell her that they're doing the best they can but she's not convinced and insists upon seeing the superintendent dr. Crockett come in come in and sit down mr. Stevens I was told you wanted to see me yes I wanted to see you about my husband Michael Stevens hmm dr. Crockett why has nothing been done for him Mrs. Stevens this hospital is terribly overcrowded and terribly understaffed he says he never sees a doctor at all and his shirt was dirty and old wrinkled please mr. Stevens you must have a little more confidence in us there's no telling what might have happened if you'd kept him at home well he'd be more comfortable there for one thing mr. Stevens I excuse me yes no I'm busy now ask him to wait please now mr. Stevens dr. Crockett as a tax-paying citizen of this community I demand that my husband get better treatment at this hospital my dear nothing is done the inside of two weeks I shall take my husband's case to that newspaper reporter Johnny Durant and he'll write another expose about this hospital your husband's case is not a very spectacular example of neglect mr. Stevens but if you'd care to see Johnny Durant I'd be glad to arrange it for you what yes it's curious you're mentioning Durant because that call was from my secretary to say that he's waiting outside now I'll ask him to come in and you can talk to him miss Castle would you ask mr. Durant to come in now thank you I don't understand this I shouldn't think there'd be much love lost between you and Durant after those articles he wrote about your hospital it's your hospital too mr. Stevens since your attacks paying citizen and as a matter of fact mr. Durant paid me quite a few compliments if you remember the articles very well I don't remember anything like that yes you probably paid more attention to the more sensational parts of the articles we were afraid that might happen we then you were in on it my secret is out yes it was collaboration oh here's mr. Durant oh I'm sorry come in Johnny this is mrs. Stevens one of your most avid readers how do you do mr. Stevens so you're interested in the hospital articles very much so mr. Durant sit down Johnny I think mr. Stevens is a little surprised to see the sea that we're not mortal enemies why I don't get it because of your expose oh well mr. Stevens dr. Crockett gave me all that material he did you see mr. Stevens I want the people of this community to know what's wrong with their hospitals then maybe they can help us get improvements started I've been talking like that for years but nobody paid any attention to me Johnny here showed me how to get the facts before the public and we've just begun I see well it looks as if we're all on the same side then dr. Crockett I feel a little foolish about my outburst that's all right I understand how you feel I must admit however that I have never become completely callous about being denounced it hurts every time oh then I'm doubly sorry but just the same you're still trying to find out who's to blame for bad conditions here yes my woman's curiosity I guess but there must be some reason why nothing's been done to improve things there's a good reason all right haven't you heard about Barnes in his budget committee up at the state capitol senator Barnes why I voted for him what I'd always understood that he was honest oh he's honest all right but he'd like to be our next governor so he's gathering votes while he may and he's doing it by telling people that he's saving their money but I still don't look mr. Stevens sometimes you have to spend money to save it one of the ways he's trying to save your money is by killing the proposed appropriations to provide more psychiatric facilities some of that money could be used to make this place a real hospital where our patients will get treatment instead of an asylum where you simply feed and how's the insane if dr. Crockett had the necessary personnel and equipment he could send many of his patients home and in the long run that would save the state much more money than budget slashing wood so Barnes is to blame but what can we do about it don't be too hard on Kenneth Barnes is Stevens he's very well thought of after all you voted for him yes I did then well that that makes it my fault mine and the rest of us who voted for him but oh I didn't realize what it would eventually mean to me it's too bad that it had to be brought home to you at this particular moment I suppose I'd have gone on wondering who was to blame thinking of everybody under the sun but myself let's not waste time talking about who's to blame since we're all at fault one way or another but now that you know Mrs. Stevens what are you going to do about it what am I going to do about it but I don't know what can I I mean well something ought to be done somebody ought to be told now you're talking my husband's health is at stake a lot of other people's too well I'm going to all my friends and make them understand what's happening I'll shout it from the housetops if necessary oh yes Kenneth Barnes will hear from me Sarah wasn't bluffing when she said she was going to battle for the mentally ill the world needs more people like Sarah Stevens your community needs people who once they realize the needs of the mentally ill will want to help them are you doing all you can or are you content to let them remain out of sight out of mind you have been listening to out of sight out of mind produced by the National Mental Health Foundation and presented through the cooperation of other organizations dedicated to the preservation of mental health Ralph Bellamy was heard as narrator