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charged was his private business, but
would tell the committee that the usual
charge was 81 each per week. In re-
gard to the charge that he was max
ing $500 a month, there We're lbs women
and the average collected from them
was about $500 per month. He did not
know any women who come to him
from outside of Iwilei. He did not know
of any other doctor having an office in
Iwilei. Some women living there had
been examined by outside officials.
When Dr.. Hoffman, turned French
woman over to him, he was acting as
sanitary physician under the High
Sheriff The governor had later sug-
gested that his commission be revoked,
as the government did want to legalize
the Iwilei business. Accordingly, he
had returned his commission. Notice
was then given to the women that they
could be examined by any physician.
He had never used the Board of Health
letterheads at his Iwlei office. He had
issued official cards when acting as
sanitary inspector.
The witness objected to telling how
e.
| for helping him. but being pressed by
Chairman McCandless said he paid
Smith $50 a month. Smith kept his
books, and did all the work in his line.
/ He also made out the cards issued to
/ the women, and found out when their
cards expired. The officer did this as
much for his own information and
guidance as for the Doctors. He all
ways tried to be thorough i'm his exam
/ nations of women, having his prepara-
tons for the work made beforehand.
The time given to each woman depend
ed entirely upon the condition of the
woman. An ordinary case might be eX-
amined in five minutes. The women
were receiving thorough examination.
/ An extraordinary case, Of course
would take hanger, say 10 to 20 minutes.
But "a woman would not be kept for
30 minutes, without being chloroform-
ed.
Dr. Cooper then went at length into
! the abolition of the act to Mitigate,
/ telling how it had come that High She
riff Henry had appointed him Sanitary
/ Inspector. The position was later
/ abolished because the governor while
/ he believed in segregation did not want
to give it official sanction as it was
the Iwilei business was not recognized
it was merely tolerated.
The fact that witness was a member
of the Board of Health had no more
to do with his practice i'm Iwilei than
| his being a member of Central Union
| church would have. The Board of
! Health had no official knowledge Of
what was done at Iwilei.
He examined women three days a
week, japanese on Tuesday and Fri
! days and white women on Thursdays,
and ran a free clinic there, devoted to
! gynecology. He examined probably 40
to As Japanese women on each eXami-
natoon day. This took from two to
! three hours. If a woman was found
diseased she was refused a card, this
with the knowledge of the police Of
ficer. They were then compelled to go
to some physician for treatment. As
witness had a free clinic right there,
| they usually came to him.
There shoull be a hospital. 1t was
entirely possible for the women to
spread disease by going away from
! Iwilei, but he did not admit that these
women had not had thorough eXamin-
alton.
! Witness had seen certificates issued
! to women i'm Iwilei by other physicians.
These would be in the hands of the
! police officer.
"The police officer" said McCandless
said he had never seen such certih-
cate,C but has given us certificates
showing that women We're under treat
| ment."
THAT is the same thing" replied the
| witness.
THE police officer compels the wo-