The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-23
THE LAST WORD
FROM KALAUPAPA
THE COMMITTEE OF SEVEN SENDS
REPLIES TO PRESIDENT OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.

The following is the final reply Of
the Molkai Committee of Seven, on
which the Board of Health decided to
allow Wallach to visit the Leper Set
Element and pick his patients:
Il. E. Pinkham, Esq. President,
Board of Health, Honolulu, T. H.
Dear Strive beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter OF the 5th
inst, and fully note the contents there
of asking questions, request replies in
writing, and our answers are the same
as follows:
In regard to your question asking
for Section, Paragraph and Lines I'M
Ger which the Board of Health can
lawfully surrender its control of the
Kalihi Receiving Station, or any part
thereof, or its control of any, or ala
persons entering or leaving the same;
also
You further request us to point out
the Section, Paragraph and Lines
wherein the Board of Health can law
fully surrender its control Of the seq
regation of any leper or lepers, by Civ
ing UP the control Of the means of abb
solute maintenance Of segregation at
the Kalihi Receiving Station.
Our answer is this: There is no
law that can force the Board Of
Health to give up its authority only
the law of humanity, which is above
the laws of every country.
I'VE do not ask the Board of Health
to give up its control or authority ov-
er the twelve lepers at KalihI. only,
that J. Lor Wallach should be allowed
to go and come at his leisure. BY Civ
ing the key to j. Lor Wallach, we do
not think hat the Board has lost con-
troll over the twelve lepers, but only
in the case of j. Lor Wallach, who is
a nOn-leper, and does not come under
| the control of the Board to segregate
as leper, or to shut up as a criminal
WAS DR.. Rice segregated and lock-
ed up with his patients? Was DR.. Co
ITO locked up and segregated when he
was treating the lepers at Kakaako?
If they were not, why should J. Lor
Wallach be treated otherwise, and not
given a free hand in his treatment as
the aforesaid doctors?
I'VE, therefore, the Committee of
Seven, respectfully beg you and the
Honolulu members of the Board of
Health to allow J. Lor Wallach all
privileges in regard to his freedom.
IF the Board of Health suspect that
J. LOr Wallach, by having a key,
should disregard the segregation laws,
it is the duty of the Board to watch
its action and movements.
| Question lis the Committee of
Seven less competent to select twelve
or more lepers for this treatment than
they were a few weeks ago?
Our answer to this is: We are
competent now to make this selection
as we were a few weeks ago.
Question 2-Is answered by our
reply to Question /.
Question 3.-If the Board of Health
is prepared to abide by the selection
of the Committee of Seven aided by
Or. GOodhue to point out any other
disease than leprosy, and Supt. Nc
Weigh, that their material interest may
be loked after, is it unfair to REQUIRE
all other parties in interest to abide by
your selection?
Our answer is: We think it most
important that the persons selected
for treatment be unobjectionable to all
concerned, as well as the Committee Of
Seven. We think it more important
that all should be satisfied than to
have a continual delay over the uues-
ton of who shall or shall not make
this selection. We do not ask the
Board to abide by our selection, if, as
matter of fact, there are good rea-
sons for objection on their part, and
we certainly do not care to make Sc
lections that were unsatisfactory to
Mr.. ]. Lor Wallach, the man who is to
do all the work and make the attempt
to give up help in this cure of this
disease.
Question 4 is as follows: If the
Board of Health should permit J. Lor
Wallach to reject, by giving his rea-
sons for objection on their part, and
select and you substitute some other
person or persons until he is satisfied,
would it be unfaiE2
Our answer to this Question is We
do not believe it would be unfair, but
we see no reason why Mr.. J. Lor Wal
ZACH should be bound to give his rea-
sons in writing for his objection. In
short, we feel that if you will come
here with Mr.. J. Lor Wallach it will
take less time to select these ~ patti
ents than it will to go through these
ceremonies in regard to The matter OF
selection. There are a great many
here from whom selections can be
made, and if we all get together, in
Guiding Mr.. J. Lor Wallach, we do not
see why the 70 can not be selected to
the mutual satisfaction of all, and sc
THAT there can be no objections made