The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-03
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Story Of Washington
Dental Conspiracy
NY EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

d. not want my reader 20 understand
that All legislators are eorrups nor %
all Of thsm sanrsien what the more
po~erfus and cunning srs doing shink
that q was weakness and lack ~ un-
Aerstanffne that allied the last Lexis-
isturr Those Who did want - DO Some
thing we're trying 70 accomplish results
W ssrxiag two masters. tbs sntsrsss
and ~the people THIS rannos e "ehs
Deniat Las | fest that ! was making =
move III the rixhf directiou Our su'
prsme ceurt mad said that the Lesisla-
sure vas The proper deTssmsns q So, So.
N. despaflsm OF the Dental Combine
And seserni Of the prosscatins attorneys
Of Ais state have argued before our
eoarfs that the question % reasHpApte.
meas is legislative question nst y
10 judicial question netsrthsirss
Two governors Of this state have said
that they could not DO anything ~
course there meant that they would nov
q anything and the Legislature said y
would not do anything In faet. our
sovsrnors say $50 70 the courts our
courts say go TO the Lssisiafure- sna
the Legislature says 80 % -
I am IN the same fin az the rest - INC
common herd tpeoptst, and like y, sna
ar easlsfied to remain right with the
people because the opeopie are getting
ready to take charge ~ this country. snn
I want 70 be ready 20 stand Fisht vpon
my heels and shout when the big t@ss
eomes off Yes Mr. Wise. the people
are coming ali toRether and then you
wise guys uiIl not stand around and
sswI about the pcopie being incompetent
Before Legislative Committees.
some of the members 81 the committee
o. Medicine, Dentistry and tyEisnss p@la
~ much attention 70 thS Legislative
InvsstiEatlns Committees report on 80
Dental Board though n did not sSisis
IN fact the lack Of interest vas ire
most fnf0sstfnx thing I noted IN the
last r.szisafure N anybody thinks that
the Dp4tsi Combine has not got pull
IN this state ard a big pull 10 this stats.
they nSest gusss again, peeApfF w
washington Dental Combine can pull
politics betso than they can pull teeth:
and with Just az much pain, ss TAR as
am concerned. o
when the COMMITTEES took up my Den
tai Law the Combine was there you bst'
he .rnoothest and most gentle. suave.
penI-ethieai. professional members o.
teeth Won ever saw, or heard ana they
ali sang we'll. You would nave th"nsn'
9st they we're cnuren sn.h
withaanding the fact that the Lssisia-
tive Investigating committee made ~
mort on evidence that would BRING thT
Blush Of shame . the cheek ~ wooden
indian the cheek oof this Combine ~as
normal and ~ brazen AZ Tesas steer.
ssThs present Dental Law has been sus-
tanned By our Supreme court vas the
strong argument Of the Dental cof>oine.
'If the Dental Law was wrong. our su-
prsrns Court would say 80" was NE
argument Of the Combine DeHtisfs ~
course Il has always been ~ ORDER "
svetsIn sha agents Of the Combine tine
Dental Boardl. hut when they sa~ Nc
heard the evidence before the COMMITTEES
on Medicine Dentistry and Hygiene even
those men who we're against my law.
had 70 admit that the Dental baarn
was corrupt. and made all kinds Of
promises 10 remove certain members
from TIE Dental Board These re-
we'll tried 70 dlseiaim all knowledge OF
the conditions that exist yet their own
code 81 ethics and their contract pro
vldes for Just what exists. and our Leg
fslatige fnssetlgatira Committee found
and reported far more than ] could 81
poet 10 be allowed 20 show the commit
tee Of our last Legislature on Medicine,
Dentistry and Hygiene. 50 Just gave
the Investigating Committees report
There we're Just two men On that Den
tirfry COMMITTEES who had the couraRs
Of their convictions The whole Dem
firtry COMMITTEES was ouispohen against
the Dental Combine ana not one fault
was found with the law ! had intro
6ucsd Ken the Dental Combine msrn-
ters could not find a sp4eific fault With
my Law One marshmsiiow Dentist said
Browns law Was all hodge podge, but
when ASKED 10 point out what vas wrong
tho Hodge podge Dentist was silent.
NEXT weak ] shall make you ac-
anaintsd with the committee. and tell
you why the last Legislature was In
competent.
EDWIN J. BROWN.
III First Ave. Union Block.