New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-27
GENERAL LEAGUE FOR DEFENCE OF Personal
RIGHTS SUGGESTED.

In order to more effectively accomplish the
larger reform above outlined, ! now call upon al
individuals and organizations who favor these re-
forms to unite in a general defensive league against
this dangerous oppression Of medical compulslon
and domination now exercised by the great organ1eo
medical societies of the land with their control a. on,
health laws and departments Of public heaitn ana
vital records so as 10 efecually suppress all medcaI
compulson, domination and talsihcaton IN ug'
future. For this purpose | now suggest thaI al
progressive doctors of every school opposed 20 COM
pulsion and all doctors of the different new scn0oS
of practice, opposed TO vaccination, unite WIN 0lny
organizations 10 form PUBLIC HEALIh
LEAGUE for Medical Freedom ana the DelenS S ~
Personal Health and Liberty. Win these hoeta
and progressive medical organizations should uhl's
other protective and reform organizations opposssu
to Medical Domination, such as the League vi
Medical Freedom, Antl-N lyisecton Soee.ie'' a.
local and general Anti-Vaccinaton Societies anu anu
also Christian Science Congregations, as wen Is 81
private and parochial schools and all LABOR OIgas
cations in the State. These organizations combines
would form a league Of the people which must CON-
mand respect and attention everywhere by IT'S o's,
wheming numbers and by the sacred rights ~,
which they would stand, and they could raise sueh
defence fund and form such an organization a.
would speedily challenge that most dangerous an.
impudent medical power which now myades the mus
sacred rights of the people and constantly ems
most intolerable oppression and domination over W
but which would be ended by the WORN OF sue i
a league and the adoption OF the legal ana iHeD"''
reforms suggested. LII
4 Convention Of all these organizations should
be called in this State as soon as possible VIZ" VIZ
general organization could be effected and Arrange
ments made for carrying out these reforms at o9S
so as to permanently prohibit medical coinpu, -
and Justification and bring about the needed reform
in our health laws, health departments ana "'''
statistics. .l ~
In the meantime however, all interested ~
endangered individuals and organizations tnLoSH ~
out the State should write to or call upon tneir 80
representatives in the Legislature and urge me ~,
mediate defeat of all Bills forcing yaccnaugh ~
anv form Of compulsion ON the people and Pc
contra the passage Of some law which WI re.o, ,
and prohibit all compulson. leaving vaccination ~
fectv free and voluntary for all. Let no unc -
lost in acting on this suggestion and, IN pafucI~l'
| ask all our numerous members and corresp L,e
throughout the State for the last year, VINO nav
been opposing compulson, to convey tner ,,bsy at
on this head to their representative az AlDag 80
once also call on all heads of private ana pa. pa.
chial schools in the State to address their - his
tiyes in the Legislature soon As possioe vi a II
subject or they may find that the dangerous e,n on
compulsory yearly raccination VIII be ioIc to, are
puns and teachers in their schools before tnei an
aware of it. as is now proposed in one penalng Zee
We must all drive this slogan Of Medea -
dom into the heads of our officials ;-free '"N
tion for all forced vaccination for none