The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-27

as employers, coming uhuel Ihef
system of treatment. These hear
ings and Investigations cost several
thousands dollars for notices. sub
poenas, stenog1aphic work, lawyers
fees, etc. Now let me ask you as
matter of fairness, would not these
expenses for Investigations, etc. nee
essarily fall on the workman and
employers coming under the contract
plans? Certainly they would, and
the founders of the present First
Aid Law had all Of these matters in
mind when they wrote into the pres
cnt statute provisions that would
take care Of these c&igencies.
For the information Of those who
may have received an erroneous i'm
preston from he distorted asser--
tions made by the gentlemen of the
Washington Hospital Association
desire to state further that if there
could be a proper adjustment made
between that association and the
State Medical Board on the amount
contributed from their contracts and
the expenses that have been incurred
directly through them, they would,
no doubt, be in debt to the State
You surely ate up your share Of
the bonuses and subsidies paid into
the Medical Aid Fund during the
past fourteen months.
You further state:
"Now Mr.. Flyzik has never spoken
TO, written to, nor received a letter
from any of the officers or managers
Of the Washington Hospital Associa-
ton since February /, 1913. He
does not know its personnel"
The above assertion is made in
the hope that we will forget the
past and proceed to eXonorate your
Association from the mischief that
has been committed by its represen-
tatiNes, prior to the time you bought
out this paternal and philanthropical
association.
Even if this were possible how can
you justly and conscicntiously ac-
count for the righteousness that
has been going on since February I,
1913, as indicated by my former an
swers. To eXonerate your associa-
tion for the discrepancies ana wrong
doing for the past ten years would
be considered as much of an injustice
to the hundreds, perhaps thousands
Of victims on whom your Association
have preyed 10! these many years,
as it would be for Belgium, France
and Che whole Of humanity to ex-
onolate Kaiser Bill" for the beastly
crimes committed against the poo-
pie of Europe and proceed to dedi-
cate monument to his memory for
his voluntary RECOMMENDATION and alb
dication of his throne.
Again an old proverb is most ap-
plicable in your case; "By your
works shall We be known"-(and not
by your name,
You next attempt to show my
Tack of knowledge on important
Medical Aid matters" and you pro-
coed to request me" to inform the
public as to the number of regular
Aid Beard meetings l have attend
ed for the months of July, August,
September, October and November
past, and incidently accounts are
credited to me on the books of the
State Medical Department.
To show you that l am not
crouch nor prone to avade any le-
Ultimate question that may be
prompted to me on the subject of
First Aid or on any thing germane
thereto, l am willing to answer. In
the first place, however, l desire to
most respectfully inform you, Sir,
that my knowledge of First Aid
matters and the kind of medical
treatment The workers receive in the
various plants or industries was not
derived from the number of meet
ings of the State Medical Board I
have attended. AS l stated in one
of my former articles | speak for
Organized Labor, whose interests
represent on this Board. 1t is there
fore necessary to frequent the places
where these men work to get what
ever information I need in medical,
surgical and hospital treatment. In
doing this | don't snoop around the
superintendent office nor hunt out
his lick spittles to obtain this in
formation. ! usually go to the bona
fide and duly accredited men that
are in authority to speak for the
vast majority of men employed at
heir plants and industries to obtain