The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-12-20
FLYZIK TORPEDOES
HOSPITAL ASSN
Continued from Page One.)

A local Board member from Ev-
erett was present at this hearing
and testified that the solicitor for
the Washington Hospital Associa-
ton promised the Sumner Iron
Works the services of any ten ply
sicians in Everett in order to get
the contract there, while in reality
they only had one physician in Ev-
erett who would work for them.
Testimony was also introduced
showing that the Washington Hos
pital Association engaged physicians
to treat their patients at a rate 25c
lower than that prescribed by the |
State Fee Schedule. This very act
Of theirs is an insult to the medi- |
cal profession. Why should any
competent physician that is duly
/ licensed and qualified to practice
medicine under the State law allow
layman to exploit him and his
profession simply for pecuniary
gain.
The above represents a very small |
portion of the testimony we have |
| accumulated against your Assoca-
ton. Time and space does not per
NIT any further quotations for the !!
present. | intend to take up your
paid advertisement seriatim and an
| swer each assertion in the order in
which they are written, but in glanc-
ing over what appears to be a digest
of your over-drawn Imagination |
notice that you insist upon an i'm
mediate answer to one or two ques-
tons that you seem to lay particular
stress on, as follows:
But whom does Mr.. Flyzik
mean when he begins his state
ment above quoted with We
are quite willing, etc?
Does he intend that the pub ;
lie shall believe that he is then
speaking for the Hon. Alex Pol
son, or DR.. j. w. NOVEL;, his {
colleagues on the State Medical
Board, or is he speaking for his
EXcellency Ernest Lister, Gov
ernor of the State Of Washing
ton, whose appointee Mr.. Flyzik {
is? This is the question that !
Mr., Flyzik must answer at once"
Now Gentlemen, | don't mind be- t
ing "Unmasked on the First Aid /
question" but when it comes to be- i
ing kidded in true Billy Baxter style q
must draw the line. However, if t
you are really anxious to find out t
for whom | spoke and what | meant
when | said eve" etc, perhaps |
should be generous enough to tell
you; that | only assume to speak
for the organized workmen whose
interests | represent on this Board t
and to whom | am alone responsible n
for my official conduct while serv- c
ing in this capacity. Now in order v
that your mind be relieved it might +
also interest the members of your f
Association and the public as we'll {
to learn something of the attitude 9
of the Hon. Alex Poison, the other
representative on this Board, towards
your institution. | deem it advis-
able only as a matter of public
record to incorporate in this article
resolution which was passed at a k
meeting Of the Board on June %, S
1918, and which should remove any e
doubt that may be in your mind +
as to the meaning of the word "We" o
in my former article. h
upon motion of Mr.. Poison Il
and Mr.. Flyzik the following v
resolution was unanimously t,
adopted: b
"RESOLVED: That in view e
Of the numerous recent com W
plants filed by both employers fl
and workmen against the SER 1
vice rendered by the Washing y
ton Hospital Association under St
its several medical aid contracts c.
and the evidence presented a
showing that physicians are n
complaining of the non-payment "
of their bills by the Washing n
ton Hospital Association, result n
ing in their refusal to give any II
professional attention to injured
worEmen under contract to the
Washington Hospital Associa-
ton, that this board go on rec e
ord as refusing to approve any
more medical aid contracts be-
tween employers and the Wash
ington Hospital Association I'M /
til such time as it is clearly
shown that the service to in
jured workmen under contract
to thiS Association is without