New Britain herald., 1924-04-15
COMMUNICATED
Vaccinations.

It was very interesting indeed to read your comments on my note in re ] vaccination, though it would have
 looked somewhat more like playing ! the game if insomuch as you consid- ! cred the effort unfit for publication ' 10 have omitted mention of the nut i ter entirely. To have aroused you to | the pitch Of using up your valuable editorial space in q one-sided argu-
 ment without allowing me the sriv-
 ilege of being judged by unbiased folks seems to savor somewhat oi
 poor workmanship, does it not?
 am congratulating myself that maybe
 the note hit your weak spot and you
 were somewhat afraid Of some weak 60 folks being influenced by it and affecting your friends the pros. As to personalities when Mr. Paon-
 cssa hit at Judge Klett you published | it in headlines as Q good news item, In what way were my personalities | different? The article was signed
 properly and you might have let me i take my medicine if any who thought
 themselves annoyed by it wished to
 take d fling at me. But of course my influence is not so great as the health officers.
 AS 10 authenticity of records my in- formation was taken from the '. S Public Health Dept. records as pub
 lished in the Masonic Observer from the Christian Science Monitor,'
 and other similar dependable sources
 and l would like the New Britain Herald 10 call my attention 10 any
 statement in my letter which it can 1 prove untrue for wish 10 be inform
 ed correctly because if I can be shown on any proposition l am not yet sd | fossiized but what l cannot about | face. Nor yet do expect a group oi mcdiaoyals to lead me around by tht nose blindly, for l have suffered too much already from this. Tact is all | right when the persons with whom
 one is dealing understand tact, but
 when it is taken as a sign Of weak. I ness a spade should be called spade for then it brings the subject mattel down to a common understanding and I am just as convinced al pres.
 ent in my standing on vaccination a. l the Herald in theirs. although l doubi 1 if any member Of the staff ever even
 read or heard of Jenner's treatise or 1 vaccination. l quite some time ago expressed my
 opinion in an open letter 10 the Her aid on tBe causes Of the Irish propo'
 sitlon in reply 10 some rabid remarks | by the Herald which the Herald ther l thought offensive but at the time oi 1 the Irish Free State settlement tht 1 Herald's editorial unconsciousll
 agreed with practically every point
 made. So I am hoping that maybe the Herald will see things so that his tory will repeat itself.
 Again thanking you for your edi. | torial which seem to help strengthen the idea in some of our minds tha' ! the pros have very little 10 show ir
 rebuttal except compulsion and re. | precision of facts.
 Yours truly.
 JOSHUA FINDER. We seem to be getting down tC ! cases. Our correspondent evidently [ wishes this letter printed. As long al [ 1t differs somewhat, in that if is or | ieinal, from his previous ''communi cated" we are glad to print il. w
 again remind him that his previoui ! letter agaiffst vaccination vas merell a rehash of arguments previously | printed in a communication from o i I. Davis, also an anti-vaccinaiionist who. presumably. drew his statistici | from inc same sources as above. Pre- sumably G. s. Health dept. figures al
 Co the number Of deaths from small i pox in the Philippines, Where rnanl are raccinated" are correct. Ther' was no attempt in the publicity mat ' tg from anti-vaccination circles |, ] aralyze the situation. however, ana ! state whether the deaths occurred among the vaccinatcd or unvaccani ' uated.
 One thing Is certain and that is tha the [. g. government requires vac { cination for is soldiers. sailors ant marines. It does not seem possibI' that government authorities would re 1, duire an inocnlation which the anti | term more dangerous than the dis | ease. particularly when all statistic are available.
 Most Of the arguments pro and col | are useless. however. as those who be I Iieee in vaccination have been attend | cd 10 in this city and those Eho do no ! are presumably not vaccinated. I certainly appears ss if the epidsmi