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policies. He discussed his private
opinions at some length before going
into the grand jury room, but was
nom -committal after emerging from the
session. Absolute secrecy" has been
imposed upon the entire grand jury
proceedings by Justice Proctor.
Obviously avoiding the press. which
was waiting for any official announce
ment which might be forthcoming
after the close of the first session of
the extra grand jury. DR.. Cabot hur-
ried away, saying: I'm going to get
out of here before these birds get
a-hold of me-
DR.. Cabot. in his interview, however,
prior to his appearance before the
grand jury. reiterated opinions he had
made publicly here before He thought
any group of reliable citizens ought to
be allowed to try out any reasonable
experiment" in group medicine.
Il don't want to forbid any reason
able experiment put forward by any
group" he said. Group medicine as
such, he said, had much experience
throughout the country. but so far
Group Health Association here has
not had much experience.
Critical of Society Plan.
Asked about a system of prepayment
medical care for low-income groups
such as put forward in preliminary
form by the Medical Society of the
District of Columbia, Dr. Cabot said
panel system in which a number of
doctors join together to give service for
those subscribing to such plan has
never been arranged to give complete
coverage." He charged such systems
with failure to deliver what I call
satisfactory service"
Patients. or "the customers" DR..
Cabot thought, should have the right
to say something about the price they
pay for medical service. When asked
if he thought medicine was trade"
he replied Il do not" Later, how
ever he added, Il think the doctors
are making it sound more like trade
than a profession"
In his interview DR.. Cabot made no
attempt to explain wha4 he expected
to present to the grand jury. 1t was
an informal interview, and not con-
nected with hi, testimony to the grand
jury.
Advised by Justice Proctor that the
case would be presented by Depart
ment of Justice counsel, the grand
jury was told further by the court |
that they would not be confined to
the testimony of witnesses or docu-
ments presented by the Government. |
Right to Call Witnesses.
"You will have the right to call for
additional witnesses and evidence"
said the court. ITO pursue the inves-
tigation you may rely or the counsel
of the United States to obtain any such
witnesses and evidence you may call
for"
Sixteen members will constitute a
quorum Justice Proctor explained, and
indictment will require IL votes out
of the % members of the grand jury
Foreman of the grand jury, chosen
by Justice Proctor from the list Of %,
is William NJ Beall, 81, real estate |
broken, of 1870 Thirty first street NV.
The other members of the grand
jury are Russell A. Conn, so, mana
ger of the Ambassador Hotel; Watson
Davis, ~, 1922 Rhode Island avenue
NV, director of Science Service;
John Cyril Keane. So, 1919 Park
road NV, merchant; Norman o.
48, 1908 F street NE, chief
engineer; Elmer P. Windsor, 80, 230
Rhode Island avenue NJ E., salesman:
Thomas Akin Keelan, Is, 14l1 Whittier
street NV, engineer. c. & p Tele-
phone Co.; James F. Bowling, 81, 1914
street NV. bank teller;
Philip H. Cohen, 48. SOB Sixteenth
street Sc, grocer; Ward w. Fleharty,
r 20, 945 Shepherd street NV. serv-
ce manager of the Washington Gas
light Co.: Roy H. Bonavita. A, 425
Marietta place NV, manager. Malo-
1ey Concrete Co.; Mike L. Kramer, 36,
333 Belmont street NV, cab driver;
Sidney Atlas, AZ, 1893 Parkwood place
wv, salesman; Thomas F. Kennedy,
Is. 1920 Thirty-flrst place NE, build
ng superintendent; John H. Wilson,
Is. colored, 1927 Thirtieth street
wv, messenger; Julius A. Krentzlin,
3. BIS Nineteenth street NV, sales
representative; Otto Schmalzried, SO,
511 Thirty-ninth street NV, brewer:
ohm 9. Downs. ~, AL Fourteenth !