The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-20
DIR. Shadid-
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Hospital some three or four hundred
group health associations have beef
organized throughout t h e nation
Some of them based on the Rochdalt
principles of cooperation like our owl
but most of them under the contro
of physicians and surgeons. But ever
these latter are a forward step to
wards industrial democracy.
The fight of the American Medica
Association upon us created nation
wide publicity but was petered out
and this doctors organization is now
in disrepute among the intelligent and
thinking portion of our citizenry. We
have beat them in every round and
want to thank you and the other
two thousand people who attended
the last court action against us al
Sayre where the district judge threw
their case out of court for want OF
evidence against u.s.
The doctors conspiracy against us
will continue to the bitter end and
you can help us bury their conspiracy
by adding one more member, each
OF you to the Community Hospital
Association. Originally we planned to
have 1000 families In our association.
We now have 1900 but only 1,400 of
them pay dues to support their insti-
tuition. We need 1000 dues paying
members-only this way can we en-
ploy 10 or II doctors and specialists
to give them the service they require
"a service which will be second to
none in the United States.
To secure 1000 dues paying families
has been herculean task, but have
discovered the means of doing it and
1t is going to be done in another year
or two and then we are going to close
our books and refuse to take in any
more members. | will not take the
time to explain the means of doing
this but will go into it at our annual
meeting, September 10, to which you
are all cordially invited.
This year, beginning Nov. 10, we
shall add to the benefits we already
give you, free x-ray treatment, free
radium treatment, and a death bene-
fit of $500, $4,000 and $4,000, with
out increasing your dues We have
already been giving you more than
your money will buy on a cost basis.
Last year we lost $4,000 on om
members but we made it off non
In other words we paid you a dividend
of 100000 in service and not in cash.
But the dividend you got in more and
better service is worth lot more to
you than $40 cash dividend for it
meant the saving of life which other
wise might not have been saved and
the relief from suffering that other
wise might have been prolonged.
The dental care we give you is
worth all of your dues to say nothing
about examination, treatment and sur
gical operations by our staff of phys
icians and specialists. You can OBJ
tain $500 worth of cleaning teeth
for your family at Csc. You can OBJ
tain $500 worth of x-raying of teeth
at 10c picture to say nothing Of
pullinS lCCtll LII lO anu ".
I am surprised that more of you
do not use the dentist than do use
them. The care of your teeth is an
essential requirement of health and
no man or woman or child can remain
healthy with an unhealthy mouth.
teeth cause endless trouble
including rheumatism neuralgia, heart
disease, anemeia and many other dis
eases and ailments.
In recent months we have bought
many thousand dollars worth of equip
ment so you may be able to obtain
better medical care and better hospi-
tai care. We bought $4,000 worth of
radium, $4,000 worth of x-ray equip
ment second to none in the country,
D new and modern baby incubator at
a cost of $500; new refrigerator to
the kitchen for about $500, one addi
.ional ice maker and cold water foun- |
lain for $500, and lot of other equip |
nent for our west wing for about |
81, 000-a total of about S11,600.
To equip a modern hospital is an |
5ApCAolft dlldll. hOol uOopild-s III |
western Oklahoma are not much beI-
er than boarding houses and | have |
seen some that were less sanitary
t is a shame that the law would allow !
iuch places to exist and care for the
lick but under the profit system the
organized doctors have succeeded in
making government follow a policy of
aissez faire-a policy of hands off the
medical professional policy of letting
he doctors thrive upon the misfor-
une of the sick and the poor.
| wanted to go to congress to cor
ect such evils and to act as sound
ng board for cooperative medici lie in
he nation. / have no ambition for
olitical power-no axe to grind II
yould not trade places with any con-
ressman but the cause of co-opera-
i've medicine for which l gave the
est years of my life, for which
ave been damned and ostracised ard
lackguarded required my presence in
ne congress. And l was elected by
large plurality but the conspiring
octors who met with the politicians
| various parts of the districts saw
, it that my votes were stolen and
our ballots discounted and thrown
| the basket-a pretty good sample
their sO-called DOliticaI democracy