Montana labor news., 1947-09-25

Chairman Murray. lhis hca'i's
will be going on for a month or SIX
weeks. and you will have plenty OF
time to make your statement.
"Sen. Taft: You have used this as
a method Of propaganda, of your state
ment. and | propose to make a state
chairman Murray: That Is a false
hood. that is SANDER. and that is in
line with your general conduct. | re-
sent il and | resent your further
Interruptions. and | will not consent to
Following further heated debate.
Taft was squelched by Murray, and
stalked out in high dudgeon. Any
reasonable person would naturally
think that Senator Murray was merely
trying to conduct the hearings in a
fair and reasonable manner but the
Physicians pamphlet implies that this
was evidence of Murray's u~nfairness.
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Gifts
Well, the foregoing is probably suf-
ficient quoting. But, brother unionists,
when well heeled reactionaries. wheth-
er doctors or what have you. start
weeping about the sacred rights OF
poor people, ask yourselves: DO such
prosperous gents want something FOR
the poor or for themselves? Yes,
brother, indeed, and it is a silly ques-
ton.
But just what do they want? In
order to answer that one, allow us to
cite a local example Of Butte. Well
call this human example. DR.. WhOOzis.
Doc Whoozis arrived in what, with q
CHASTITY expression on our faces, we
call our fair city, only a few years ago.
They say he was quite hard up when
he first came here. In fact, in their
somewhat rough way, men of this min
ing town say that the doe had part
of his posterior exposed (nO doubt an
exaggeration). But be that as 1t may,
the doc was shrewd and ambitious
and more than a bit INSCRIPTIONS.
He knew which hands to shake and
how and when. So-we must be brief
where do we find Doc WhoOzis to-
day? Why. we find the doc" has
progressed to a private practice. and
not merely one office, but many Of
fees, thousands Of patients, thousands
of dollars worth of equipment and CAD
gets, coolies of lesser doctors, his as
~sistants, an expensive, streamlined
receptionist, lots Of pretty nurses. And
the doc" is the big Brass" around
the joint. The doc" has everything
that gives. Only the doc" gives little,
the ''doc"takes. AND HOW. Now, the
doc has expensive cars, even a priv
ate plane. Now, the doc" clothes his
much developed hinder parts II not in
purple, at least in the finest cloth
money acn buy.
Typical Of Opposition
Yes, nice work, II you can get 1t
And. well, does Doc Whoozis care /
there is a public health program Sc
up? You bet the doc" cares-he viii
fight like hell against any plan which
he thinks might disrupt his way o
life, which suits him down to tn
ground. SO multiply Doc Whoozis b,
thousands and you have the ANA
Simple, No?
But are all OF the doctors in the
country rich? Are all Of them op-
posed to Public Health Programs,
such as S 1920? or course not.
Many doctors would be delighted to
practice their profession In connec
ton with such a program. The hon.
est scientists, and there are many
in the medical profession, would be
glad, indeed, to see medical are
available to all. II would be a thous-
and times better for the doctors, In
finiteIy better for workers and poor
people Of this country. But the
plush bottomed "docs", the guys In
the big money don't want Il that way.
In 1847 Free Public Schools
Were Also Foreign"
AS a fine example OF the unprinci
pied demagogy utilized by this pros
porous bunch Of medicos, we nigh
mention that they cite the fact lin al
effort to smear the plan) that healtl
plans are foreign" because, forsooth
such plans are in operation in Eng
land. New Zealand, the Soviet Union
and other countries; also, and the,
intimate, a worse circumstance, ma
tional health plans were first discusses
by the International Labor Organize
ton (the defunct one, in which tn
AFL participated). Even the word
labor and particularly Information
ar are sinister, you see.
SO the plush bottomed medicos Il
the ANA will continue, you may b
sure, to save the ommon workin
stiffs from this fate worse than death
a rounded out national health program
When Bob Taft exposes his canin
teeth in that famous wolfish grin, VIII,
it is excellent dental work. But don
you stiffs aspire to get your grinder
refurbished under any communist
health and dental setup, or you'll hav
the ANA Oh your tail, the whole pac,
of wolves in full cry. You just sirius
gle along with your inadequate en-
ployer's hospital fee setups, or othe
inadequate agreements you may b
able in some instances to get through
negotiation with such employers. 20
will you? Or will you get behind som
sane, national health program, in spit
OF the Tafts and the plush bottoms?
What about the moor old ,ninar Il,