The Key West citizen., 1954-11-04
DOESN'T WANT II FORCED

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fiuoridation promoter. Why? Do
they oppose anyone who wants flu-
oride for his family? No All they
want is that fluoride shouldn't be
forced on themselves whenever
they open q faucet. Whatever their
reasons are for their objection is
nobody's business but their own, as
long as we live in q free country.
| don't want to call anybody a
crackpot. But what do you call
somebody who, completely ignor-
ing the diversity of human beings
physically, mentally and spiritual
ly, with all their diverse likes and
dislikes, wants to level up every
body and everything?
A recent letter to this forum
opens with a statement Of a very
laudable purpose to end all non
sense about fluoridation once and
for all. What could be nicer? II
then proceeds to rig up two whip
ping boys, DR.. c. T. Belts OF Tole-
do. Ohio and DR.. Royal Lee. OF
Milwaukee. Does this whipping boy
method prove that our public wa
ter supply should be fluoridated?
| don't think so. By the way, I'm
not a food fadist, or any kind Of q
fadist. not even a fluoridation oi
public water fadist.
II is my understanding that Am
erican Medical Association consid'
ers fluoridation outside of its. pro
vince and therefore has never OF.
ficially endorsed fluoridation oi
public water supply. To my sur
prise / see A. M. A. sandwiehed in
among the long array Of endorsers
Of public water supply, among
them even the nurses associations
which up to now have been, un-
Justly of course. overlooked in the
fluoridation controversy. may be
wrong and will be glad to be cor
rected if anybody will refer me
to any official statement made by
A. NJ. A. that it officially endor.
ses fluoridation Of public water
supply. Period.
I'm not against those who want
fluoride in their diet. Let anybody
have il who wants 1t. Some peo-
pie add quinine water to their
drinks. It would be presumptuous
of me to argue against their doing
so. But personally / don't want
it. Does that make me nonsensi-
cal or a crackpot or otherwise sub
ject to scorn?
People of San Diego, California,
after using nuoridation of their
public water supply, voted to dis
continue ut. Now somebody wants
me to believe those voters did not
now what they we're doing, and
that Key Westers might also vote
wrong unless properly and scienti-
fically instructed about fluorida.
ton and therefore City Commission.
ers should do it on their own res.
possibility. May / ask what kinc
of scientific erudition is required
10 decide between free choice ant
compulsory medication? Isn't 1t q
making that our City Commission
ers are being urged to act like
Commissars, rulers over poor ig
norant peasants? II this is only tht
beginning, what next is to be forced
upon us?
However, in case of popular de
mand for municipal distribution
points Of free fluoridated water II
families desiring il, our City Com
missioners and the Mayor, a dis
tinguished professional engineer
could, I'm sure, devise some plar
to meet such demand. But theS
shouldn't be badgered with re
quests to foist on US something
which did not originate with us
for which we did not ask, which
came from some bureau outside
Key West (date July Q, 1854. The
Mayor, I'm sure. could count or
wholehearted cooperation OF Ke,
West Engineers Club, a progres
sive, public spirited organization
and we would be getting some
where.
In conclusion may / state mos
emphatically that I'm not motivat
ed by any personal animosity to
ward either OF the two local den
lists who are prominently in from
of fluoridation campaign. / hav,
deep respect for all dentists, high
ly useful members Of any com
munity. Unfortunately. some o
them, figuratively speaking. stra,
away from their chairs toward tn,
public water pipe which is q nun
| ieipal and not dental BUSINESS
| II they would ask for free distri
| button points Of properly flsioridat
ed potable water for all who wan
II they would have no opposition
from anybody.
We have to live together on thii
little island. all Of Us, those whs
want fluoride as well IS those wht
don't. II won't be fair TO favol
one side and prejudice the other
The people on both sides are neigh
horiy, generous and kindly people
Why not disregard al outside pres
sure and work something TIA
would be fair 10 all our people,