The Hillsboro argus., October 28, 1920, Image 3

A Word to The Wise!
Do not be misled attorneys of repute nail misrepresentations circulated
against the proposed Anti-Compulsory Vaccination Amendment on the
Ballot Be sure and vote 312 X YES. If you vote NO you are voting
for Compulsory Vaccination.
PORTI.ANP, Oil. (To the Kditnr Orrgonian.) A li tter ha. appeared
in your column, .igned by II. U. MclnturfT, cer Ury of the Oregon commit
ter f.r the protection of ut.lic health, who U aUo an -tloye of the Oregon
ttate board of health, fallin upon me to explain my Miition a one of the
Miiori of the anti roropuNory vaccination ami udmcut.
In rrply to Mr. Mclnturff arrtion jcrmit me to say that the commit
tee for the prewrtalioii of public health ha Im-cii ami I bating it entire fight
againtt the measure on fal.e ami mi.lra.Uiig atatcmcnla and accusation.. For
riample, hi tatrntent to the rftnl that all other life iimurance companlea
re fighting thia amemlment ia untrue, ai I have before me a copy of the Pa
cific Kcho, the official organ of the Neighbor of Woodcraft, which contain
the amendment, together with the allirmative argument for the amendment
found in the voters manual. The editor further comment aa followa:
"ll eem to the Pacific Kcho that the amendment ahould lie approved by the
voter of Oregou. V have altogether too much legal inva.ion of the pure
ly private and peraonal right to attend to our own biuinea theae daya, any
way." A a matter of fact, I have bo knowledge of any life Insurance company
eicept the Metropolitan that i fighting thi meaure. It aland to rea.on that
the eiamining phy.lclan. for other companle. may be, a alt allopathic phy
.ician have a jcronal and financial interest at atake, and as It appear, that
lh, opH.itlon to thi meagre i, bring conducied chiefly by allopathic phy
sician and lhoe interested in the manufacture of vaccinca. The homely
phraae of Sam June, .cm. appropriate : "It I lle hit dog that yelp.."
It may be enlightening to the public to know that the medical examination,
required of all bfe In.urancc companle. arc retpiircd by the tate.
After having aeveral year. experience aa a druggist, I will agree with
friend Mclnturff that I have no confidence in the recommendation, of the
medical fraternity.
The dogmatic charge that I have allowed my.elf to he guided by "ignorant
prejudice" and that I have "allied" myself with "quack, and mi.gu.ded
proponent.," the "product of mental abnormality," I. typical of the attitude
of the allopathic medical profc.ion in general, who.e whole assumption I.
that none but a medical man", word I. worth jLtening to and that the repre
aentatlve. of the American Medical ...oci.tion ahould do the thinking for
evervbody. In other word, the attack on thi. mea.ure assume, the attitude
of let none who I. not an allopathic doctor be considered worthy of being al
lowed to think or to .peak. It I. a clear revival of the .ame qual.ty of
thought a. that which carried on the InquLltlon.
The proponent, of compulsory medicine take much credit to themselves
In quoting from health report, a. to what wa. accomp bhed In the army, but
they aiK".ny h hcU " lh tMa"ln M f ken 'T l,M?
United State, public health reporU: During the Influcn.a epidemic of 1918,
fo, a period of ten week, running from September 20 to November 89, among
he 1,600,000 ...Idler. I" n.p. In thi. country, the Hower of American man
hood medically ln.pected,.crmLcd, vaccinated and under absolute control
It .1 opathlc doctor. In .Uary camp., there wa a dea h rate of 146 a
uL..nd, while among the entire civil population, including many reject.
' cjty slum, the ailing and the aged, fully one-th.rd not h-ing r- ar medical
Treatment, the death rate during the .ame ten week. wa. only I II a U u.
ld In other word., among the medicated .oldicra the death rate wa. abou,
four and one half time. a. great a. among the non-medicated civilmns.
It I. not coneluHlve to .y that the reduction of smallpox and other di,-
ease. In the army during the world war a. compared to other war. was al
due to vaccination or Inoculation. Thinking people everywhere bcheve that
better .a.ltary condition, played . mo Important part.
Quinine and pUU did not remove the yellow fever from the canal .one or
our aouthern atate., but draining and filling .wampa and ridding the country
of mosquito did.
In reply to the allegation that the passage of thi. mea.ure will endanger
the health of the people of the tate, I submit the following .Utemcnt, signed
by many reputable practicing attorneys
"We, the undersigned, have examined the above anti-compulsor vaccin
ation amendment, and in our opinion
"1. Thi. amendment does not abolish public health laws.
"2. Thin does not abolish quarantine.
"3. It does' not permit food handlers to refuse examination.
It does not allow persons infected with smallpox, leprosy, .yphillia
and other dieaes to go upon our street., in hotels, theatre., churche., schools
or trains.
"5. Thi. amendment does not prevent vaccination, inoculation or other
serum treatments to those who desire them, but it does prevent one from be
ing compelled to submit to these forms of treatment.
(Signed) "MAURICE A. SEITZ,
' -W. T. VAUGHN,
"JUNIUS V. OHMART,
j , "loyal h. McCarthy, ,
"W. O. SIMS, -"F.
C. McDOUGALL,
"GEO. D. YOUNG,
"JOHN A. JEFFREY,
"HAMILTON JOHNSTONE,
"RALPH A. COAN,
"E. B. RJRIKENBEUEL,
"J. O. STEARNS,
".T "ASHBY C. DICKSON, 4 .
"WILSON T. HUME, i
r "CLARENCE H. GILBERT,
v Y. "E. J. MENDENHALL, i
"W. H. SHIVELY,
"R. K. WALTON."
(The above are well known Portland attorneys.)
North Dakota, Montana and Utah have had similar laws in force for year,
and no serious result, have followed.
In reply to your small measure of advice, permit me to ask you, in the
spirit of justice and humanity, to rote 1 yes, and you may still be vaccin
ed C L. McKENNA.
Hillsboro, Oregon, Oct 26, 1920.
Having noted the criticisms of the anti-compulsory vaccination amend
ment, have examined the proposed measure and fail to see wherein it would
In any way Interfere with any existing quaranUnc laws or regulatons, or pre
vent the detention of any person afflicted with any disease, contagious or
otherwise. If adopted it would prevent the exclusion of any person from any
school, or other places, because such person had not been vaccinated. The
result would be to leave the question of vaccination optional with each indi
vidual, without any compulsion or dscrlmination on the part of the author
ities. BENTON BOWMAN, Attorney at Law, ,
' M. B. BUMP, Attorney at Law.
Anti - Compulsory Vaccination Committee
(JWAaV)
DR. L I HELMS, Chairman