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504 NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL September, 1942 North Carolina Medical Journal Owned and Published by The Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, under the direction of its Editorial Board. EDITORIAL BOARD Wingate M. Johnson, M.D., Winston-Salem Editor. Miss Catherine Johnson, Winston-Salem Assistant Editor Roscoe D. McMillan, M.D., Red Springs Business Manager. Paul P. McCain, M.D., Sanatorium, Chairman. W. Reece Berryhill, M.D., Chapel Hill. Coy C. Carpenter, M.D., Winston-Salem. Frederic M. Hanes, M.D., Durham. Paul H. Ringer, M.D., Asheville. Hubert A. Royster, M.D., Raleigh. Address manuscripts and communications to the NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL. .300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, N. C. Publication office: Penry-Aitchison Printing Co., 118 West Third Street, Winston-Salem, N. C. September, 1942 A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Never have our representatives in Congress been so eager to know the wishes of their constituents as they are now. There are a number of reasons for this. They know that the public generally is not satisfied with the conduct of the war on the part of the present administration, and that Congress must share a great part of the blame for the delay, the mismanagement, and the misinformation that have been so glaring. They know that the people have shown unexpected willingness to shoulder an enormously increased tax burden; but that they expect more adequate returns for their money than they have had thus far. They know that the people are thoroughly disgusted with the servile obeisance paid organized labor in its unpatriotic efforts to profiteer in our country’s present life-and-death struggle. Those who come up for re-election this November know that their political future depends upon satisfying their constituents that their future intentions are honorable. This state of affairs gives to doctors a golden opportunity to reason with their representatives; but it is an opportunity that must be seized at once, or it will be gone forever. In April, 1941, the American Medical Asso- ciation was found guilty in the Federal District Court of Washington of “criminal conspiracy to restrain trade.” Last June this verdict was sustained by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. An appeal has been made to the Supreme Court; but with this august body dominated by a large majority of handpicked New Dealers, its ruling—if, indeed, a hearing be granted— is almost a foregone conclusion. This means that the only recourse for the medical profession — and for all other professional groups as well—is in new Federal legislation. The truth of this statement is to be found in the decision of the Court of Appeals, which reads in part: “ . . . our task is not to legislate or declare policy in such matters but, rather, to interpret and apply standards and policies which have been declared by the legislature. That Congress did use the common law test there is 110 doubt. That Congress was not otherwise advised was perhaps because of the failure of the professional groups to insist upon the distinction and to secure its legislative recognition.” ❖ * * “When they go so far as to impose unrea* sonable restraints, they become subject to the prohibition of the Sherman Act. This then represents a limit to professional group activities. If it is desired to extend them beyond this point, legislation is required for that purpose. It may be desirable that this professional group shall be given such enlarged powrers, but if so it will be necessary for the legislature to speak upon the subject rather than for the courts to recognize a privilege based upon preemption or usurpation.” It is highly probable—indeed, almost certain—that two bills will be introduced in Congress after the November elections: one, to exempt the professions from the “trade and commerce provisions” of the anti-trust laws; the other, to provide taxation, probably through payroll deductions, to pay for hospital care and possibly for sickness insurance. If every doctor in North Carolina will join the physicians of the other states in letting his representative know how the great majority of the profession feel about these two pieces of legislation, there can be little doubt of the result. It is not too much to say that it is imperative for the first measure to be passed and the second defeated, if
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-17: North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-2001] |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-2001] |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- Periodicals.; Physicians -- North Carolina -- Directory.; Societies, Medical -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes Transactions of the Society, -1960; 1961- , Transactions issued separately, bound in.; Includes Transactions of the auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina and Proceedings of the North Carolina Public Health Association. Official organ of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1940-May 1972; of the North Carolina Medical Society, June 1972-. Vols. for 1940-May 1972 published by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina; June 1972- by the North Carolina Medical Society. |
Contributor | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Transactions.; Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.; North Carolina Medical Society.; North Carolina Medical Society. Transactions.; North Carolina Public Health Association. Proceedings. |
Publisher | [Winston-Salem] : North Carolina Medical Society [etc.], 1940- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1942 |
Identifier | NCHH-17-003 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 3 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 504 |
Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-2001] |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- Periodicals.; Physicians -- North Carolina -- Directory.; Societies, Medical -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes Transactions of the Society, -1960; 1961- , Transactions issued separately, bound in.; Includes Transactions of the auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina and Proceedings of the North Carolina Public Health Association. Official organ of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1940-May 1972; of the North Carolina Medical Society, June 1972-. Vols. for 1940-May 1972 published by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina; June 1972- by the North Carolina Medical Society. |
Contributor | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Transactions.; Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.; North Carolina Medical Society.; North Carolina Medical Society. Transactions.; North Carolina Public Health Association. Proceedings. |
Publisher | [Winston-Salem] : North Carolina Medical Society [etc.], 1940- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1942 |
Identifier | NCHH-17-003-0514 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; editorial |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 3 |
Issue Number | 9 |
Page Number | 504 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 504 NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL September, 1942 North Carolina Medical Journal Owned and Published by The Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, under the direction of its Editorial Board. EDITORIAL BOARD Wingate M. Johnson, M.D., Winston-Salem Editor. Miss Catherine Johnson, Winston-Salem Assistant Editor Roscoe D. McMillan, M.D., Red Springs Business Manager. Paul P. McCain, M.D., Sanatorium, Chairman. W. Reece Berryhill, M.D., Chapel Hill. Coy C. Carpenter, M.D., Winston-Salem. Frederic M. Hanes, M.D., Durham. Paul H. Ringer, M.D., Asheville. Hubert A. Royster, M.D., Raleigh. Address manuscripts and communications to the NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL. .300 South Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, N. C. Publication office: Penry-Aitchison Printing Co., 118 West Third Street, Winston-Salem, N. C. September, 1942 A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Never have our representatives in Congress been so eager to know the wishes of their constituents as they are now. There are a number of reasons for this. They know that the public generally is not satisfied with the conduct of the war on the part of the present administration, and that Congress must share a great part of the blame for the delay, the mismanagement, and the misinformation that have been so glaring. They know that the people have shown unexpected willingness to shoulder an enormously increased tax burden; but that they expect more adequate returns for their money than they have had thus far. They know that the people are thoroughly disgusted with the servile obeisance paid organized labor in its unpatriotic efforts to profiteer in our country’s present life-and-death struggle. Those who come up for re-election this November know that their political future depends upon satisfying their constituents that their future intentions are honorable. This state of affairs gives to doctors a golden opportunity to reason with their representatives; but it is an opportunity that must be seized at once, or it will be gone forever. In April, 1941, the American Medical Asso- ciation was found guilty in the Federal District Court of Washington of “criminal conspiracy to restrain trade.” Last June this verdict was sustained by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. An appeal has been made to the Supreme Court; but with this august body dominated by a large majority of handpicked New Dealers, its ruling—if, indeed, a hearing be granted— is almost a foregone conclusion. This means that the only recourse for the medical profession — and for all other professional groups as well—is in new Federal legislation. The truth of this statement is to be found in the decision of the Court of Appeals, which reads in part: “ . . . our task is not to legislate or declare policy in such matters but, rather, to interpret and apply standards and policies which have been declared by the legislature. That Congress did use the common law test there is 110 doubt. That Congress was not otherwise advised was perhaps because of the failure of the professional groups to insist upon the distinction and to secure its legislative recognition.” ❖ * * “When they go so far as to impose unrea* sonable restraints, they become subject to the prohibition of the Sherman Act. This then represents a limit to professional group activities. If it is desired to extend them beyond this point, legislation is required for that purpose. It may be desirable that this professional group shall be given such enlarged powrers, but if so it will be necessary for the legislature to speak upon the subject rather than for the courts to recognize a privilege based upon preemption or usurpation.” It is highly probable—indeed, almost certain—that two bills will be introduced in Congress after the November elections: one, to exempt the professions from the “trade and commerce provisions” of the anti-trust laws; the other, to provide taxation, probably through payroll deductions, to pay for hospital care and possibly for sickness insurance. If every doctor in North Carolina will join the physicians of the other states in letting his representative know how the great majority of the profession feel about these two pieces of legislation, there can be little doubt of the result. It is not too much to say that it is imperative for the first measure to be passed and the second defeated, if |
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