Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-14 | Page 7 | Legislature Vindicated

c. c I 1 Legislature Vindicated THE danger of a smallpox epidemic in in Salt 1 Lake is over according to a report issued by Dr A. A A. A Kerr chairman of the committee On tn education of the state medical association Dr Kerr reports that there are now only four cases in the city and that further spread of tl the disease seems unlikely The success attending the efforts to combat corn com bat the spread ad of the disease is attributed to o othe the wide response response to the vaccination tion pleas of the medical medica auth authorities More than persons were vaccinated in Salt Lake during the past few months accord according ng to the report Of this his number were made by the city board board of of health The report would seem to tobe be a vindication of th the action of the legislature in refusing to tamp tamper r with the state law which prohibits compulsory va vaccination It shows conc conclusively conclusive conclusive- ly that a a majority of the people do not need needa a compulsory law to give them whatever benefits benefits benefits bene bene- fits vaccination offers At the same time the state Is not placed in the position of forcing men men women and children to submit to treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment which they do not believe in In maintaining the law lawas as it is tl the e legislature legisla ture but conformed to the principle of freedom freedom freedom free free- dom which our our government is Intended Intend d to exemplify