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Street Hospital. He was of the opinion that everything ought to be done through hospitals, and primarily through the Beekman Street Hospital. You'd think it was his private property to hear him talk about it. He thought you shouldn't allow people to go to their own doctors. That was of course always one of the bones of contention - whether a man might choose his own physician. He felt that nothing but hospitals should be allowed. He had a big story as to what was wrong with all medical people. I don't remember that now. That came to a head after I had left the Department and I didn't have to cope with it.

Herbert Lehman, the Governor, was impressed by it. He started an investigation which brought out the same things that we had had recurring again. I don't think you can ever whip anything in that field. You have to rely on people's being honest and then on a great deal of supervision, a great deal of checking, constantly being on the job. I sort of think that my successors in office were not on the job quite enough. They didn't bother about things. I think you had to be on it very closely always having some suspicious person on their heels, just the same as you did with the factory inspection. You never can lay down and go to sleep on it. The opportunity for corruption is there and you can never cure the problem completely. You





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