BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
November 6, 1952
The meeting was called to order at 8: P.M. by the President, Dr. H.D. Cogswell.
Members present were: W.R. Manning, Vice-President
W.B. Steen, Secretary-Treasurer
Lindsay E. Beaton F.J. Lesemann
C.H. Kuhlman O.J. Farness
Donald B. Lewis Dennis Bernstein
David E. Engle
Motion was made by Dr. L.E. Beaton to dispense with reading of the Minutes. Motion seconded by Dr. Lesemann and carried.
Report of the Board of Censors on its October 13th meeting to consider the case of Leigh Ferguson vs. Dr. T.S. Wittels was read by the Secretary. Dr. Lewis moved that this report be approved; motion seconded by Dr. Beaton. Dr. Lesemann proposed an amendment to this motion that three of the recommendations, numbers 1, 2 and 4, be approved, but that number 3 be considered separately. Dr. Lewis accepted this amendment. Upon further discussion, Dr. Lewis withdrew his motion and moved that the recommendation concerning the questionnaire, be approved. Motion was seconded by Dr. Lesemann and carried. Dr. Bernstein moved that recommendation number 3 concerning the questionnaire be approved. Motion seconded by Dr. Lewis. Discussion: Dr. Manning inquired how such a questionnaire could be instituted without having a committee, since it would entail a lot of work. Dr. Farness thought it would not harm to get some facts on this subject. Dr. Beaton thought is must consist of many, many pages, to cover all phases of a fee schedule; that possibly this should be tabled until after the first of the year. Dr. Steen said that he believed this would not be such a big job as it might be thought to be, that he did not believe it was supposed to cut across and inquire into all specialties but just general fees, and that fee schedules obtained from other societies might help in making up a questionnaire. Dr. Lesemann felt the whole society should vote on whether this is to be done. Dr. Steen thought a committee should be appointed to make recommendations. Dr. Cogswell felt that the Society should not disregard the recommendations of its Board of Censors, and that a separate committee should be appointed. Dr. Bernstein withdrew his motion and offered instead a motion that this recommendation, number 3, be submitted to a committee for study and presentation before the County Society. Motion was seconded by Dr. Lesemann and carried.
The Secretary said that at the last regular meeting, because of reading the Minutes in a hurry, he had made mention of the charges on Dr. Busse, and then said nothing more about it; that he regretted that this had happened, but that there is some confusion in his mind as to whether it is necessary to read the reports of the Censors, and it seemed to him that in past years exceptions had been made by the Board of Directors and he asked to be straightened out as to their wishes. He stated that another thing which is confusing is that the By-Laws do not now provide enough people for nomination as Delegates and Alternates. He then read Paragraph C, Section 3, Chapter IV of the By-Laws on the subject of Active Members. Dr. Manning felt that this meant that findings of the Board of Censors should be read only upon request of that body, and moved that no disclosure of the Board of Censors be made to the Society unless recommended by the Board of Directors, unless formal charges have been made.
