By Dr. Royal Lee
Summary: In this thunderous letter to President John F. Kennedy, Dr. Lee calls the president's attention to a grand jury investigation of corruption within the FDA and exhorts the chief of state to ensure that a fair trial be conducted. The problem, Lee explains, is that both the FDA and the Department of Justice have been infiltrated by the American Medical Association (AMA), a group that has wielded its influence to wipe out competitors and establish the medical approach as the only "legitimate" healing art in the United States. Lee reminds the president that the AMA was convicted for such monopolistic behavior twenty years earlier, when it was found guilty of violating the Federal Antitrust Laws, and that it will continue to conduct such behavior if it is not legally thwarted. An amazing piece of history that speaks to what might have been. 1962.
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