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agree that pasteurization ought not to be necessary, 

 that it ought not to be regarded as a solution of the 

 problem. They, too, believe in trying to get a milk 

 supply which it will not be necessary to pasteurize. 



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Here, then, it seems to me, is a basis upon which 

 they can unite for many years to come — years of 

 fruitful labor and progress toward a common goal. 

 As I see it, the present situation may be likened to 

 an outbreak of typhoid in a city, which has been traced 

 to the water supply. While the disease is ravaging 

 the community, the doctors come together and dis- 

 cuss the situation. There is no question as to the 

 cause of the epidemic, it can be definitely traced. 

 The only question is as to what shall be done. One 

 set of doctors say : " Our duty is plain : we must begin 

 an agitation and compel the city government to put 

 an end to the pollution of the water supply. They 

 must stop the sewage from running into the reservoirs." 

 They are the radicals of the moment. "But that 

 will take five years to accomplish," say the oppor- 

 tunists. " Five years, and meanwhile the disease will 

 go on; people will needlessly die. We must give 

 them more immediate relief. We must get the people 

 to boil their water so that the disease germs will be 

 killed." In such a situation, the obvious thing to 

 do is to adopt both plans — to urge boiling the water 



