TY - JOUR T1 - "A registration fee for physicians" AU - Kelly B Y1 - 1919/01/25 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610040064029 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 298 EP - 299 VL - 72 IS - 4 N2 - To the Editor:  —In renewing my subscription, I wish to register my protest against the yearly registration of physicians with a fee of $2, as advocated by Mr. Shepardson (The Journal, Nov. 16, 1918, p. 1629). Three or four times that same article came to me, with increasing contempt and disgust on my part. Finally it found space in The Journal, and then came an editorial seemingly approving the scheme.No doubt Mr. Shepardson believes that the medical profession would be much better under his immediate control, as he says that opposition will come from the more ignorant. I have no doubt that the kaiser thought the world would be better under his control, and the people were very ignorant for not seeing that. I am glad that I was one that was ready to sacrifice anything rather than bow to the kaiser, and I am glad to belong to SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610040064029 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610040064029 ER -