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the greatest expert in the conditions to which he referred.
On the other hand, if we pay him the money, he can testify
favorably for us.
He said an expert witness's opinion was what he
wanted it to be. That it was customary for experts to testify for the
people who paid them. He proposed to work for the side that his bread
was buttered on. He illustrated this by referring to the strip film
mentioned above and saying, there is a case that I can say is pyorrhea
or that it is radium necrosis. Nobody can prove otherwise, and I do
know the case to be tubercular. He said that he could go on the stand
and think that the moon was made out of blue cheese without perjuring
himself.
Dr e Knef explained that if we did not play ball with him
that there were cases that would be brought against us that would not be
settled out of court and that there would be no Kalisches in the
proposition.
Another member of the conference asked whether his
proposition meant in so many words that if we paid him what he asked he
could save us a great deal of expense and trouble and if we refused he
was in a position to make a lot of trouble for us and would do so.
Dr. Enef said, yes.
Dr. Knef was asked point blank whether his attitude was not
entirely one of $10,000. plus. He replied, yes, that he must be paid,
that he could be a most valuable man to US from a business view point.
On being questioned, he explained that it was not his intention to disclose
to any one that he had a contract or 8. "gentlemen's agreement" with the
Company. That he could tell his patients when they came in that they were
suffering from pyorrhea and other diseases and hold them along so that
they would move out of town, get married, and eventually die of other
causes. He explained that if he collected any fees from these people
he would credit them to the Company. He was questioned at some length
on the details of handling and explained that he was sure that he could
cover things up and protect the Company satisfactorily. When asked
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