The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-02
REPORTERS ASS'NOP AMERICA
o,pRrEys CONCERN AXIS FOR
.rHECKS FOR A HOSPITAL BED.
G,u Some, TOO commissio ner Best Gets
One Of the Letters and Makes Inquiry
rho Concern Does Not Represent
the Reporters Of New York City.

One Of the Letters and Makes Inquiry
rho Concern Does Not Represent
tho Reporters Of New York CITY.
,omes p OBren, who described himself
40 manager OF 'The Reporters Asso citation
~ america. has been writing letters re-
oont,v 70 prominent men In business and
,,,,,,ic lie asking them to subscribe for a
IA IN 81. Vincent 3 Hospital to be for the
,,.o -, those who work on newspapers.
The letters have borne the heading: @The
panorters' Association OF America I'm
cornorated), James P. O'Brien, manager.
Tin in one corner Is printed, The Publio
Inspector.
This is a sample Of the letters:
July 20, 1908. 1850 A. NJ.
<,s,.,, Res, Fso.. Commissioner Of Bridge:
JNy DEAR SIR: One OF our representatives
m lied on YOU and failed to find you In. The
object OF his call was to try and get you to
contribute toward the special PED We are
making an effort to place at st. Vinoent's
Uosnital To BIO used by sick and injured
newspaper men. The price Is 10 De - .OOO
and the bed to be there for life. we nave
s.lected Atty men whom we are appealing
- ,or a contribution Of 500 each. to place
TIA bed there. The object Is worthy one
and va would like to have you contribute.
you can make your check payable to the
penorters' Association OF America, above
address, or to Sister Gonzaga. who Is In charge
oY at. yincent's Hospital. We will acknow-
ledRe same In the columns OF tho Public Ia
spector, II you desire.
Honine you will favor Us. allow VI to re-
main yours sincerely.
The REPORTERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Per JAMES P. O'BRIEN. Manager.
Bridge Commissioner Best, who got this
letter, knows q good many reporters and
decided not to send the 500 until he had
learned more about the -Reporters' Assooia-
tion Of America The concern has Offices
IN the fourteenth floor OF the Whitehall
Building, but Mr.. O'Brien, who runs the
public Inspector wasn't in yesterday when
a reporter called to ask him who were as
ISOLATED with him, His Is the only name
appearing on the door Inside there Is
large room furnished with mahogany and
said Mr.. 0'Brien was the only one to ask
questions Of and she didn't know when he
would be in. He was a very busy man.
I. Sister Gonzaga at st. Vincent's Hospital,
has received two checks already for the bed
FOR newspaper men. She has also received
the Reporters Association OF America,
which she couldn't answer because Mr.
O'Brien hadn't supplied her with any in,
formation.
'Mr. o'Brien,' said she. came here a
month ago or more and said he was the
The reporters here and in other parts Of the
country He said that the association
wanted to have a bed here and some Of the
checks might be sent to me- Nearly al
ways a committee comes here for such a
purpose, but Mr.. Bryan came here alone.
He didn't give any references, but a little
The checks had been made payable to me.
but had been sent to Mr. 0'Brien. One
was from former Superintendent Byrnes
and the other was from the contractor who
10 building the addition to the hospital.
Mr.. Byrness check was for 500 and think
the other was for $50; Mr.. o'Brien told me
other men. So many people have been
calling up here to ask me about 1t that I
really would like to ask about 1t myself
now, although. of course, ! supposed that
the reporters knew all about it.
Superintendent Byrnes was out Of town
whether he subscribed under the i'm
preston that the concern was an associa-
ton Of the New York newspaper reporters,
which It isn't. The reporters OF this town
working on newspapers have not combined
to beg for any purpose whatever, oven
for beds In hospitals
The Public Inspector, in which Mr.. O'Brin
offered to acknowledge subscriptions, II
q paper started by him some months ago.
Its first number contained pictures Of the
Slocum and the Iroquois Theater fires.
Underneath 1t was: Our aim Ia to pre-
vent this"
Afterward there appeared list Of steam
that the Public Inspector could recommend
them as being safe