Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-08
superintendent Suspended.

another order issued by Public Printer
Stillings today has caused something of a
stir IN the office. 1t suspends from Office
l.. {. Farrell. superintendent of public doc
uments. whose Office is in the old G. P. o.
building. 1t Is understood that charges
have been preferred against Mr.. Farrell,
and they were considered of sufficient grav
ity by Mr.. Stillings to warrant him in stls-
pending the man charged.
Pending the hearing of the charges, Mr.
William l.. Post has been appointed acting
superintendent of public documents, and
has assumed charge of the office.
The publication in The Star yesterday
OF the prospective changes in the personnel
and methods of the printing Office was the
general topic of discussion among the thou
sands of employees there today. 1t was said
by an official that there will not be gen.
eral discharge of printers at this time But
in certain divisions where there is said to
be an excess of typos there will be a few
dismissals, perhaps, but no general reduc-
ton, as will be the case in other branches
of the office. Speaking of the coming
changes, an official said this afternoon:
There have in days gone by been too
lnany public printers in the office. 1 mean
petty p. P.'s among the foremen and as
sistant foremen. Mr.. Stillings has gotten
next to the men. and in a few days he will
convince them that there is but one public
printer. He is also going to make a swift
move on the petty cliques and factions that
have existed in the printery, and some of
the factionists will be found missing in the
coming crash
The Order.
Following along the lines of his policy to
make the government printing Office a
model institution of its kind, with the most
modern machinery and methods, as exclu-
sively told in The Star yesterday, Mr.
Charles A. Stilings. the public printer, to-
day issued an order that will fill a long
felt want in the big printery. The order
follows:
DR.. William J. Manning is hereby re-
moved from the third division, and is pro-
NOTED to the position of medical director of
the government printing office. The medical
director will be under the direct supervision
of the chief clerk. This appointment is to
date from February 8. 1906.
1T will be the duty of the medical di-
rector TO examine, at such times as NAV
be necessary. the officers and EMPLOYEES of
the government printing Office to determine
their physical fitness for service therein
and to render emergency aid to those mem
bers of the force who may be physically
Ill or injured while in the performances of
their duties.
Each foreman will notify all EMPLOYEES
and will assist the medical director in the
performance of his duties in every way
possible" VIZ
;, This order was signed by Charles A. Still
AiHSo, puOlic printer.
Native of Boston,
DR.. Manning, the new medical director
Is native of Boston, and while working
at the case in the government printing Of
nee, graduated as an NJ. D. from one OF
the local colleges. For several months he
mas been attending to cases of accident and
sudden Illness in the office in addition to
his other duties as a compositor AS there
are approximately AGO employees of the
government printing Office, Mr.. Stillings
decided that there should be an emergency
hospital in the institution, hence he Gre
ated the Office of medical director and made
the appointment as stated.
For many years when employees of the
office were injured or taken suddenly IN
there was no way of giving them treatment
until the arrival of the hospital ambulance
AS the vehicle was sometimes DELAYED
much suffering was entailed, and in one
case, at least. there was fatal ending.
whereas the life of the patient could have
oeen saved II there had even been first aid
facilities at hand.
1t is understood that an emereencv room,
W. be fitted up at once with full suppIy
or medicines and appliances for the prompt
treatment of the sick or injured The alb
sence of such facilities heretofore resulted
IN the establishment of what was known as
walking apothecary shop by woman
employed in the folding department She
kept box in the office In which were
stored simple remedies like Squibb's mix
ture, arnica, paregoric and the like. These
were sold to employees in all parts of the
Office She continued her drug store until
an order was issued by the then public
printer forbidding the conduct of that and
SlmiIar private enterprises In the printery