The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-05
REV. |. S. OSBORNE
LAUGHS ON BEING
TOLD OF insult"
Says Board of Health Has
Adopted Dog in the Man
ger" Attitude.
1T REFUSED HIS OFFER TO
SUPPLY VISITING NURSE
Association of Which He is Head
Wanted to Assist in Tuber-
culosis Campaign.

The Rev. Louis Shreve Osborne,
whose offer as president of the Visit
ing Nurses Association, of a nurse to
attend city tuberculosis cases. was
turned down by the Board of Health
last night with the assertion that he
had insulted every member of the
board. laughed at the situation today
and declared that the board was talk
ing a dog in the manger" attitude
on the PROPOSE ion.
I'm sure l don't know what the
members of the board want" he said.
IF we could find out we would be glad
to cooperate with them. but all they
do Is to act like tho dog in the mango
Whenever we try 20 set together with
them they just sit down and get
grouchy. When we offer to help they
won't play.
1T had been %intinated to me that
the board would like it IL we would let
one of our nurses visit the city pa
tients until appropriation had been Sc
cured to provide for one by the city.
We felt that if they wanted TO do that
we would be very glad to obiige them,
SO we made the offer that was turned
down last night.
Heard Very Touchy.
The board is very touchy OF these,
things | am a member of the eXecu-
tive committee of the Committee Of
One Hundred. One OF the members
stated that the Board of Health was
hurt because 1t vas not taken into
consideration. Rather than have the
Health Board members feel that way
we made a bona fide offer to ave a
member of the, board made a membe
of the committee. That was refused.
The trouble is that the board is
sore because of that little raking over
the Goals that I gave it in my annual
report, If men enter public life they
must expect to be criticised and the
thicker their skins are the better.
1.-The Visiting Nurses Association
really ~inaugurated this crusade against
consumption, anyway. In 1905 we went
TO the board to get literature on the
subject. All that we could get there
was of the vintage of 1896 and we had
to send to New York to get what we
wanted. +
.'The trouble with the board Is that
it contains too much politics."
DIR. I. w. Corwin and H. c. Vance,
of the board. were the only ones in
clined to accept the associations offer
last night. 1t was promptly opposed
by Commissioner T. r. Foyle, who
moved that the matter be laid on the
table indefinitely.
I'm the first place I don't think it
becoming for the Board of Health to
accept charity from anybody he said,
"much less the Visiting Nurses Assoc
citation, the president of which has
grossly insulted every member of this
body"
His view was c%oncurred in by Com
missioner j. w. Dobbins. DR.. H. c. H.
Herold, president of the board, stated
that he thought the offer came with
very poor taste from Mr.. Osborne.
Health officer David Chandler tried
to quiet things by suggesting that the
matter be laid over tor two weeks in
stead of indefinitely.
IF the health officer thinks that q
nurse is wanted at nee ] will pay
her salary for one month out of my
own pocket volunteered Mr.. Foyle.
We do not want any charity from
Mr.. O%sborne's society"
The health officers suggestion was
finally adopted and the matter tabled
for two weeks.