New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
HOW He GOT JOB BACK
Insuector Dismissed by Dr. Led
~" erIe Friend Of Dr.. O'ConnelI.
eo1H MAKE EXPLANATIONS
=. oIore Action That Split Health
poard Was Caused by Ex-
cessive Punishment.

rbarlAs c.. O'Connor, VINO was re-
u. &c medical inspector of the
ins'..,r,snt Of Health on Tuesday by
Dep', ,a.anb J. O'ConneIl, Health officer
VI port. and Police Commissioner
despite the fact that DR.. Ernst j..
Na'uS' the Health Commissioner and
Leu,i's, Of the Board Of Health, was op-
PIC. psS 10 such action said last night that
p.d po'I known the Health officer OF the
ne long time But the reinstated medi-
ron ,nsrsctor quickly added that the only
ca iD mr. OConnell had taken up the
''@'o a. IN the board for him was because
cuos "a not think the medical inspector had
hen treated fairly.
Trhsn told that it had been asserted he
also a member of a club to which DR..
o,conn4n belonged. he admitted he was.
~ cav of explaining his case DR.. O'Con-
nor said: IL. ,-...o
- o,Connen was appointed and stated
10 ease No action followed my appeal to
.ss Wealth Commissioner | wanted to re-
~ the stigma from my name of having
s..r dismissed for Justification of reports.
The only thing l did was TO turn in re-
49,, of having worked a certain number
:, haurs on Saturday, when / really did the
,rors on Sunday. | didn't think 1t was
,rons 10 do so. Some others who did ike
,r,sA were disciplined, but was dismissed
oD the Saturday in question l had been
,.,o hours in attendance st a Department
Of Health meeting.
oWhen Dr. O'Connen got his appoint
,,snt placed my case before him. He said
bsd been punished excessively, and said
:. wonld take up the matter al the board
~..t,ng He did so at his first meeting.
usvor Gaynor was drawn into the hsht
4, tba Board Of Health yesterday by COM
,3,ssioper Lederle. AS was expected by Of
Scials of the Department of Health and
otbsrs. DR.. Lederle lost no time In bring
inc 4he matter 10 head. II now looks as
10 u will resolve itself into a situation
rbers the Mayer alone must decide by
,,bicb Commissioner he will stand, Rhine
lander Waldo or Ernst J. Lederle. Dr..
Lederle held a long conference with the
Navor in the afternoon. He refused after
ward 10 say whether the Mayor had taken
any action.
When the Health Commissioner had gone
the Mayor said he did not care to discuss
the story Of friction in the board. so far
as he knew. ne added, there was no fric-
ion. DR.. Lederle, he said, had talked with
him about the reinstatement Of DR.. O'Con-
nor, but It was mentioned only incidentally
While Police Commissioner Waldo re-
tused 10 discuss the split In the board, DR..
0connell, the Health Officer Of the Port,
vas willing to throw some light, from his
own point of view, on the difference that
now exists. Dr. O'Connell said he voted TO
reipstate DR.. Charles G. O'Connor, the
medical Inspector in question, because he
believed the punishment was excessive for
he nature of the offence. DR.. OConnor
sas dismissed on April I, 1911 He was a
medical inspector in The division Of child
iygiene.
At the time Of the dismissal Of the medi-
al Inspector, whose case has been the
means OF bringing about the rupture in the
board after the Health Officer Of the Port
lad attended IL only twice, there were a
lumber of others dismissed on charges.
among them were two medical inpectors,
Or. Gustav A. Strack and DR.. Frank J.
Doyle Mary NJ Douoghue, a nurse, and
oseph a. Lapp. an inspector Of foods,
rere also dismissed on charges at the
ame meeting. AL discharges went into
fleet on April 5, 1911
As far as could be learned at the de-
artment yesterday no attempt had been
nade to bring any of the cases up for re-
except that of the medical
Inspector who was reinstated on Tuesday
ver the negative vote of Dr. Lederle.
District Attorney Cropsev Of Kings, then
'olice Commissioner, a'.d Or. Doty we're
n attendance at the meeting when Dr..
rCOnnor and the others were dismissed.
A question which was repeatedly asked
n the department yesterday was why Po-
Ice Commissioner Waldo should suddenly
axe TO coming to the board meetings with
he appearance there Of Or. Q'Connell. II
vas almost an assured fact during the
ime preceding DR.. O'Connelrs appoint
nent that the Police Commissioner would
,e represented by Deputy Commissioner
Walsh
II could not be learned yesterday what
iad been the cause Of difference between
he Health and Police departments, but 1t
vas not denied that there were not the
'ordial relations existing now there had
'een when Commissioner Cropsey was
lown at Headquarters. Some persons be
leved the Mayor would try to smooth out
he troubled waters, but others thought
he fight had just begun, and that in few
'sys there would be a crisis.