The Spectator., 1914-12-04
Why pr. Greene Reslonsd.

perintendent of the State Hospital for
 Nervous Diseases, despite that he has
 contract with the State Charities
 Board under which his term does not
 end until April 19, 1915, Dr. J. l.. Greene charges, among other things:
 That R. W. Hart, secretary of the board, brought his brother-in-law, . examination, which showed that he was suffering from tuberculosis; that Dr. Greene advised immediate treat ment. consisting of rest in the open air; that Hart then suggested that . tent be installed on the hospital prem ] ises, the patient to be cared for and treated. and in addition to be employ ed as clerk to supervise acquisition of material for new building; that Dr. Greene's refusal to adopt Secre- tary Hart's suggestion evidently earn ed for him the enmity of the boards secretary.
 That later it seemed that the board was gradually being brought in oppo- sition to Dr. Greene, and member told him that another member had suggested that they could force him out by not supplying things he asked to have purchased.
 | That the chief cause of contention has been the erection of the new power plant, for which the last 4egis- lature appropriated s75,000.
 That since the board took out of Dr. | Greene's hands the management of the food supplies, the cost per meal l has gradually increased; that for Oc- 1 tOber, 1914, the cost was cents more per meal than for October, 1913, and at this rate the increased yearly ex- | pense of meals for the present num- Der of patients would be $35,O2S That when all of the $75,000 appro- priated by the legislature for the pow CT plant had been expended, the work | was in such state as would have war ranted abandoning the project, hous- ing the uninstalled material and wait ing for another session of the legisla- ture to get more funds; that finally, when creditors demanded payment for machinery, vouchers were drawn against the current expense fund of the hospital for approximately $30,- 900: that Dr. Greene refused to ap- prove these vouchers on the ground that such procedure would be unlaw- full, but they were paid without his approval. and the amount charged to the current expense fund of the insti- tuition; that up to October 31, 1914, S33 3,261.90 of the expenditure for the power plant had been charged to the current expense fund and that there are yet many unpaid bills chargeable against erection of the power plant
 That following pr. Greene's refusal to approve vouchers drawn against the current expense fund. hostilities were renewed and repeated efforts were made to procure four votes in the board to ask foi his resignation
 That it became necessary for him to time in advising himself of these plans and arranging method of pre- venting their conSummation.
 That although the law requires that all money in the cash fund of the hos pital (derived from money paid for the maintenance of certain patients, from the sale of stops from the kitch- en, rags and junk and other sources) be paid into the state treasury, this has never been done; that the stew ard has paid for clerk hire in Secre- tary Hart's office first $500 and then S50.00 month to a woman relative of the secretary; that during the past several months an additional sum of $50 has been paid each month as clerk hire in E. w. Hart's office: that this latter $50 is paid to a relative of a member of the board, who drives an automobile purchased without author ity and without an appropriation
 That if there had not been added to the hospitals maintenance charge S34000 within the past twelve months on account of increased cost of serv- ing meals and the expenditure of nearly s34.0o0 to apply upon the erec- tion of the power plant the current expense fund would have been ample to carry the institution to April l.
 That the last legislature provided money for hydrotherapeutic appara- tus for the treatment of women pa tients, but despite that Dr. Greene has urged that the apparatus be in stalled, it has not been installed.
 That E. w. McCorkle, Conrad Fl. sken and s. Nj. Shane supported Dr. Greene. and on the one test vote look ing to his removal K. c. Love voted with these three members: that the opposition came from other members of the board; that when General Thomas Greene of Pine Bluff became a member of the board he gave his support to the superintendent.
 D. E. Barker, nestor of the Arkan,