Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-11
ANDERSON TELLS
OF DISTURBANCE
IN HOME BOARD
Majority Member Replies to
MInority's Report on fractional
Strife Among Trustees.
SCORES MISS CONOVER
FOR DOUBLE DEALING
Says She Began Her Duties
With an InfIamed Mind-Gott-
: Iieb Is Criticised.
Special to the Evening star.l

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TRENTON, March 11.-Robert NJ.
Anderson, of Princeton, former presi
dent of the board of trustees of the
State Home for Girls, and one of the
majority trustees in the present probe
INTO the home, submitted to the in
Yestigating committee today a state
nent setting forth his view with re-
spect to conditions at the institution.
Miss Sarah Potter Conover, one of
the minority trustees, who bolted the
annual meeting at the home yester-
dag, is held up by Mr.. Anderson for
her alleged double-dealing at the in
stitution.
Theodore Gottlieb of Newark is
also severely criticized by Mr.. Ander-
son in his statement, for running to
the Newark newspapers with criti-
eism of the inside transactions of the
home, which were not proper subjects
for newspaper discussion.
The harmful activities" of Miss
Conover are referred to by Mr.. An
derson as a disturbing element in the
home work. and since her appoint
ment confusion has run rampant in
The home. Miss Conover, according
TO Trustee Anderson, assumed her
duties with an inllamed mind, and
Mrs. Mansell, its superintendent, it
rs said, was persona non grata to her
Mr.. Anderson's statement to the in
Vestigating committee is addressed to
Commissioners Joseph B. Byers. AL
bert |. Drayton and Robert NJ. Will
ans, and is as follows:
Replies to Report.
II am very reluctant to burden yo11
with any more statements about the
State Home for Girlrs, but l beg to
trespass upon your patience for a
little while [ say something in reply
70 the report submitted to you by the
minority members of the board on
Frida last
apparently that report was written
oy Mr. Gottieb and sent to the press
by him. Shortly after Mr.. Gottlieb
was appointed trustee he astounded
rs all by bitter arraignment of the
home in Newark newspaper. AT
the next meeting of the board follows
ing its publication he was taken to
ask by the president of the board for
what was considered a gratuitous in
suit to that body, and for the sfirst
and only time during my ineunlbency
as president our proceedings We're
AIteiil GU tiy SA4ls tifiilb tNNl' tAPPApOaNh
ing the disagreeable.
Up to September / last Mr. Gott-
heb had served as member OF the
board for about a year and u half, In
connection with his complaint that he
inew nothing about what was going
On in the board, permit me to quote
rom an editorial in the Trenton Daily
State Gazette of March last:
Quotes Editorial.
I'm his statement Mr.. Gottlieb
speaks of the failure of the home
management to keep him in touch
with what was being done and how
the managers did not even know
what the general policy of the home
was on matters of discipline.
"'If Mr.. Gottlieb was the right kind
of q manager he would not have such
A complaint to make. lie would be
in daily touch with the management
of the institution and its discipline,
or lack of discipline.
I'VE gather from what he has had
70 say snce the Investigation began
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