The Green Forest tribune., 1914-12-04
REVIEWS CONDITIONS THAT LED UP TO HIS RESIGNATION AS
 SUPERINTENDENT.
CHARGES MISMANAGEMENT
Minority of Board Had Been Unfriend- Iy to Him and Had Made an Effort
 to Secure His Discharge.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

perlntenQent or the State Hospital Tor | Nervous Diseases, despite that he has a contract with the State Charities 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, a MT. Cox, to Dr. Greene for a physical 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 a 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 a 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 legis- 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 has gradually increased; that fer Oc, 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 $35,028.
 That when all of the $75,00O 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- lure 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 s30,- coo; that Dr. Greene refused to ap- prove these vouchers on the ground that such procedure would be unlaw- full, but they were paid without Ihis approval, and the amount charged to nf+ <f tuition; that up to October 31, 1914, S33, ,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 the erection of the power plant.
 That following Dr. 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 spend practically 25 per cent of his 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 s35.00 and then S50.00 month to 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 R. w. Hart's office; that this latter $50 is paid to 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 $34,000 within the past twelve months on account of increased cost of serv- nearly $34,000 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, 1915; that these expenditures will call for deficiency appropriation by the next legislature.
 That the last legislature provided money for a hydrotherapeutic appara- tus for the treatment of women pa- tients, but despite that Dr. Greene has urged that the apparatus be in- stalled, 1t has not been installed.
 That E. w. McCorkle, Conrad FL sken and S. M. Shane supported Dr. Greene, and on the one test vote look ing to his removal R. 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