Evening journal., 1915-01-25

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up. She said his creed twas mentioned y
but hardly at all. The question came
up, "Would the fact that the inspector
was q Catholic make any difference!
Mrs. Watson said she was a Baptist and
she didn't mind Mr. Coady said he was
Ia Catholic. 20 nc wouldn't mind. That
was al that was said
Z Replying TO a question asked by
I Speaker Grantland Of the House the
witness declared Commissioner Hazel
tried TO dominate the commission" She
said she relied on the Judgment of Viii
mington members in the matter of Sc
Letting the inspector.
Chairman MendInhall Appears.
Chairman John NJ. Mendinhall was
first called at the evening session.
and was questioned on four points.
He was not present earlier in the
day. In reply 20 the question wheth-
er he considered the commission as
existing at present unwieldly and too
large. he replied that he did not think
so. He replied ''yes" to a question as
to whether the Child Labor law is
necessary.
SHOULD the commission be given
greater power or should It's present
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question, and he answered that he be
lleved the power vested in It at pres
& ent Is sufficient.
The fourth and last point upon
which he was questioned was wheth-
er he deemed the personnel OF the
. commission should be entirely Of
men or entirely Of women. He re-
piled that he believed the commission
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effective
Mr.. Mendinhall said he did not be-
lieve Mr.. Gibbons was efficient in that
he has not had training in child labor
conditions. He denied that he had
used the words Mr.. Gibbons charged
him with using when the inspector
asked him about the charges pre-
ferred against him. What he had
told the inspector, he said, was that
! 70 his mind they would never be able
to get along while the friction be-
I, tween Miss Bissell and himself eX-
= listed. but gave him to understand
: that he would rather dispense with
Il his services than to lose Miss Bissel
7 as a member Of the commission.
Mr.. Hastings: Don't you thinl
you should have given Mr. Gibbons
? the reasons for dismissing himr
A. "I don't think it was neces
: sary."
O. wouldn't IL have made Mr.
y Gibbons feel better?"
i A. Possibly So"
i Mr. Elliott do you think there
II Is anyone in Delaware who can I'll
the bill as Inspector"
> A. "Yes."
D. Superintendent Cross Of the rura
, New Castle county schools was calle'
+ and testified that only few permit
u had been issued outside OF Whining
Is ton, and he did not consider the Law
y operative outside of the city as tn
le industries we're not of the kind az
ID fected. He said he had been aston
le ished at the attitude of Mr.. Gibbon
toward the commission, as II was ne
Is that which an employe should sho'
to his employers. He believed tins
,, Mr.. Gibbons was under the directio
'h OF the commission.
Miss Blssell Recalled.
B. Miss Bissell was recalled and wa
asked what the Child Labor Commits
ne sion has done She replied that tn
Ie- commission has never had full oppo
'e- tunity TO show the positive value
10 the law, as a part OF the educatiC
system Of the state. The Child Lab'
law and the education law fit toget
'as er. and help every child In Delawa
yer TO get its chance. She said all Il
10 trouble was due TO the inefiiciency
the inspector and asked for cham
ny to show what they can do during q
next two years with a young Deli
ne were man In the office. She referre
numerous times to what she terme
in the "inefficiency and deficiency Of q
. inspector"
IT, She was asked II she favored
H. change in the law to have four inspe'
tors. one for Wilmington, and on
no for each county. and replied that tn
IL would be a waste Of money. 81
thought that one inspector would
Z, sufficient II he would only co-opera'
III with the commission.
Mr.. Jones. the legislative attorne
'ss replied that he did not think theI
M was much doubt In the minds Of an
TO one, with the exception of her (Mi.
ne BisselD. that Mr.. Gibbons had dor
st his best to carry out the law.
Superintendent Clifford ]. Scott,
the city schools, stated that he b.
M lieved the child labor law to be
Necessity ne Sdlu Nudl ht hdu bte
ip- too busy to give. much attention
the subject or 10 follow the inspe
IS ton work, but he had believed NJ
lr. Gibbons TO be an earnest worker WI
OF was doing his best to carry out q
ed law.
b. James O'Kane and Richard
o. Monck, representing the Central Ii
i'd Dor Union. asked that the law be r
he tanned. but that the commission
cd changed and a representative Of lab'
he put on It, in order that property righ
as might be placed above human right
W, Chairman HOffecker then annoul
ced the hearing adjourned. The cor
M mittee heard all the witnesses th'
cared TO hear and will now subm
their report Of the findings Of Il
,u investigation of the Legislature.
b. b. SOCCER