Evening journal., 1915-02-02
MISS RIsSELL.s LETTER.

NE ISIS EMILY r. BISSELI.s open letter TO Gov
NA oInor Miller relative TO the CHILD Labor le5m-
mission controversy. should serve 10 bring that
Ter 10 quick issue i'm the Legislature and the Office
OF our States executive. II virtually serves notice
the Governor and the legislators that il the plan
to abolish the present Child Labor Commission and TO
set up one from which women VIII be excluded
be carried out she also viii retire from the State
Tuberculosis Commission and the Commission TO Dec
the House. In short 70 resign all the pub
lie offices she holds
Commenting upon the Child Labor bills reported
following the investigation OF the Child Labor Conimis-
sion. and the effect Of their passage upon her official
standing in the commonwealth. Miss Bissel says:
II these bills pass. shall be sorry. shall be sorry
TO have the State which 7 love rebuke ms work
should be sorry tO my State no longer But the
situation viii have be faced without resentment
without refusal 20 recognize plain facts When / face
the facts Of being dscreded by my common
wealth. must face the fact that yalueless worker.
dismissed in disgrace, can have no standing and must
discrcdit anything else with which she I'm
State matters Whether like 10 not makes no diff
ference. II it happens must recognize IL. there
fore lay before you the necessy-not of my making
OF my resignation u these bills pass, from the Della
State tuberculosis Commission (Which ] would
regret exceedingly and from the Delaware Commis-
sion 10 Decorate the State House If am not counted
worthy TO serve the State commission I am
unit for the others and desire that Delaware shall
have only those representatives whom she approves
and sustains.
It viii be seen, therefore that Miss Bissell lays the
matter before the Legislature the Governor in
way tnai cannot De misunderstood. She Is a woman
Of her word and when She says she will retire from
the tuberculosis and the State House Decoration com
missions ii she be dscreded by the Child Labor
Commission legislation proposed. she no doubt means
IT and nothing will swerye her from her purpose
Being woman OF advanced ideas pronounced
opinions. admitted fearlessness and great energy Miss
Bissel- has made many close friends and many bitter
enemies Those who like her regret the neces
sty which prompted her write the open letter
Those who dislike her find satisfaction the though
that they have succeeded in placing her. even tenn
porarily in such position.
The matter is that involves not only today bu
also tomorrow. No who knows Miss Bssen vii
think for instant that the retiring her fror
the Child Labor Commission will retire her as a
active and potential factor in the Child Labor hgh
Many conservative persons even go so far to sue
she viii be aggressive and potential chill
welfare propagandist on the commission than she
IT, because she will have greater freedom of utter
and action in the matter Of prosecuting her cam
pagns and arousng public sentiment in favor OF we
fare legislation
BE that It may the Democratic effort TO white
wash and reinstate William j. Gibbons the depose
State inspector. has been defeated and the matter
what further step shall be taken win depend largel