The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-13
KINGSBURY FOUGHT
BY WIDOWS BOARD
Charities Heads Effort to
Control Investigators
Starts Trouble.
THREE MEMBERS RESIGN

Troubles tina have been. brewing FOR
months I'm the Board Of Child Welfare
resulted yesterday In the publication Of
n statement to the effect that Mrs.
Rogers II. Bacon. Mrs. J. Borden Harri-
man and Edward i. Maynard had sent
their designations to Mayor Mitchell. re-
fusing to serve longer because they OBJ
n. Einstein and Miss Sophie Irene Loeb.
The statement was attributed to a social
worker. .r. ....
Mrs. Baeoh's attention was called TO
the statement and She said that sfe
resigned last January because OF Illness.
She said tina she was chairman Of he
committee on families and felt that the
condition of her health would not per-
init her TO give to the work all the at
tention II required. twas learned else
where tha Mrs. Hartman resigned
when she moved to Washington. and 10
far AZ could be established her resigna-
ton had nothing to do with roubles
within the board. Mr.. Maynard de-
ciined TO say whether or not he had re-
signed.
Mrs. Elnstetn Indignant.
Mrs. Einstein was indignant al the
persona turn given to the troubles
within the board. She said that the
story meant nothing more than the fight
Within the board to have Charities
Commissioners John A. kingsbury elimi-
mated as u member because Of his con-
slant attempts. to control the boards
activities had been o There is now
before Gov. Whitman y bill which does
eliminate Commissioners kingsbury. Miss
Loeb was in Albany yesterday. presum-
ably in the interest Of this bill.
Mrs. ESnstein said that from the very
beginning she a opposed the efforts of
Commissioned kingsbury to make the
Board of Child Welfare an adjunct of
tho Department Of Charities. She said
the objection was to the identification OF
child welfare with charity. Her idea
and that of Miss Loeb has been that the
aiding OF widows with children is not
L. charity hut "a social service for the
beneft of the city.
THE dearest thing about tina state.
ment.'' said Mrs. Einstein. lis that
kinssbury has got to 60. II is all a
question II him and his coterie. Its a
.questio:. Of fight and We have beaten
him"
Mrs. Eins,ein explained that one o.
the sources OF trouble was the objeoiior
Of COMMISSIONS kingsbury to the EN-
plcyment OF investigators not of his de
partment. She said that il was an un'
disputed fact that Commissioner Kings
bury did no, have a sufficient force Of
Investigators to do the work Of the boa n
and that the board had gone ahead ant
formed it, own STAFF to supplement tina
oe the Department OF Charities.
WOuldn't Cost Any More.
She said her idea was that 1t wouldn'
cost any more money to engage "A stat
Of investigators under direction OF tin
oar of hid Welfare than it woul
TO increase the staff of investigators un
der control of the commissioner. Hi
failure To- re, conirol of the Investigator
was, in her opinion. the cause OF Com
missioner sbury's o will
what the board is doing
The statement published yesterday an,
attributed 20 a social worker declare,
that the majority element in the boar
had the confidence Of Mayor Mitchell
The statement said that the trouble wa
that the majority" found itself not
majority under the aggressive attack o
Miss Loeb.
".\s TO administration" the statemen
continues. the record shows that a
efficient stan OF investigators has bee
recruited from civil service lists, Their
II a good Standard OF investigation an,
the grants to widows with d~ependen
children average about what the .Assu
citation for the Improvement OF the Con
ditiOn OF the Poor believed adeQuat
when the association was caring for tn
widows.
The differences apparently are these
Miss Loeb and her friends are suspicion
OF what they call charity trust method
and personnel and are partisans OF Rot
ert W. Iicbberd. secretary of the stat
Board of Charities in his fight on Con-
missioner kingsbury. Mr.. Kingsbury'
supporters contend for a better standar
in chil.h welfare. administration as the
contend for better standards in ins,itl
tional charities"