New-York tribune., 1918-05-14
Copeland Pron,i,l
Brown Trial Wa
Be No "Lynchines
Favors Open Hearing, but
Hints Corporation Com.
sci Will Decide
Charges Are Delayed
Legal Department Fails ).
Respond to Efforts to
Expedite Case
Charges Are DELAYED

Health Commissioner Royal s. co,.
land at the close Of business vest.,a'
had not received from the Corpors,;.'
CounsePs Office the charges on uh;.f
DR.. Lucius Polk Brown, chief of i.
Bureau Of Food and Drugs, is n /.
tried for his official life. The csss 9.
sent to the Corporation Counsel !.
days ago, and on Friday D.. Cop.,.,s
asked that the matter be expedited
1t developed yesterday that Dr.. Com.
land also had asked the Coruorat;..
Counsel for advice as to the method 'Sa -
which DR.. Brown is to be tried. I'm,
yesterday it had been understood tkss
Dr. Brown, instead of the usual civil
service hearing, which gives tha j.
cused an opportunity to deny the t,rsh
OF the charges. would be given an onss
hearing with the privilege of beine sr,a ~
resented by counsel and putting IN
real defence. - :
1t was on this theory that Geo,,.
Gordon Battle, counsel for DR. Rro.,Sr
said he would waive the question -
DR.. Brown being illegally suspend.d
the civil service law requiring thss
charges be preferred before suspeusisn
and not after, as in the Brown case,
Will Be No "Lynching"
DR.. Copeland said yesterday Il -.
his intention that ample opportunitv
De given both sides to present then
cases in an open hearing, but that ths
Corporation Counsel is the legal advise,
OF the Health Board and it would 81
bound by his service.
"The usual civil service hearing on
charges is little more than lynchinr.s
reporter remarked.
There will be no lynching and, 81
lar as am concerned, DR.. Brown VIII
get fair trial in the open, with Tie
reporters present." said DR.. Copeland,
Before he goes on trial the full board
Will meet and pass on the matter..s
DR.. Copeland yesterday announced
the temporary appointment of Dr.. 8
Dana Hubbard, of the division Of epi.
demiology, to take over the work II
the Bureau of Public Health Education
! tomorrow night, when DR.. Charles r
Bolduan quits the department Dr.
Bolduan will technically be in the ser.
vice to November. but on vacation
DR.. Hubbard has been in the depart
ment tor many years and is rated m
one of the ablest in the service. No
decision has been reached as TO the
ultimate fate of this bureau. which
Civil Service Commissioner James E
| MacBride recommended be abolished.
Industrial Hygiene Conference
A conference between represents
tives of the State Industrial Commits
sion and DR.. Copeland has been fixed
for Friday, when the matter Of indus
trial hygiene will be discussed, This
DR.. Copeland said, is for the purpose
Of arranging cooperation of the two
departments in the inspection Of fac
tories. This will be followed by .
conference at later date with repre-.
sentatives Of organized labor.
DR.. Copeland said this will not BE-
restricted to any particular group, the
Central Federated. Union, the local Of
fee Of the American Federation Of
Labor and other organizations being
asked to send representatives as well
as the Labor League. The importanee
t of this lays in the fact that the Labor
League is the Hylan labor campaiga
committee under another name, and
has excluded from it's membership the
unions having the largest number Of
J factory employees.