New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
"The Days of
Real Sport
Briggs
Is enjoying them just now.
He will be back
next week in The
TRIBUNE

to give correct information to the
public on the matter of garbage dis
posal plants.
He also was questioned as to pub
lications that may have dealt with the
Gary school system and was asked to
send all publications to the board that
in any way dealt with controversial
matters.
Professor Peabody Defends Bureau
DR.. Frank H. Mann, of the Bureau of
tuberculosis Clinics, made an appeal
for the continuance of the bureau, urg-
ing that only through a central agency
could the best results be obtained. The
experience of his bureau and his CO.
workers had been that the present bu-
reau was doing an invaluable work.
Professor George Peabody, of the
Morris High School, the largest public
teachers of biology in the city. De-
claring that he could not express too
plainly the benefit the bureau is to the
teachers of the city and through them
to the pupils in the public schools, he
proceeded to demonstrate that many of
the publications of the bureau were in
use in the schools as textbooks.
Get better man than DR.. Bolduan
to run the bureau if you can," said he,
"but by all means continue the bu-
reau."
Would Mean Chaos, Says DR.. Frankel
DR.. Lee K. Frankel, vice-president of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, attacked the problem from the
standpoint of efficiency.
"To abolish this bureau" said he,
"and have the various bureaus arrange
their own publicity would be to put the
partment store would be in without an
advertising staff, and each depart
ment deciding what should be adver-
tised. You would have chaos in your
publicity. There is not large cor
roration in the world that would think
Of decentralizing such work."
Professor George H. Wood. of the
Commercial High School, defended the
work Of the bureau, urging that in
order to make publications of the
Board of Health effective among The
they are now to the vocabulary of the
average man.
J. II. Larsen, of the Milk Commit
tee, said the central bureau idea is
absolutely sound in business and city
affairs.
"This city," said he, "is fortunate
that it has on call men so eminent
in sanitation it could not afford to buy
their services, but gets them gratis.
There is DR.. Goldwater, the ablest man
in his line in America; Dr. Shipley,
and the biggest man of them all. DR.. S.
Josephine Baker. Before you definite
call in these great experts and have a
heart-to-heart talk with them, and be
guided by their advice"
eve couldn't think of doing that, -
said Mr.. MacBride; "the papers would
criticise US"
DIR. E. I. Kellor, psychiatrist. who
has done much work at Police Head
quarters, cited her experience there as
showing the need Of public health edu-
cation.
Clerk Cannot Do Work
Leonard M. Wallstein, ex-Commis-
sioner of Accounts, said DR.. Frankel's
testimony had covered the ground he
expected to cover.
'This is not the first time this bu-
reau has been attacked" said he. I'll
you really want ammunition against it
get the testimony of Tilden Adamson
before the budget committee of the
Board Of Estimate.
ter seriously" he went on, "you cannot
ignore DR.. Frankel's testimony. You
say you want public health education
If you want it you must want it in the
most efficient way. To get it you must
have centralized control. You say you
can do it with a S2,000-a-year CLERK
handling the publications. The news
paper men here will tell you that yor
cannot even get q fairly competent
copy editor for that price"
Dr.. Ira S. Vile, of the City Club, sle
clarcd the bureau produced create,
results than any other had in the his
had given a nationwide impetus tt
this class of work. The work coule
not be done by a $40-a-week man, no
through borough control, he said. 1
must be centralized.
Must Keep Up Efficiency
Dr.. G. E. McCombs, of the Bureau O
Municipal Research, said that if New
York was wrong in establishing thu
country is wrong, naming New York
Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, In
diana and California as being amon
the states now establishing simila
bureaus, work in which many cite
also are engaged.
Professor Jean Broadhurst, of Teach
ers College, declared that New Yor
City is too important from a nationa
health standpoint to permit of an
letting down in health board efficienc
at this. of all times. She expressed
belief that any letting down might b
followed by intervention by the Fed
eral authorities just as they had in
tervened in the vice situation in Phil
adelphia.
Frank Clayton Myers, of the Chill
Welfare Committee; DR.. Caroline Ros
enberg, Fred Gaa, of the Painters
Union, and DR.. John +. Kcvin, O
Brooklyn, testified to the usefulnes
Of the bureau, after which Miss Agne
di Lima, of the Woman's Municipa
League, closed the case Of the oppo
nents of abolition.
Aldermen Criticise