Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-05
PROVIDE SECRECY
FOR STATE WARDS
Board of Charities and correc-
tons Establish New Depart
ment for Its Work

TRENTON. Sept. 5:-At the regular
meeting of the State Board OF Cnars-
| ties Corrections held here .yester-
lday afternoon. the board adopted the
recommendation Of the executive COM
mittee creating within the department
a Division Of Records. Reports and IN
formation and approved Commission
er Lewts's appointment OF Louis b
Blan. Ph.D., al director of the division
DIR. Blan's salary win be paid entirely
from private funds subscribed by resi-
dents of the state who are vitality n
terested in the success of the Work OF
the state board. His employment TO
direct the public Information service
will not cost the state any money at
all. He viii be responsible to the
state board, through the commissioner
for the conduct OF his work.
In creating the division the state
/ board carries out an important pro-
vision of the new law and recognizes
that a correctly informed public Is
vital to the success of its construc-
tive program for the efficient admin
istration of the institutions n non
institutional agencies subject to It's
jurisdiction.
1t was stated today by the Depart
ment of Charities that one of the most
important reasons for executive Ses-
sions, is the necessity for protecting
the unfortunate fe~eb1e-minded, the
epileptic and mentally unbalanced
| wards Of the state, some of them little
children, and the members of their
Immediate families from the odium OF
undeserved publicity which will un-
| ~questionably endanger their whole fu-
ture. The department claims that IN
adopting the plan of executive sessions
the board Is carrying out both In letter
and spirit III provisions OF the statutes
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innate facts concerning the ives and
experience Of the state wards and-their
immediate families.
On recommendation of the execu-
| tive committee, the state board also
created within the Department a Divt-
sion of Administration and approved
the Commissioners appointment or
Barton T. Fell as director. Mr.. Fell
was appointed last May as secretary
to the department. He will continue
as secretary ans executive assistant
and will also act now as chief or the
newly created division.
DR.. W. 5. Jones resignation as a
member of the board. dated August
81. to take effect as of that date. sent
to the governor. was, received by the
board. In view of Mr.. Jones resig-
| nation the Switchboard approved his
appointment at the hands OF the local
board of managers as superintendent
| of the Soldiers Home at Vineland,
| which took effect September 1. The
local board has not fixed his salary.
Mr.. Jones is from Camden.
The board approved the action OF
the commissioner in securing the with
| drawal of the resignation of DIR. Henry
A. Cotton and his assistants of h
Trenton State Hospital. which were
TO have taken effect next November 1.
The accommodation of the execu-
tive committee. adopting general rules
governing institutional Boards of Man
agement OF State Hospitals, State
Feeble-Mfnded, and State Epileptic In
stitutions in choosing a chief execu-
| tive officer, a medical director m
his first assistant was approved by the
board, as was the report of the same
committee authorizing the commits
| sioner to confer with State Director
| OF Conservation and Development LAS
kill and with the Director Of AgricuI-
tural Experiment Station. DR.. Lipp-
man. in relation 20 the possibility OF
employing inmates of state and
ty institutions on work of exterminat-
ing salt marsh mosquitoes in b state
OF New Jersey in five years instead OF
fifteen years. 4s
Approval was also given to the sug-
gestion that Commissioner Lewis con-
| fee with the Wal Department IN the
matter of securing deferred classifca-
ton for the indispensable offices of the
various institutions under h Jurisdic.
ton OF the board. and also the aid of
1.-THE federal government TO accelerate
It's plan by means OF which the man
power of the institutions OF this state
In particular and other states may be
utilized 20 the best advantage In the
performance of such specialized work
as Is practicable by the federal gov
eminent.
The board also received a report OF
the progress in the establishment of
general rules relating to parolqzRand
educational work In the state prison,
which was very satisfactory to the
members A report vas received of
the preliminary study made OF parole
work at the State Home for Boys and
State Home for Girls.