Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-10
CHARITIES BOARD
CUTS STATE AID
Philadelphia Institutions to
Receive $3,39l,2OO if
Governor Approves
HAD ASKED s5,563,olO
Total Amount Recommended
Exceeds Previous Appropri-
alton by Nearly S2,OO0,000

Philadelphia hospitals and charitable
Institutions will receive State aid total
ing more than s3.391200, IL the recon-
mendations In the preliminary report of
the Board of Commissioners of Public
Charities are ado pied by the Legislature.
The report will be submitted tonight
Philadelphia institutions asked for
s5,563,s10. The report recommends s3-
$4,000. The total does not include
Mercy Hospital. 1t is recommended that
this institution receive $4,000 for two
years as long as It occupies old build
>. ing" and $50, 900 for the same period of
I time II II moves into It's new build
ing, which Is nearing completion at
Fiftieth street and Woodland avenue.
No Recommendation for aid is made
for the Douglas Hospital. which asked
for $4,000.
The Rev. ]. G. Beckett, treasurer of
Douglass Hospital, which is negro in
stitution on Lombard street near Six
teenth, said today that the action of the
board in refusing to aid the hospital
was news to me-"
Bishop L. j. Coppin, of TIE African
Methodist Episcopal Church: Dr.. n. S.
Mossell, superintendent of the hospital
and myself, appeared before the chari-
ties board in behalf of the institution"
he said. They did not leave the impress
sion that they were going to turn us
down. l cannot explain the action"
II is believed that the refusal arose
from charges made against Or. Mossell
by Bromley Wharton, secretary of the
Board of Charities and others, in 1917.
In secret session of the House Appro-
priations Committee, allegations of mis-
management were made against the in
stitution. Doctor Sinclair, n negro ply
airian dap1arp that MOaQan n
the institution ito suit himself" and
when charge of dishonesty was made.
DR.. Mossell leaped at his accuser and
threatened to punch his head"
The hearing followed the refusal of
the board to recommend an appropria-
tion of $4,000. Action, at the time, was
postponed by the committee.
Members Of the Boaro of Commission
ers Of Public Charity stated today that
most of the recommendations are based
on the amount OF free service to the
public.
The report carries a total OF s16,659,-
s56.2s. The charities throughout the
State asked for s24,53s,23S.21. The
amount recommended Is nearly $4,000.
600 more than was received from the
Legislature Of 1917. when s14.s74.4761e
was provided.
generally followed by the Governor in
cutting down the appropriations passed
upon by the Legislature
The State Institutions have asked for
S5,254,009.76. and the board recommends
S4,773.150.63; the semi-State institu-
tons ask for s2,094. .459.49. and the rec
concentrations are for Si,755,400; the
hospitals ask for ss,654.o56, and the
board has recommended s6.539,466; the
sanatoria ask for s262,o00, and the board
recommends s1S5,200, and the homes
and asylums ask for s1.s23, 5000, and
the board recommends s1.360,6S9.20. A
summary for sixty-seven years shows
that the State and semi-State institu-
tions received from the Commonwealth
Ss1,066,07o.S3, the hospitals, sanatoria
and homes, not under State control,
S6s,136.07s, making a total of $780,
202.14Ss9.
The institutions of the Philadelphia
district, the amounts asked for the
coming two-year appropriation period
and the amounts recommended by the
board are as follows:
. Gfata Instifut,nn.