Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-22
State Welfare Office to Become
90 celebrating" Branch
Federal Bureau in Washing
ton.
REMOVES FROM POLITICS
National Experts Will Assist
Commissioner Whites Staff
in Working Out Important
Problems.

The Idaho Department of public
welfare will be a Collaborating de-
partement of the United States health
bureau, which will subject it's control
health experts and will remove the de-
partment to a great extent from pol
itics, j. X. White, public welfare com
missioner announced today
Mr.. White will leave within few
days for washington, ID. c.. to COM
plete an agreement for this arrange
ment with the federal bureau.
MORE FUNDS AND MEN
One of the greatest benefits to be
derived from affiliation with the fed
( eral office will be the additional funds
and larged staff that will be made
available for carrying on health work
and disease prevention work in the
state, according to Commissioner
White.
The commissioner of public welfare
is an appointive officer, but before the
federal agency will provide funds and
help for collaborating branch the
officer in charge must be acceptable
TO the federal health experts, and they
must approve of the way he conducts
his office professionally.
BROADER FIELD
Jurisdiction of the state sanitary
inspectors under Mr.. White will be
greatly eXtenueu Dy the eStdDllSIiiiieiil
of relations with the United States bu-
reau. They will have authority to in
spect interstate shipments. and can
stop the sale or traffic OF all products
which would have an injurious effect
on ths health of the consumer.
The chemist i'm the department of
public welfare will be cola borating
United States chemist.
Entil Mr.. White was given direct
control of this DOM NJ me Mt under the
the state government, the federal gov
eminent had not expressed willing
ness to join forces with the state. Ev-
identity, however, with the bringing of
the departments statistical bureau
and its other divisions up to the feder-
al standard the state has been asked
& to take advantage of the health facil-
titles offered by Uncle Sam.
COMMISSIONER PLEASED
Commissioner White was highly
elated over the possibilities under the
new arrangement today.
with the federal government pay
ing proprotionate share of the ex
pense ii will be possible for the health
department to extend its operations
and perform many duties for the ben
eft of the state that 1t cannot now
perform" he said.
.One of the first pressing matters
that will be taken up will be an in
,estigation of the water supply for
domestic purposes in the lava bed sec
tions of the state. \ sanitary engi-
neer will be added to the staff under
government direction to take up this
problem In several towns in southern
Idaho there is an underground polu-
ton of the water supply that has beer
plenacing for some time. Just what is
the cause of this and how 1t can be
remedied will be taken up by the san
itary engineer"
Mr.. White will leave for the cas-
within, few days. He will first go Il
New Orleans to attend the annua
meeting of the American Public Health
association, Oct 1880. Then he viii
g go TO Washington. D. G.. TO confer will
the federal health officials regarding
federal aid for Idaho, and to attend {
public health conference called by
United States Surgeon General Ru'
pert Blue for Nov. 4-6.