The sun., 1919-05-27
MANAMAKER HEADS
! HYLAN'S NEW BOARD
Public Welfare Committee to
Discuss Control of Drugs
and Explosives.
FIRST SESSION THURSDAY
Mayor to Start Ball Rolling
and Swami, Enright and
Others Will Talk.
FIRST SESSION THURSDAY

Rodman Wanamaker has been APP
pointed chairman OF an organization to
be known as the Mayors Committee on
Public Welfare. which is the outcome of
q conference held at the City Hall two
weeks ago to discuss ways and means
of controlling or suppressing the sale.
distribution and use of habit forming
drugs and the regulation Of the manufac-
ture and distribution Of chemicals of a
high explosive nature.
Alfred J. johnson, formerly City
Chamberlain, Is vice chairman, and
Grover A whalen. tho Mayors secre-
tary, secretary. There are axty-two
other members, including a number OF
women. The Mayor has asked the COM
mittee to meet at the City Hall at 2 80
p. n. on Thursday to hear him tell them
the character OF the work he desires them
TO do. In addition to his remarks FOUR
papers will be read. as follows:
District Attorney Swann-''Prosecu-
tion of dealers and distributors of habit
forming drugs and physicians illegally
prescribing same also prosecution and
conviction Of drug addicts."
Police Commissioner Enright-"The
sale and manufacture OF drugs and the
difficulty from police standpoint OF
securing proper evidence to convict
those guilty of their illegal sale and dis
tribution.'
Harry E Lewis. District Attorney.
Kings County-"Is the use OF habit
forming drugs a crime breeder?'
DR.. Royal S. Copeland, Health Com
Observation-Disclosures to the health and
morals OF the city from the use of habit
forming and crime inducing drugs
Z The committee will have permanent
-@Ta ~. .l.r 10 he Ian NJ
Records. The members of the commit.
I teen, in addition to the officers, are:
Philip Berolzheimer, Corporation
Counsel William p. Burr, Or. John w.
/ Brannan, Miss Laura Cauble, Commits
sioner Bird 8. Coler. Justice Cornelius
F. Collins. DR.. Walter H. Conley, Bor-
, ough President Maurice F. Connolly.
Health Commissioner Royal e. Cope
! land, Frank ]. Coyle. Borough President
Frank l.. Bowling. Fire Commissioner
Thomas ]. Drannan, Mr.. Charles ].
Druhan, Police Commissioner Richard
e. Enright, Mrs. Sue M. Farrell, Mrs.
! Mary A. Figueria, Samuel NJ. Fleish-
man. the Rev, Percy Stickney Grant.
d.. NJ. 8. Gregory. Commissioner OF
Correction James A. Hamilton. Deputy
Police Commissioner DR.. John A. Har-
riss. Mrs. w. r. Hearst. Mrs. Nelson r.
Z Henry, Clarence s. Herter, David Hirsh-
| field, Miss Mary Holberton, Mrs. Grace
l Hartman, Mrs. Eli Joseph, Louis G.
/, Kaufman. Deputy Police Commissioner
William ]. Lahey. Deputy Police Com
/; missioner John A. Leach. Mrs ]. A.
Lee. District Attorney Harry <. Lewis.
/, Sophie Iren Loeb, Benjamin Liesberger,
I George w. Loft, Mrs. George w. Loft.
4 Mrs. Philip Lydig. Chief Magistrate
William McAdoo, Miss Kathryn Nc
CARRY. Miss Sara Graham Mulhall, Mrs.
lewis Nixon. Mrs. Jean II. Norris, Mrs
Ellen A. OGrady. District Attorney
Denis OLeary, Joseph J. O'Brien. An
ming S. Prall DIR. z. Guernsey Rankin
Daniel G. Reid. Daniel L. Ryan, Jeffer-
son Seligman, Harry F. Sinclair. Mrs
Lillian r. Sire, Arthur S. Somers. Dis.
trict Attorney Edward Swami, Mrs
! franklin Taylor, r. v. r. Thayer. Frank
/ 6 Voss, Victor A. Watson, Sanders A.
Wertheim, Mrs. William Young and
4 William FL Walsh,