Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-07


the much talked of appointment OF
the poIcewoman or matron:
Editor,
Perth Amboy Evening News.
Dear Sir:
ITO those who know 1t would seem
that Alderman Wilson Is having some
fun to himself, and that, at the ex-
pense of the Democratic minority OF
the Board of Aldermen.
.1f YOU will allow the space in your
paper, the undersigned will say lew
words about the other SIDE OIL this
case. viz, O poMcewoman, a policema-
tron, q probation officer of a secretary
to the superintendent of police.
"At a meeting of the Board or Al
dermen held on January 18TH, 1917,
Alderman Wilson told the Democratic
members of the board that they, the
Republicans were going to nominate
a certain woman for Police Matron
at a salary of $3.50 per year and the
same woman to be nominated as sec
re.ary to the Superintendent OF ponce
at a salary of $3.50 or total OF $l'2oo
per year. (Some diplomacy)
lowing to the fact that 1 am chair
man of the committee on salary ana
having had no chance to discuss the
question in committee, l told Mr.. wal
son that I would vote mo- II ne
brought the matter up. because L felt
then as l feel now, that there are too
many positions being created in the
shape Of sinecures, from which the
taxpayers get very little results of the
beneficial kind.
Towards the end of the same meet
ing, Mr.. Wilson came to me and told
me he had withdrew the resolution.
1.-TWO or three nights afterward Mrs.
Isabelle Gould called at my home and
asl1e ed me If l would assist her to get
a position as policewoman, probation
officer of matron. l told her to inter
view all the members of the council,
and ask them what they would do for
her as l knew very little about the
matter. / assured her however that
I would vote for her on account of
knowing as 1 did that she lost her
only son in the late war. / felt that as
an old soldier and that patriotic
American, there were no politics could
aHenate my vote from a patriotic
woman like her. All other things of
course being equal
During the Red Cross survey here
a few months ago, a injecting was
held In the jury room of the city hall
between the council and four members
OF the Red Cross survey. At this
meeting one of the members of the
survey suggested that the council
should appoint a woman probation
officer, whose duties would be to look
after wayward girls and delinquent
children as well as women confined
in the city lookup. l asked her If
there was any law that would allow
a city like Perth Amboy to have such
an officer. She could not say but
that she knew that counties were al
lowed to have them.
'TTha next heard Of the matter wa q
when Mr.. Wilson on the night of the
18th of January wanted to make a
police matron and load her up on
Chief Burke as his secretary, so that
she could get $1,000 per year.
This is in view of the fact that
Chief Burke does not want such a
secretary. Any blind man can see
through the whole smoke screen.
Mayor Dorsey. in vetoing the resolu-
ton for a police matron and secre-
tary to the Superintendent Of Police
recommended that instead of a woman
secretary to the chief,~it should be a
man and that man should be detec-
tive with enough clerical ability to fill
the bill. That could be done at a
small expense of 800 per year to the
city.
'Mr Editor. the whole thing is only
an example in Arithmetic. According
to Mayor Dorsey's idea the city gets
the whole thing for 1915 per year,
while with Alderman Wilson's idea
the same thing will cost the city
$1,000. Take your choice.
Yours very truly,
"JOhn T. Clark ~