New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
W ar Hospital
At Fox Hills
Shocks Women
New Jersey American Legion
Chiefs Join N. Y. Com
manders in Demanding
That Congress Investigate
Ex Service Men Suffer
Buildings Called Unfit and
Treatment Given to Many
Patients Is Denounced

Club women and state heads of the
American Legion in New Jersey united
with the Legion's New York State
chiefs yesterday in urging the institu-
ton of q Congre ssional inquiry into
Fox Hills Hospital and it's management
and in declaring that it should be
abolished as wholly unfit for the care
of sick, wounded and disabled ex-serv-
ice men.
j. D. Sears, the Legion's New Jersey
state commander, in a conference held
with William +. Dcegan, state COM
mander Of New York, said that he
Heartily agreed with efforts being
made to do away with the hospital as a
place for war veterans" and announced
that the Legion organization of bis
state would give the fullest co-opera-
tion to any steps winch the New York
Legionnaires may take to obtain a
Congressional investigation Of the in
stitution.
Mrs. Day Urges Action
The move by New Jersey club women
was launched by Mrs. Lillian Paschal
Day, of Leonia, who for a considerable
time was one of a group of women en-
gagged in relief work at the hospital.
She was the only woman called by a
Congressional committee to testify on
behalf Of the Sweet bill before that
measure was enacted into law.
Mrs. D0V aODPared CoSterdov ffar
noon before the Civic Forum of the
Ieona Woman's Club and obtained the
unanimous adoption by that organiza-
ton of resolutions demanding an in
vestigation by Congress of Fox Hills
and kindred hospitals and an audit of
their accounts. The resolutions also
Hsk that the state conference of the
New Jersey League of Women Voters,
which will meet next Monday at Tren-
ton. take similar action.
The resolutions follow, in part:
"Whereas, authenticated reports Of
deplorable conditions still being en-
Gured by our disabled ex-service men
in United States Public Health Serv-
ice and contract hospitals. particularly
st Fox Hills, continue to come from
Investigating committees of the Amer
'can Legion, welfare workers and the
public press, especially the present
series IN ne New Ork 1rlDune, and
"Whereas. the cost of running the
hospital, with 900 employees and 100
patients. as given out by the executive
officer, DR.. j. S. Boggess, is almost
100000 month. or approximately SO
day for each patient. together with
such excessive items as 100000 for
painting as given out by the director
DR.. j. o. Cobb, appears to be a wanton
waste Of our taxpayers money, there
fore be it
Resolved That we, as American
women citizens, do hereby demand q
Congress ional investigation of these
conditions in Fox Hills and elsewhere
and an accounting with audits Of the
use by hospital directors of these large
maintenance sums, with view to
eyacuating the Fox Hills plant entirely
as unfit for hospitalization of our ex-
soldiers"
Legion Policy Endorsed
New Jersey State Commander Sears
made the following statement:
Il heartily agree with the policy of
the New York State organization of
the Legion in seeking to do away with
Fox Kills Hospital. feel that in
view of the fact that the New Jersey
posts of the Legion have contributed
more than 100000 in direct aid for
the ex-service men there, we are en-
titled to say what we think concerning
the institution.
az believe that there should be an