New-York tribune., 1922-01-08


In discussing his plans for this year
he said:
"The foremost thing in The minds Ct;
veterans not only in this state, but
throughout tac country, is hospita iza-
tion. We lind that conditions here in
this city arc no better now than they
wore a year ard a half ago. There has
been no improvement. We still have
the Fox Hills Hospital, in use for the
care Of tu5ercular patients
Contentmcnt Aids Cure
While physicians claim that a .ubcr-
cular patient can be treated anywhere,
every one else agrees that The con-
tentment Of the mind is fifty per cent
Of the cure. Consequently, if & paten,
feels that he would progress more rap
idly at Liberty, n. Y. he should be
sent there instead Of being kept herc.
"On.y a short time ago | was in Lib
crty and talked to $50 patients. That
very morning an order had been re-
ceivod transferring twelve OF these
men to hospitals III and around New
York City. The reading OF the order
upset these men and aroused their ire.
This is merely an example OF how an
order Of this kind Will cbstruct cure
There is a decided Improvement IN the
patients every day under the climate Of
this place.
at is the intention of the American
Legion OF this estate to have es.ab-
lished TWO hospitals for the care of
the tuDercular men-onc at Liberty
New York, and the other at Saranac
Lake. These two institutions will be
better located to care for the tuber-
cu!ar men than any we now have.
"As to TIE care of the insane, Of
which there are more than 800 in
this state, permit ne TO say that Gov
ernor Miller, at a recent conference
with Colonel Cornelius w. Wicker
sham and myself listened to our prog
ram and made it plain that he would
do AL i'll his power in the interest ard
care of these men.
May Close Fox Kills
The State Eospitalization Commit
tee has suggested that the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum at Kings
bridge. which has recently been Sc
cured, be converted into "a medical and
surgical hospital thereby permittins 10
the closing Of Fox Hills and the Po.v-
clinic Hospitals. There will be CON
ference in Washington this week with
this in view.
AS an example OF the government s
incficiency in caring for the disabled
let me tell you of an incident at the
Seton Hospital. which is used for the
care OF tubercular men. The American
Legion was informed that eighty tu-
bercular patients at this institution
were unable to sleep outside because
OF the lack of proper blankets. These
men need this treatment. The Legion
was notified and through the courtesy
OF Colonel Olmstead, OF the National
Guard. Of this state secured 100 blank
cts. Theye were delivered at the hos
pital n short time after the request
was received by the Legion. That is
what | call government ineniciency.
The relief program CT the Legion is
progre ssing smoothly. The city with
its fund is doing q noble service for
the cX-servlce man as provided for by
Law. The city is cooperating with the
state department of the Legion, and
the men assigned to this work from
the Legion and for the city are working
hand in hand. Both Colonel Wicker
sham and myself spoke to Governor
Miller recently on this subject. He
Will mention the relief among the serv-
ice man in his message for an appro-
priation Of S4,00O,O0O.
In my opinion, the former service
man may work out a relief system of
his own. | would suggest that each
and every former service man recon-
men to his employer when a vacancy
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