The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

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educate the deaf and the dumb ana
the blind, institutions in which de-
fective and delinquent children are
given care, hospitals in which the
insane are observed and prisons IN
which the criminals are incarcerated.
While had some knowledge Of this
subject. I enlarged 1t by spending
more than three months inspecting
the institutions from cellar to roof.
was convinced that no step was
quite SO imperative as TO give proper
attention to those who need the best
care that can be given them and who
cannot care for themselves.
This is what I want to emphasizes:
The State can spend so much money
and no more. Whether we are on q
rampage or extravaganza or practic-
ing strictest economy, there is q limit.
Now, would you think it inhuman TO
save money by eliminating that horde
OF jobholders and use it for the care
and treatment OF crippled children,
defective children, those deaf, dumb
and blind, the insane and others who
are sick mentally and physically. Or
do you think it would be more human
to continue useless jobs, distributing
the States money, doing absolutely no
good with it and actually deprivinG
those children and others Of comforts
they require?
ANY person who has ever been in
one Of the State institutions and has
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inent Of human beings, if that person
has a dram of the milk of human
Kindness in his soul, would have but
one recommendation, and that: Lex
those who can take care of themselves
do II. and let us spend every dollar
we can TO take care OF those who need
our best efforts and our most diligent
attention. If we contribute one mite
Of additional ease and assistance 10
unfortunates with what we saved By
viping out useless jobs-and we did
accomplish soniething-tilen I am will
ing to abide by the result.
1T may be politically inhuman to
wipe out useless positions. but it is
more inhuman to let the sick suffer,
and il we can relieve their suffering
what we should DO Is obvious. More
than anything else the thought that
stays with ME is the work that should
be done for the poor children, almost
helpless, and helpless in some cases,
In the institutions OF which we have
been speaking The lives OF the older
patients have almost ended. but the
lives OF the children are just begin
ming. Just as important is the dis
abled soldier. You know what those
boys did and what We owe them.
Would you let them want and keep a
payroll padded with non-producers?
al have never been accused of being
In the so-called sob squad and / have
not cited any individual case, but were
to do so [ think you would admit
there was no harm done in decreas-
ing useless positions and increasing
the care Of those in our institutions.
have not told you of the deformed
girl, or blind boy, or deaf youth, nor
have I exploited any individual case
in the hospitals for the insane or in
the hospitals for tuberculosis. nor Is
that my intention. But the time !
spent in those hospitals defined my
duty as to what should do to admin
lister this branch OF the State govern
ment.'
Pausing for q moment, and with q
significant smile the Governor said:
You would not be satisfied unless
talked 9. little about telephone and
traction matters. would your"
Taking it for granted that he would
have an attentive listener, he went at
these perplexing questions, not init
mating that sbey were in the least
perplcxing TO him. lie had his facts
ready for presentation, his first utter
ance being:
well. there was q lot OF noise on
the traction matter, wasn't there? II
was headline material. all of it. But
It has subdued considerably. has Il
not? What was there 10 1t? Just this.
Traction affairs In the State of New
York. and in almost every city of the
State, were In moss. Nobody knew
anything about them and they were
going from bad TO worse. And the
people. OF course, were going without
service. This was the vital problem.
There was a howl about an increase
IN fare when increase or decrease was
secondary TO ample service for the
people. There was something radi-
caliy wrong. Ny idea was to get at
the cause and remedy the illness II It
Could be relieved. We could not pro-