Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-13
SHANK NAMES
DIR. FOREMAN
NEW MEMBER
Third Health Board
Appointment in
Two Weeks.
STSLOFF REFUSES
Council Ordered at
once to Consider
Conditions.

For the third time since Jan. ? In
dianapolis had a new Democratic
member of the board Of public health
this afternoon. This time he is DR..
William II. Foreman, 4343 Broadway.
DR.. Foreman was named by Mayor
Samuel Lewis Shank shortly after
noon when Jesse S. Sisloff, 1881
Bellefontaine street, came to the city
hall and told the mayor he could not
afford to serve on the board. Mr.,
Sislon's appointment had reached the
point that he had been sworn in, only
his certifcation to the city clerk re
naming.
Immediately after Mr.. Shank an
nounced the name Of DIT. Foreman for the
board membership, Or. f. +. uodgin,
president of the board. said that there
would be a special meeting at once TO
consider the ACCESSIBILITY of putting some
of the contagious disease inspectors, dis
charged in the interests of economy two
weeks ago, back on the pay roll to take
care Of an increase in Communicable all
ments which have risen In the last two
MARKS END
OF SQUABBLE.
appointment of DR.. Foreman marks tn
end Of a squabhle over the Democratic
membership which started on the morn
Ing Of Mayor Shanks inauguration day.
Mr., Shank had named DR.. Kari L. Rud-
dell for the appointment several weeks
before. but on the morning Of Jan. he
announced he would give the place to
3 ~ IL ..E,
strenuous objection K the change that
Mr. Shank said he would not name any
body for the place for while. Tho
three other members of the board, DR..
Hodgin, DR.. Goethe Link and DR.. Ar
thur Guedel met on the afternoon Of Jan.
., and named DR.. Hodgin president, Dr.
Richard a. Poole, superintendent Of the
city hospital; Dr.. Herman e.. Morgan,
secretary of the board, aud made other
appointments and orders.
For several days the wrangle over
whether the appoiutee should be DR. Rud-
dell or DR.. Foreman, ragged until early
this week. Mr.. Shank got an opinion
from his legal department that a lay
man could serve on the board and named
Mr.. Sislon for the place, remarking that
If the doctors couldn't agree he would
put 4 nondoctor in the place.
MIR. SIsLOFF
GIVES REASONS.
In refusing to accept the appointment,
Mr. SisIoft said that Mr.. Shank had tried
to prevail upon him to take it and he
thought the mayor was sincere in his
desire for a layman to be a member Of
he board.
However, I have given the matter
careful consideration IN the past two
days and ] have decided l can not afford
TO take the appointment" no said II
feel that a doctor ought to have the
appointment"
Ia UOdgin said that the experiment OF
using policemen for health inspectors
has proven unsuccessful. The board OF
health had the board of public safety to
assign ten policemen to the health de
partmeut to take the place of discharged
inspectors. The policemen, not being
specially trained as the health depart
ment men were, have not been able to
cope with the situation created by the
increase in contagious diseases, Or. Hold
gin said. There are seven regular food
and seven regular contagious disease in
spectors left on the ray roll. Tho reg
ular complement of contagious inspectors
IS fourteen. DR.. Hodgin said that the
present force may be built up almost to
the normal figure if the emergency de
ma0ds it.
Mayor Shank has sent The board a let
ter embodying his suggestion that the
superintendent of the city hospital be
required to pass an examination. Dr.
Hodgin said the board would consider
the letter.