The broad ax., 1922-03-11

eral high-class white gentlemen pres
ent at the meetings of the Trustee
Board, that the colored doctors would
refrain from conducting themselves
in such a roughhouse manner in the
future.
That statement or conclusion on
the part of our good friend, DR.. N. ].
Brown, was as far from the truth as
the bright shining sun is from the
earth.
For on Thursday evening, January
20, 1922, the members of the Board
of Trustees whose names were pub
lished in the last issue of this paper
met at 1902 South State street, for
reelection of officers for the coming
year and for the transaction of any
other business which might come be-
fore it, and all went we'll until after
President Hon. George B. Holmes
stated that the executive committee
had accomplished wonders in such a
short space of time in handling the
business affairs of the Fort Dearborn
Hospital, that he had made up his
mind to re-appoint it for the coming
year, the executive committee consist
ing of Mr.. Alfred Clover. Mr.. A. L.
Williams and Mr.. julius F. Taylor;
then the fireworks or the bitter fight
ing began against it which was led by
DR.. NJ. ]. Brown, who was ably
backed up by DR.. B. R. Bluitt and by
DR.. c. w. Bib, they bitterly fought
and protested against the re-appoint-
ment of the executive committee, and
at that point each member of the ex-
ecutive committee informed President
Holmes that its members were ready
and willing to step aside and permit
other members of the Trustee Board
to discharge its duties as at best it
was a thankless job. For the sake of
peace and harmony, DR.. Brown in
timated that he had contributed one
thousand dollars to the Fort Dear
born Hospital and had made grand
stand play by giving, another thou
sand dollars at the meeting at the
Wendell Phillips High School at the
time that Mr.. Alfred Clover donated
one thousand dollars to the Fort
Dearborn Hospital to be used to Sc
cure a home for the nurses and not
to be used in paying off the old
running debts of the hospital; that
all the doctors and others connected
with the hospital must work under
him and his very able associates and
not attempt to work over them, or
words to the same effect.
DR.. Brown, in continuing his bitter
fight against the executive commit
tee, asserted that it had failed to treat
him right and he freely predicted that
it would utterly fail in conducting
the business affairs of the hospital;
that statement on the part of DR..
OAO"h was CAlOu6h " NduSG hhC OOSS
devil to crack his fat sides with loud
laughter when we take into consid-
Grafton the fact that the executive
committee was forced to buy more
than one hundred dollars worth of
new surgical instruments in order for
the doctors to perform operations
properly. That was zone of the first
things it was forced to do on assum-
ing charge of its business affairs and
the next thing it was compelled to
do was to buy new bedding for all
patients above eight or ten.
The hospital being far short on
surgical instruments It was no won
der thai one of the lady patients lab
ored under the impression that the
doctor rushed down stairs into the
kitchen after the butcher knife and
after a big pair of tailors shears,
which she thought he used while per-
forming an operation on her.
Go be continued next week.)