The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-19
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bY'PR0F. DEAN.
!. RESIGNED AIDE
Veterans Bureau Chief Dubbed
Destruction Engineer" After
Row Over National Univ.

Col. Charles r. Forbes IL rapidly
gaining the title Of championship
shooter of the Washington bureaus
through his ability to beat to the
draw assistant directors who would
terminate their activities under him
in various divisions of the United
States Veterans Bureau.
II would appear that Forbes has
achieved the uncanny faculty of say
ing. You're out" just as those who
would much rather resign are reach
iEg into their respective pockets for
a signed resignation. previously pre-
pared.
With the sudden appointment Of
Col. Robert Erwin Reese, formerly
Of the general staff and during the
war head of the educational and
recreational activities Of the A. E.
F., to the post Of assistant director
Of the rehabilitation division of the
bureau certain revelations have been
made that would indicate that the
intra.mural activities of the veterans
bureau are not as rose-tinted as an
industrious publicity organization
would enjoy having the world believe.
Dispute Over University.
The separation of Prof. Arthur
Dean, Of Columbia University, from
the post now held by Colonel Reese,
hazily announced last Saturday, has
brought the disclosure that Deans
absence from the Monday morning
lineup at the bureau was based upon
a dispute between Dean and Forbes
OF more than five months - or
throughout the complete period of
Deans connection with the bureau.
$ The break Is said to have come
through disagreement over the So
called National University" recently
established at Chillocothe, Ohio. by the
bureau. While dispute over this point
brought Deans resignation. It was but
the climax of five months interior.
ence in professional policies. II, is
said. From the beginning Dean de.
clares his position became impossible,
but he labored in the hope of being
Of service to the disabled men. This,
however. he found he could not do.
he declares in a statement following
his arrival in New York, because the
Veterans Bureau work was being
directed "by q destruction engineer
who has worked with coolie labor"
The dismissal of Prof. Dean paral.
lels the dismissal of DR.. Haven Emer-
son, in both cases the director beat
ing them to II by getting out
when their designations were ready.
DIR. Emerson actually presented his
resignation. Colonel Forbes, however,
dismissed him before 1t was effective.
Prof. Dean, on the other hand, did
not actually get his resignation over
the plate. He had II in his pocket.
but Colonel Forbes got the drop on
him with a short sentence.
To questioning on the Dean case.
Colonel Forbes says Prof. Dean re-
signed" ... ..-...
WAS 1t because he disagreed with
you over the Chillicothe school?" he
was asked. sr o..
NO" Forbes replied. prof. Dean
Is strong for !Chillicothe. Just say
that Prof Dean for some time has
been under the weather" -
! Deans story differs somewhat.
: within twenty-four hours after I
had accepted the dictatorship Of the
rehabilitation division, DR.. Haven
Emerson announced his resigna ZION
and gave me a very gentle hint that
II would be only a question Of time
when I would discover that a profes.
not possible as things were run at
the bureau.
DIR. Emerson Dismissed.
"A few days later DIR. Emerson was
summarily dismissed. In my case
history repeated itself, only Colonel
Forbes beat me to it. My interest
in the work and my hope that the
problem could be worked out made
me stick by the job quite irrespective
Of the internal friction and lack on the