Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-04

hAd 20 fhr exceeded his authority. 4
report from DR.. Hancker was read IN
which he eaid I'VE are sorry" mean
Ing, suppose. himself and DIR.
TanAuranz, who appeared to Ae the
acting superintendent. l have NJ yet
seen no ofYiciai communIcat ton an to
the action taken by the board OF trus-
| tees. but upon reading their resolu-
tons In the paper. while they depre-
cate the action of Or. Hancker, II
does not appear 10 me that they have
assured us tho incident would not hap
pen again.
From my letter to Governor Denney,
lis will .be seen that we contemplated
| 4 joint meeting with tho knights OF
Columbus to protest TO the governor.
| Upon being informed that the COM
niittee from the X. OF G. were au-
| thorzed to report that they would not I
proceed further with their protest as |
| ttey accepted the action of the Board
i of Trustees az an ''amende honorable"
We decided not to meet jointly with the
TX OF c.. as we did not concur in this
decision.
On February 3, accompanied by Mrs.
Martin r. Keogh. vice regent and Mrs. \
4 by the governor, and as nearly as !
can recall, the following is report Of
our conference with the governor. who
treated us with every courtesy
and confederation and who,
/ while he stated had no power to dis
, cipline employees Of the State Hospital,
assured us he would do what nc could.
After the usual preliminaries as to
ed that / attended a rnecting OF the
board OF trustees the previous day /
asked the governor Il had been su-
perintendcnt of the Delaware State
Hospital and had inserted in a Jour
u nal an ad for Catholic assistant
g what he thought would be the result
for me. lie replied he could judge. and
I said knew | would be dismissed
: and Justly so.--and while we all hated
& to request the Dismissal OF man ~
o years OF age, and who had been there
80 years. stlll 1t was very evident he
II had been there 20 years too long
n Judging from the methods In vogue
Is at the State Hospital; that we did not
a care whether the superintendent were
> caholic, Jew or Protestant, just so he
was capable man and would show
"A no. discrimination. ! next told tn,
" governor that at the meeting with
"a the trustees, one Of them had said DR.
- iInncker W., so i'll they had to cal
in "traiiAl nurse" whereupon
= asked how many trained nurses wer
employed at the State Hospital. DR.
u Hancker's assistant stated "one.
III Upon further questioning. it wa
found. the only graduate nurse in tn
es institution was the nurse called in {
ne take care OF. DIR. Hancker.--whic
SIS proved they considered II necessary {
IL have a graduate nurse for DIR. Hanck
st err but none for supervision Of IN
ur care Of the patients for whom we pa
IN taxes. This condition Of affairs exis,
be in no up-to-date hospital. The Cover
at nor then stated that the hospital be
by ing hampcred by lack OF funds, pos
Is. sibly accounted for the lack OF nurs
es, whereupon ! stated that ! fe
certain It would cost the institutio
T very little more. II any to employ grat
~ uate nurses in tho supervisory pos
oy tions. / next called 10 the governor
~ attention a statement made that ID
- Hancker's assistant had not been alb
-. to leave the hospital in four month
which again proved DR.. Hancker III
not observe up-to-date methods, Il
nc before he became III, he could haS
uo answered while the assistant phys
81 clan was out OF the hospital. One
'eo the trustees also assured me, II
1ai patients being all mental cases, d
ne not appear TO need nurses, an the
pm were not Ack. I assured him the,
Ar. was no illness any more serious tina
las mental illnees and that many tim
e. this could be cured by proper nursin
combined with intelligent medic
us treatment. Governor Denney assur
ee. us that he and Mr.. Gawthrop al
ger ! other members Of the trustees 4