Evening star., 1923-06-09
BOARD
STANDS FIRM ON
HOMES FOR WARDS
Children to Be Kept in Instl-
tuition Until Proper Places
Are Found.

! The board of children's guardians.
. in a statement from President w. w.
MILAN. today put itself squarely on
record in favor of placing the chill
dren committed to it in good homes
rather than place them permanently
| in an institution.
The board issued the statement in
order to make its position unmistak-
ably clear to the public and to re-
move the impression that majority
of the board is advocating the insti-
tuition in preference to the private
boarding home.
Mrs Ella H.. West, executive agent
of the board. did not resign volun-
tarily yesterday, but had been re.
quested to do so. Mr.. MILAN pointed
nation was given to the public be-
fore he received 1t.
Refutes Reports.
In refuting reports that the guar
dams are opposed to the private home
for for the wards, the president of
the board says:
"All intelligent people concede that
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institution, but many, including a ma
jority, if OF all. of the present board,
do not subscribe to the doctrine that
any home Is better than any fnstitu-
tion. They think good institution
is better than a poor home"
The board intends to use the Indus
trial Home School as Congress in
tended it should, namely, as receiV-
ing place for the children.
There were reports in circulation
today that one or two members of
the board may resign.
Mr. MILAN said the board has not
yet selected a successor to Mrs. West
1t is believed the statement issued
by Mr.. MILAN today will go far toward
clearing the situation and ending the
atmosphere of controversy. The state
ment follows, in full:
"The board of childrens guardians,
at meeting on yesterday afternoon.
at which those present were Judge
George c. Aukum, Judge NJ. M. Doyle.
Dr. William A. Warfield. Mrs. Gilbert
Fl. Grosvenor, Mrs. Frank b. Noyes
and the president, w. w. MILAN. ac-
cepted the resignation of the agent OF
the board to take effect June 20. 1928.
Mrs. Grosvenor, at her request, was
recorded as voting in the negative.
The resignation was, in effect. though
not in terms. rendered to take erect
June 81. 1878, In letter addressed Dy
the agent of the board to the presi-
dent, under date June 8, 1928, and de-
livered to him at the meeting at about
4:25 pm. by a clerk from the office
Of the board, some time after it had
been circulated on the streets in an
afternoon newspaper.
Because the letter. by its omis-
sion of reference to the correspond
ence preceding it. as we'll as by it's
general tenor, failed to acquaint the
public with the boards reasons for
acting. or the fact that it had moved
In the matter at all, the board,
although declining to take the more
drastic action of removing the agent
at once. was unwilling to accept the
resignation as rendered, and accepted
it to date June Goth, as stated.
Gave False Impression.
"The agents letter obviously
creates the impression that the resig-
nation was voluntary and because of
her dissatisfaction with certain ac-
tions of the board and the attitude
toward her of certain of the members.
Comments upon the letter. in the arti-
Gle that accompanied it were based
upon this assumption. This made it
necessary, in the opinion of the board,
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