The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-08-16

are seeking to serve special inter
ests."
Derrick's Pay Problem
Failure to notify the Civil Service
Commission of the appointment Of
Calvin Derrick as director of admins
tration and industry at the New Jer-
sey state prison will probably result
in Mr. Derrick serving without pay
until the next meeting of the board,
which is scheduled for the day follow
ing Labor Day.
Principal Keeper Joseph S. Hoff and
William B. Maddox of the board Of
prison managers appeared before the
Civil Service Board at the state house,
but made no mention of Mr.. Derrick's
case.
Agnes Mulrey, secretary of the
Board of Institutions and Agencies,
forwarded to the Civil Service Board
letter and extracts from a meeting
in Newark July 20, at which 1t was
recommended that Mr.. Derrick be en-
ployed. This Newark meeting was
attended by Ellis P. Earle, chairman;
Frank A. Fetridge, F. Wallis Arm
strong, Edward L. Katzenbach and
Commissioner Burdette G. Lewis Of
the institutions board; G. W. Hunt
ington, William A. Barkalow, repre-
senting the prison managers, and
Principal Keeper Hoff.
The extract from the minutes show
ed that upon motion by Mr.. Hunting
ton, seconded by Mr.. Fetridge and by
unanimous vote, it was resolved to
recommend the appointment of Mr..
Derrick at a salary of $500 year,
plus maintenance Of $1,000. The rec
ommendation suggested that Mr.. Der
rick begin his employment at once.
At the meeting Of the Civil Service
Commission the letter from Miss Null
reg, accompanied by the extract from
the meeting of the joint boards were
received. In the absence Of any
formal notification that Mr.. Derrick
had been employed, the commission
took no action In the matter.
The usual procedure would have
been to determine II the salary of ST.
500 and $1,000 for maintenance was
satisfactory, whether the money was
available and where it would come
from, together with some agreement
as to when civil service test for the
position can be arranged.
AS the situation now stands, it is
the intention of whoever is behind
Mr.. Derrick that he should be employ
ed three or six months and then be
permitted to qualify in civil service
test with other competitors for the
position.
With no meeting of the Civil Serv-
ice Board scheduled until early in
September, the question of approving
Mr. Derrick's salary and temporary
appointment cannot be aced upon I'M
less a quorum of the commission,
three of the five members, is special
ly summoned for the purpose.
The civil service commissioners in
uuired of Secretary Messick what du-
ties Mr.. Derrick would take over at
the prison. The secretary said he un-
derstood that he would take the place
Of Charles Clayton, an employee Of
the department of institutions and
agencies in the prison, who has been
in charge of the manufacture of prod
ucts by inmate labor.
At the state house Mr.. Maddox Of
the board of prison managers said the
report of the committee which recent
~ probed the institution contemplates
the prison managers hereafter super.
vising the state use system.
Jamesburg Work Lauded
Several hundred persons from va
rious parts of the state were the
guests of Superintendent Calvin Der
rick of the State Home for Boys at
Jamesburg. Mr.. Derrick leaves the
local institution to assume his new
duties at the New Jersey state prison
at Trenton.
Mrs. Lewis S. Thompson, chairman
of the executive committee Of the
State Board of Control of Institutions
and Agencies, was among the visitors
and at the conclusion Of an inspec-
ton of the institution praised the
work of the outgoing superintendent.
mfr. Derrick has lifted Jamesburg
from a position well down the list to
the very front rank of schools for
juvenile offenders" said Mrs. Thomp-
son, discussing the superintendent
work. "The unique boy scout organi-
zation, including the boy scout camp
in the woods, where Princeton stu
dents assist Scoutmaster Fowler in
his work; the unusual school for man
ual training, the high grade printing
school, the reconstructed cottage
buildings, the we'll conducted hospital
and other features, are all examples
of what can be accomplished by SUI
perintendent Of the highest type"
continued the Red Bank woman
In concluding, Mrs. Thompson de-
clared that only the ablest man in the
country will be able to take up Mr..
Derrick's work at Jamesburg, where
he leaves it to become director of adj
ministration and industry at the New
Jersey state prison"
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