Evening journal., 1923-02-06
MERGER OF FOUR
WELFARE BODIES

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years. The Governor to he an ex-
oficio member of the board. The
board is empowered to employ an
executive official whose salary the
members shall fix.
The sum of S15O,O0O a year for
two years Is provided for In the
bill for the use of the board hut il
is further provided as follows: Not
more than $4,000 shall be used an
nually for the work now performed
by the present State Board of
Health; not over $4,000 shall he
used annually for the work now
performed by the present Delaware
State tuberculosis Commission; not
over S45,0 annually shall be used
for the work now performed by the
present Child Welfare Commission.
and not over $4,000 shall be used
annually for the work now perform
ed by the present Mothers Pension
/ Commission and $4,000 may be
used annually for general admins
I tration which may he augmented II
necessary In the discretion Of the
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the other four funds.
or the $4,000 for mothers PEN
slons not more than $4,000 shall he
used annually in Sussex county; not
more than $4,000 in Kent county;
not more than $4,000 in New Cas-
tie county: $4,000 annually may be
Used for travel and administration
and $4,000 in the discretion OF the
board may be used in any or all OF
the counties OF the State for pen
slons or for such items OF travel and
administration as the $4,000 shall
not cover. The Levy Courts of each
OF the counties are authorized to ap-
propriate for mothers pensions the
same amount which the State eX-
pends in their respective counties.
The personnel OF the present
Mothers Pension Commission is to
be retained by the new combined
board as an advisory committee
whose actual expenses shall be paid
by the board and through whom all
applications for pensions must come
and be passed upon before the board
takes final action on them. The
board may appoint new members OF
the Mothers Pension Commission
when the terms OF the present mem
bers expire. The board will also
appoint woman as a field super
visor OF mothers pension work but
the mothers pension committee will
submit their recommendation for
person for this position.
J. Hall Anderson, executive sec
retary OF the present state Board OF
Charities. sent a letter to Repre-
sentative Pettyjohn in which he SAYS
it was compiled after a careful study
Of the problem through the State
While il may not meet with the ex-
act wishes Of any Of the commits
sions involved. he wrote. the Board
of Charities has surveyed the whole
matter from the point OF view of
the welfare OF the State as a whole
and not alone from the point OF view
OF any one of the commissions in
volved in the merger.
THE Board OF Charities" he
wrote. has the highest admiration
for the unselfsh men and women
who are serving without compensa-
ton on these various commissions.
Being as deeply Interested as they
are in their particular branches of
this work II is not at all unnatural
that many OF them should hesitate
to favor this merger, looking upon
il as a plunge into the unknown.
hut the Board OF Charities is thor
oughly convinced that the plan here
presented will work out in practice,
effectively and economically"