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weeks, to make a careful check or
conditions. In addition to Gallinger
the others are the District Tubercu-
losls Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, Md,
and the tuberculosis Conyalescent
Hospital at Fourteenth and Upshu,
streets NV, an adjunct of Calm
ger.
Earlier Move Recalled.
Mr.. Mason recalled that the Com.
mlssioners last year had included ir
their budget estimates provision fol
one assistant Gallinger superintend.
ent, and that it had been approved
by the Budget Bureau but had beer
deleted by the House.
Mr.. Mason said he had arrived
at his conclusions as result OF ex-
tended study and consideration OF
the reports of the Controller Gen.
eral and the Senate Gallinger In.
vestigating Committee.
He said he had concluded Gal.
linger needs two assistant superin
tendentS instead of only one. He
said various large hospitals includ.
ing the Navy Hospital at Bethesda
had similar setups, and added thai
the number Of patients at Gallingel
is larger than some hospitals having
two or three assistant superintend
entS.
The Senate District Committee
meanwhile, is expected to put off fol-
several weeks any further action il
its investigation of Gallinger. The
committee has before it a letter
from Commissioner Mason, dis
claiming any intention OF being
defiant at recent hearings anc
explaining that his refusal to testify
was sincere effort to avoid pre-
judging charges that are still under
investigation by the District Attor-
ney.
Commissioner Mason, one OF five
officials whose removal was recon-
mended by the investigating SUBJ
committee. said in a letter to all
committeeman yesterday that If by
my statements or demeanor I gave
the impression that I was discourte-
Gus to the subcommittee I am deeply
sorry and freely apologize
Buck Comments on Letter.
Senator Buck. Republican, OF
Delaware, a member of the subcom-
mlttee, made this comment:
1t is a gentlemanly letter. He
apologized for his attitude and, more
or less, admitted there are some
conditions that need correction"
Near the close of his letter, M
Mason had written:
There were without question facis S
revealed before your subcommittee
which call for measures of correc-
tion. 1t is my purpose to bring about
such corrections
Chairman McCarran of the Sena te
District Committee, preparing to
leave the city today for several
weeks, refrained from any comment
and said the investigating subcom-
mittees report would not be taken
up by the committee until his return
Holman Hits Post Mortems.'
Senator Holman. Republican. OF
Oregon. head of the subcommittee
said yesterday afternoon he had not
read Mr.. Mason's letter, and indi-
Gated the matter is now up to the
committee. He said he made the
inquiry because the job was assigned
to him. that he had found a dirty
hospital" and had formed his i'm
pressions. He said Mr.. Mason had
been invited to testify, and that he
was not interested in pos mortems
Senator Bushfield, Republican, OF
South Dakota, third member of, the
subcommittee, was out of the city
when the letter arrived yesterday.
In sending his written explana-
ton to all members of the Com
mittee yesterday, Mr.. Mason en-
closed copies of an earlier letter
he had written to Senator Holman
on September %, answering a series
OF questions the Senator had asked
In that letter Senator Holman was
informed that the charges of ir-
regularities in the management OF
the hospital. made in a Controller
Generals report. had been re-
ferred by the Commissioners to the
District Attorney.
Petitions Received.
Meanwhile. Chairman McCarran
received two petitions in defense
of Gallinger. One was from a group
of SO employees of the psychi.
atric department. of the hospital
and the other was rom the Grad
uate Nurse. Hospital and School
Staff of the institution.
The letter from employees OF
the psychiatric department sale
that "after reading with consterna-
ton and painful surprise the report
OF the subcommittee, we, the under
signed, cannot allow certain charges
and accusations against DR.. Bococl
and DR.. Joseph L. Gilbert tt
remain unnoticed." They sale
they wanted to register emphatic
protest against what we think te
be extremely unfair and unjust
charges against DR.. Bocock and DR.
Gilbert - charges that would not
stand up if scrutinized in the light
of truth"
DR.. Bocock and DR.. Gilbert, head o.
the psychiatric department., were
recommended for removal by the
subcommittee. along with Commis-
sioner Mason, Health Officer Ruh-
land and DR.. Charles P. Cake, head
Of the tuberculosis department.
In the other letter the nursins
and school staff told Chairman Nc.
Carran they had previously WRITER