Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1926, Page 14

[ WHITEPRESSES DULOING PROGRAN {5,0C0,006C Needed to Re- lieve Congested Condition at St. Elizabeth’s. Moving toward 'completion of a building program to relieve present cvercrowding and provide for future expansion, authorities of St. Eliza- 1 already have had a on 4 request for 0 for improvements to plant and structures and will soon lay be- fore the Budget Bureau an itemized <tatement of the necds of the Govern- - the Insane, Con- weths has been 1nation by Con- rand jury nearly a 0 brought in a report urging rgement to meet the expanding needs of the hospital. Three reasons are urged by Dr. William A. White, superintendent of the hospital, for emi extensive building progi time. They are: To relieve present rowding, to permit of further nd to replace temporary structed during the war, onstitute fire hazards and are inconvenient for proper care of insane patients, Investigation Under Way. Hospital authorities have been urg- ing a large building program for more than three during which time several requ have been trans- mitted to the Bureau of the Budget, and Dr. White has appeared before ommittees of Congress to point out the needs of the Government institu- i stigation of the hospital ation, instituted at ‘ongress, is now in the United States. This inquiry fol- lows the rensational developments of the Fenning case before House com- mittees at the session of Congress which closed July 3, involving several present and former employes of the hospital. Enlargements contemplated _and outlined in the annual report of the superintendent to Congress last Win- ter would provide facilities for 1,600 patients, but would allow an increase in the present’ population of the hos- pital of but 500, Dr. White declares. Many of the patlents are housed in temporary structures which are alike a menace to health and constitute a | grave fire hazard, while it has been found necessary to inclose porches to provide necessary groom. Has 4,300 Patients. The Institution now houses’ about 4,300 patients, of whom 2,000 are listed as insane and eriminally insane from the District of Columbia, About 900 more are Veterans' Bureau pa- tients, who under the law_are eligible | for transfer to Veterans' Bureau hos- pitals in the: State of their residence. Transfer of these patients is being expedited as much as possible, but additions coming in every day for ob- servation and treatment keep the number large. Little possibility of diminishing the demand upon the os- pital facllities is seen by Dr. White. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is composed of a group of buildings, many of them temporary, erected during the war to take care of the greatly en hanced activities due to concentration of 5o many members of the military branches in and near Washington. These buildings are not only badly in need of repair, according to Dr White, _but should be replaced by structufes of permanent character. Estimates submitted to the Budget Bureau place the cost of the new buildings at between $2,500 and $3,000 a bed. T S S SN Elder Generation Blamed. NEW YORK, July 31 (®.—The chief trouble with the younger gep- eration is that it has the older genera- tion as an example. That's where it gets all its bad tricks from, Dr. Har. ris E. Kirk, rector of a Baltimore ss by the controller general of LS RRAITE AR RN AR RN RANREARA AR AN TR AR ERRR R URRATRLERMARRALARARARMRRRRRY wfl church, assorted here. 'THE SUNDAY 18 BLOCK MAKING COMPANIES MERGE South Washington Firm Part of Consolidation—Huge Qutput Planned. 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EDUCED. 40 i Library Table;: Mahogany Veneer. Grand Rapids make and beautifully de- signed. Was $100.00. R Library Desk—Aflat top with small cor- ner compartments. 2 drawers. Finely constructed of Mahogany Veneer. Was $60.00. REDUCED; 00 00 = Spinet Desk—Fine Walnut Veneer. Excellent finish and construction. Was $100.00. REDUCED 37 5 2 to Telephone Stand weitlit Chuird Walnut eneer; very attractive pattern. Was $25.00. REDLT(.:‘E.I.) sl 8fi Telephone Stand and Chair. Solid Ma- hogany: excellent finish and pleasing de- sign. . Was $38.00. REDUCED 531 5 Bookcase. Two doors, with fancy lat- nc&; Wa;;mt or Mahogany Veneer. as $78.00. REDUCED Fine Mahogany Veneer Bookcase, with three latticed glass doors. Handsome de- sign“,: aplen;i ly made.nE as $145.00. . DUCED to........cr... $ 1072 Secretary—Mahogany Veneer: latticed door in bookecase section. Grand Rapids m:{be. garved Qlipgglcjlgé écet. as $105.00. ‘75.00 Highboy of Walnut Veneer. Fine con- struction and finish; roomy, convenient s REDUCED as $90.00. $7 5.00 to