Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1936 — Page 8
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State Buildings Antiquated And Fire Hazards, Officials Say. BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Indiana's 20 benevolent and cor-
rectional institutions, whose appro-
priations were cut during the lean years of the depression, will be a
major problem of the 1937 General Assembly, political leaders generally _ agreed today. Many of the buildings, constructed years ago, are antiquated and others present serious fire hazards officials say. Two hospitals for® mental cases and the state prison and reformatory are overcrowded « they add. There are eight state institutions + for mental cases (insane, . feeble . wanded and epileptic), six for co + victed lawbreakers and juvenile d ds. . linquents, two for soldier and sailor +, dependents, two for the sick and | . one school each for the education of ‘the deaf and blind. Townsend Plans Survey Gov.-elect - Townsend has announced that he intends to make a personal: survey of the institutions to determine their physical - needs. The most recent statistics avail-
able (June 30, 1933), show that the |;
Central State Hospital, Indianapolis;
and Logansport State Hospital, Lo- |;
gansport, both for mental cases, are badly congested. With a capacity of 1690 patients, the Central State has 1850, 159 over the limit. I.ogansport has 1649 patients, 309 more than capacity. The Central | State problem is further complicated by a proposal of Marion County Commissioners to abandon Julietta, a county hos-
pital for the incurably insané. The ¥
commissioners propose to transfer the 350 county patients to Central State. Dr. Max A. Bahr, Central State superintendent, recently urged that a new hospital for mental cases be established in Lake County to relieve the congestion at Logansport and indirectly a} Indianapolis. The 1935 official report showed 111 Lake County patients at Logansport.
The first state institution for mental cases, Central State, was established by an act of 1844. In was 39 years before the Legislature took further steps in behalf of the insane. Three additional hospitals were established then and opened later at Logansport, -Richmond and Evansville. Twenty-two years later provision was made to build Madison State Hospital. : Although the Indiana Constitution requires the General Assembly “to provide by law for the support of institutions . . . for the treatment of the insane,” county infirmaries have been housing a large portion of the incurably insane. The insane often are placed in | cells in congested county infirmaries across the hall from rooms of elderly persons and paupers, a practice frowned on by mental specialists. Frank Murray, Indiana League of Civic - Associations executive secretary, recommends the Delaware plan of infirmary districts. Ten or 12 counties go together ‘and build separate, modern. structures for -insane, feeble minded, sick and elderly . patients. Recommends Delaware Plan The state prison at Michigan City has 2478 inmates, 178 more than capacity, and the reformatory at Pendleton has 2092 inmates, 692 more than capacity, according to figures of June 30. 1936, Building needs of the state institutions and $4,000,000 required as
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ators, is studying the budget requests of state institutions now. Budget Director Edward Brennan has indicated the committee will recommend increased appropriations for institutions to the 1937 General Assembly. State Farm Newest
‘Fourteen of the 20 institutions were established in the nineteenth century, and the newest, the state farm, was opened in 1914. Gov. McNutt said recently: “There is no question but that buildings at some of the institutions are fire hazards.”
The State Department of Welfare, under the acts of the 1936 special session, has the authority to “supervise the operation of the statg charitable, penal, reformatory and correctional institutions and the school for the blind, the school for the deaf and the board of industrial aid for the blind.” The department also has‘the authority to classify patients -and
and transfer them. F. L. Bixby, assistant director of
made a survey of Indiana penal institutions this summer and present-
of the Welfare Department. Statistics on state institutions follow:: C - PopuMental Cases Yio lat Stor Central State Hospital Loganaspor: State Hospital. . Richmond State Hospital Evansville State Jospital.. Madison State Hospital. .
Village for Epilepties Homes, Schools and Hospitals, Soldiers’ Home Soldiers’ dren’ State toriu InGony University Hospitals. School for Deaf School for Blind 2 Penal and Correctional Insp State Priso Reformatory
inmates of the various institutions the United States Bureau of Prisons,
ed recommendations which may be | incorporated in future developments |
“rumor-mongers”
PERSISTS HERE
State Welfare He: Head Denies Report of Forthcoming Federal Post.
Unconfirmed reports that Wayne Coy, WPA Public Welfare director, would resign to accept a. Federal position
in Washington continued today al- |
though they were denied by ‘Mr.
Loy. : “The only SuBEestions I. have had of oi a Federal appointment |
have been from my newspaper men friends,” he said. He denied his scheduled visit with Gov. McNutt to Washington in December had anything to do with his shift from a state to a Federal .. The trip, he said, was in connection with the national conference on public welfare." .
Rumored Posts Listed
Positions . rumored ' awaiting the state welfare director are: 1. A high post in" the" Social Security Board.’ | 2, An assistant secretaryship in the Cabinet. 3. A directorship -in ~ the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Coy said that credence may have been given some of the rumors because of his long friendship with Frank Bane, Social Security Board
0 | executive director.
Mr. Bane called in Mr. Coy to examine the board's Washington setup this year and make any suggestions
5 96 for a more efficient management.
Mr. y, laughingly, suggested might = further their discussions when it was known that he| would entertain ‘Mr. Bane at a dinner at his home tomorrow. Here for Speech
Mr. Bane and the Governor are
2 | to speak at the Indiana Confer- ¢ ence of Social Work which begins
tomorrow in the Claypool Hotel. Democratic leaders, who claim
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Mr. Coy will remain in Indiana, say he might continue as a state political “pulse feeler” for Gov. McNutt should the Governor receive a Cabinet appointment from: ‘the ‘President. & It is pointed-out, ‘however, that the Governor: ‘might desire to take LMr. Coy - with - him as an undersecretary should Quy Cabinet post ‘be proffered him.
JACKSON TO SPEAK
Clarence A. Jackson, Indiana unemployment compensation: division chairman, is to.speak at a dinner meeting of ‘the Indianapolis Chapter, National Association of Cost Accountants, in the Hotel Washington tomorrow night.
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Lunn, English author, said at the
Catholic forum in the Civic Theater
last night that Spanish revolution-
munism. James E. Deery, city corporation counsel, presided at the meeting, sponsored by the Indianapolis chapter, International Federation of
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