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    "ocrText": "May 5, 1922\nMiss Alma E.Trigley,\nUnited States Public Health\nHospital No. 51,\nTucson, Airzona.\nMy dear Miss Wrigley:\nI had an opportunity to alk over your case very\nbriefly with Miss Minnigerode, who stated that she Would be very glad\nindeed to hear from you directly. This would seem to me the best way\nto secure the adjustments which seem necessary in your case. I assure,\nhowever, that your Hospital now goes over to the Voterans Bureau, and\nMiss Minnigerode would apparently no longer be the authoritative head.\nI appreciate all that you say, and agree with you upon the importance\nof a highly qualified nurse inspector. I have emphasized this point\nmany times and shall continue to do so with the transfer of the Hospitals\nto the Veterans Bureau.\nI should be discouraged about the whole situation,\nif it were not for the fact that a Nursing Service for the United States\nPublic Health Service is a comparatively young organization. It has\nmeant slow education to convince them - first, of the necessity for such\na service; and, secondly, upon the importance of keeping it out of\npolitics. Miss Minnigerode has fought a hard battle for the Service,\nno one knows what she has gone through, and that she has been able to\naccomplish as much as she has redounds to her credit.\nI am delighted to know that things at Tucson have\nimproved, and that you are not as discouraged as you have been in the\npast'. I doubt if the National Nursing Associations could take a very\nactivo part in the situation, their support however, and their quiet\neffort to improve conditions has borno fruit. Perhaps no service with\nwhich I have ever been connected has given me more anxisty than the\nUnited States Public Health Service. Red Cross nurses in large numbers\nhave been referred by us to that Service, after which they are no longer\nunder our control, and in a measure my hands have been tied. I have not\nhesitated, however, to bring to the attention of the Surgeon General\nconditions that have oxised, complaints that have been made, an while\nI have had to do this quietly and tactfully, I feel sure that it has\nmany timearresulted in improvement.\nI shall be greatly interested to know how the\nchange from the United States Public Health Service to the Veterans\nBureau affects the situation. With best wishes, I am\nSincerely yours,\nDirector - Nursing Service.\nN-k"
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