"They Want 'Doc' Cooke To Remain"

A plea from the patients to the Board of Health to raise the wages of the settlement Superintendent to that earned by the executive members of the medical staff.

"Since Mr. Cooke took charge in July of 1925...the settlement has been cleaned up, buildings repaired and painted, rats exterminated and the lantana cleared away."

"Mr Cooke is good to us....and the best of all, everybody receives a square deal. He is well likes and during the two years he has been here there has not been one complaint. For years there had been complaints about Kalaupapa and the Kalihi receiving staion for lepers and when we do get a good superintendent something goes wrong with the board of health. Please have Mr. Cooke's salary raised and ask Mr. Cooke to withdraw his resignation."

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