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The President — Mr. Walter R. Hudson, of Passaic County. 



Mr. Hudson — Mr. Chairman, when I examined the program , 

 my first thought was that the Committee did not know that there 

 was a Passaic County, and yet T am satisfied that all here know 

 at least one Assemblyman from Passaic County. 



There is nothing requiring especial report, although I might 

 say that during the past year our Commission has reviewed 

 itself and has made a survey of its work. I might also suggest 

 that the personnel of the Commission has probably been im- 

 proved, for the reason that while formerly three of the members 

 were lawyers, there are now but two, the President and myself. 



In Passaic County there has been a decided opposition on 

 the part of the press and quite generally on the part of the public. 

 We have done all we can to overcome this opposition and in 

 doing so have appeared before civic bodies, such as the Chamber 

 of Commerce and the Rotary Club. We have sought to have the 

 citizens believe that we are sincere in the effort we are putting 

 forth to exterminate mosquitoes. It was with the thought of 

 this opposition and also the belief of the individual Commis- 

 sioners that they had not succeeded in convincing the general 

 public that we were sincere in this work, that occasioned us to 

 review ourselves. We examined the work and methods of work 

 and came to the conclusion that, after all, we had accomplished 

 something. That the results of our work were good, and that 

 there was a growing sentiment in our favor is shown, I believe, 

 in the action of the Assemblyman who introduced the bill to 

 take away the mandatory clause concerning the appropriation for 

 our work. He first advocated his bill with the belief that he 

 represented public opinion, and particularly the opinion of the 

 people of the county of Passaic ; but he now realizes, as a result 

 of his investigations in Passaic County, and also throughout the 

 State, that the people of the county and throughout the State 

 generally, do favor the work of mosquito extermination. 



When first I became a member of the Commission, I didn't 

 know the proposition at all, and couldn't begin to understand it ; 

 it was only after I had talked with Inspector Gies, of Union 

 County, that I began to see that there was a plan which could be 



