The Washington times., 1909-01-27
CHILD LABOR FOLK
BUSY At CAPITOL
Judge Lindsay Heads Dele
CATION Before House
Committee.

The leaders of the National Child
Labor Commission, who assembled in
washington at the invitation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt transferred their activi-
ties to the Capitol today, where they
urged the passage OF the bill introduced
by Representative Parsons of New
York, providing for the establishment
of a Chidren's Bureau.
Judge Ben Lindsay, of Denver, the
pioneer in juvenile courts, was the most
prominent speaker at the hearing
which was given by the Committee on
Expenditures for the Interior Depart
ment, under whose jurisdiction it IS
proposed to place the bureau.
Judge Lindsay called attention to the
fact that 100000 children are brought
into court each year for various Of
lenses, which meant that each generation
furnished 100000 children for punish
ment in the courts.
Others who spoke in advocacy Of the
bin were II. F. Fox. of the Protective
Alliance. of New Jersey; Judge Julian
". Mack. of the Chicago Juvenile court;
Judge n. b. Pagan, of Alabama; Homer
FoIkes. of New York city, and Prof,
Samuel NJ. Lindsey, of Columbia Uni
versity, New York.
The stage setting for the last formal
act of the conference on the care Of
/ dependent children, originated by Presi-
/ dent Roosevelt. formed a scene OF much
splendor when more than 500 notable
men and women sat down TO sub
srrintion BANQUET IN the tenth-fiOor ball
room of the New Willard last night.
/ When the curtain was rung down on
this last act at the conclusion OF the
. speaking of which the remarks or the
! President anent the report submitted 70
/ him by the conference were the feature,
! III was the consensus Of opinion that
/ there had been taken the greatest single
/ step forward IN the euorL 70 DeJleF tiie
/ condition OF dependent children thal
/ has been spanned In the recent hstoIS
/ of organized charity.
/ When President Roosevelt arrived al
/ 1915 o'clock he was escorted 10 the cen
/ ter OF the speakers table and seated
/ between Presiding Officer Homer FOLKS
/ and Secretary James Z. West
! AS soon as the report Of the confer
I ence was placed in the President S
I hands he addressed the audience he
/ was in rare good form. and hurled some
irOnic. but gOOd-na tured, darts al INC
! legislative and judicial departments OF
! the Government, contrasting their ire
ouent discOrd with the harmony WhlcI
has characterized the meetings OF the
The President was not so forceful as
I is his wont, but he was never more IT
earnest. He was on very firm ground u
/ urging upon his hearers the duty Wnlci
/ thew owe to the children in their charge
! he promised 10 send a special message
/ to Congress asking the establishment o
q Federal Children's Bureau. and recon
mending a law for the District ana lh'
territories which will apply the prlncl
ples and methods advocated by the con
The President spoke for twenty min
utes. and at the conclusion Of ms re
/ marks at once left the hall
/ The banquet was opened by the sAylLl
( 0f. grace by the Rev. Father O'Co2rel
rector of the Catholic Jntversity, an
the speakers of the evening, BEST es ~
: President. were Miss Lillian ID. Walc
! Mornav Williams. the Rev. Francis
/ Cavish, Judge Benjamin b. Lindsey
TIdge Julian W. Mack, and the HoI
4ermann A. Metz. Miss Valid was IN
/ troduced as 1.-The woman behind Ia
[ bureau. .-
Mr.. Williams spoke against the unto
of commerciaIism and charitable WorH
The Rev. DR. Gavish, who tOilOWe
Miss Wald, advocated wide views IN IN
; DbiIosophv Of chiId-saving. His hlg
fribute to the humanitarianism OF Iheo
60re Roosevelt evoked loud applause