The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-12-17
STRONG FOR JUVENILE COURT
Holds Probation officers Should Be
Free of Political Control and De-
clares Court Brings Real ''social
Insurance to Business Men,

Declaring that the juvenile court and
its probation officers We're the best pos
sible form of social insurance" that
6 city could secure, Mrs. George Bass,
president of the Chicago Woman S Club
and one of the leaders among the
workers of the civic welfare of Chicago,
made strong plea for the establish
ment of similar work in Kenosha when
she appeared as the guest of honor and
speaker at the monthly meeting of the
Kenosha City Club at the Elks Club
rooms this afternoon. Thirty-fve of
the prominent women of Kenosha at
tended the luncheon and took great
interest in the plans outlined by Mrs.
Bass for the aid of Kenosha women in
getting this particular and effective
form Of social insurance. Mrs. Bass
spoke at some length on the work of
the court i'll her home city. She spoke
of the problems of the large cities and
declared that these problems were just
as much emphasized in he smaller
cities She urged the women Of Keno
sha to familiarize themselves with the
laws which made possible the great
civic movements. She spoke of the
fexibility of the laws of Wisconsin and
of every other state and declared that
the first thing that a club of women
seeking civic hfttegnent should do
would be to So q fTEer," She in
sisted that the women should not de-
pend on haphazard opinions of some
judge or lawyer, but employ man to
read the law and investigate the de-
cisions that he might advise them
intelligently.
She spoke of methods to make juve-
nile courts most effective and declared
that the matter of first interest was
the securing of the proper kind Of pro
baton officers. She declared that the
people of Wisconsin had right to de-
mand that these officers be paid from
general funds of the cities and couD-
ties but she urged the women, if neccs-
sary, to raise funds to secure the
"right' kind of officials. She declar-
ed that the probation officer was one
official which could not be properly
named on account of his or her poll
teal pull and that it was necessary to
educate politically controlled boards to
the nature Of the work of probation
officers Mrs. Bass declared that the
police and the probation officials should
be clearly separated and she insisted
that it would be unfair to have the
naming Of such officials in the hands
of the police commission.
In concluding Mrs. Bass outlined a
plan to secure funds for the starting
of this great work. "Every manufact-
urer, every business man, every rail
way, every home in this community,
will be benefited by this work. 1t is
the social insurance that they all need.
The insurance that takes the alley boy
and the street girl off the streets and
alleys and puts them into the schools
and takes away the necessity of pro
lection against their violations Of the
law. 1t is an insurance that will pay
big dividends to all classes of people. z"
She declared that the organizations
among the women should start the
movement of raising the fund and that
they would find it would get immedi-
ate support from business men in all
xalks of life.