The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Eugenic Enterprise to Curb De.
fectives Launched With
Backing Of Celebrities.
ROCKEFELLER FAvORS PLAN
Carnegie Also Approves Project
to Evolve "Perfect Manhood
and Womanhood."

The sterilization Of Is. .ooO. 900 Americans
is a surprising feature OF Mrs. e. II.
Harriman's gigantic eugenic project. In
which she has established a great lab
oratory at Cold Springs Harbor. N. Y.
to "ascertain what is the matter with
the human race"
With this announcement in the New
York American Of today came the state
ment that in addition to the wealth OF
Mrs Hartman. the enterprise will have
at its disposal financial aid from John
D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
and scientif,c advice from Alexander
Graham Bell, who already has done
much research work in eugenics. Many
noted scientists are said to have given
their approval to the undertaking.
Work Going On Years.
For four years preliminary work has
been quietly conducted. not only at Cold
Springs Herbor, but by field workers all
over the world With the completion
and opening of the record office at
Cold Springs Harbor yesterday. the
New York American was given the
frst insight into the work already ac-
complished and what 10 expected to be
done.
The board, which will have direction
Of the work. consists OF the following
famous men:
Alexander Graham Bell. inventor OF
the telephone, scientist and philanthropy
ist. chairman: DR.. William II. We.ch,
pathologist Of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. Baltimore. vice chairman: DR..
Llewllys F. Barker. Of Johns Hopkins.
80 IL.
sion for mental hygiene; DR.. T. II. Nor
gan. zoo!oglst. of New York: Irving
Fisher, professor Of political economy
at Yale. and DR.. E. f. southard. the
famous pathologist. Of Boston.
The secretary to the board and resi-
dent director Is DR.. Charles B. Davcn-
port. the New York biologist. II. II.
Laughlin IS, superintendent. and
Prof Howard r. Banker. a noted
been installed az scientific expert. With
his wife iic has moved into the supern-
tcndent's house and will become acting
Superintendent. while Prof. Laugh
lin spends a year travelling for the in
stitution.
To Sterilize Detectives.
The organization. after its four years
work In this country and Europe,
reached the conclusion that steriizing
detectives was the greatest work before
thcm. The committee on sterilization in
its report issued yesterday demands the
sterilization Of s2.40O persons in this
country this year
Tho committee estimates TINT ~ will
be essential similarly to treat annually
an increasing number as the population
increases until. in 1880. 4l5. 600 persons in
the United States alone will be steriI-
rives there will have developed. the
committee believes. a practically perfect
manhood and womanhood
Statistics gathered reveal the amaz-
population OF the United States are de-
fectives. who must be blotted out as re-
producers of human life.
Mrs. Hartman, through her agencies
is reaching after social workers and
pubic-spirited persons in many place s
to organize euEenic societies. Institu-
tions of learning arc everywhere being
exploited. Cornell and Wisconsin uni
verslties have responded with societies
Many women's clubs have taken up the
study and engaged professional lectur-
ers.
Mrs. Huntington Wilson pays for a
lecture in such colleges and universities
As desire it. About 100 institutions have
responded. Harvard, Columbia, Cornell
Brown. Wisconsin. Northwestern and
other universities have added courses IN
CigcniCs.
An item Of great expense is the pub
licatien department. Without being
committed to any propaganda. Mrs
Hartman proposes through her record
office to reach the world with bulle-
tins and memoirs. devoted to the re-
suits Of the research work of her army
o. investigators.
"A group of field workers Is en-
p'oyed jointly bv tho eNgenics record
office end other institutions for insane,
epileptic and industrial schools for boys
and girls. We train the workers, pay
their salaries. and provide field note
books. standard stationery and aids In
Crfticsng work. The collaborating in
stitution provides maintenance and field
expense money. has supervision over
the workers. and assigns them to study
families represented by inmates"