Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
History of the Bill.

History of the Bill.
March 16. 1914. the then Attorney
General appointed a committee Il five
experts to consider the Juvenile court
laws and problem of the District OF
Columbia. On February IS, 1915,
through the Attorney General there
was submitted to the House of Rep
resentativeS report from that COM
mittee with a draft of the bill. which
bill was referred to the committee on
the District of Columbia. On Febru-
hearing, the minutes of which can be
found in miscellaneous hearings,
House committee on District of CO.
lumbia, SiXty-fourth Congress.
"A number of hearings were held
and n bill was finally reported to the
House of Representatives and debated
March Is. 1916. and April "a, 1915. The
bill was passed by the House, and the
present bill. H. R 1920, has been
drawn exactly in conformity with the
bill as it passed the House of Repre-
sentatives. The bill subsequently
went to the Senate and passed the
Senate with a number of amendments
and was referred to a conference COM
mittee, which committee failed to
agree, and the bill was never passed.
Persons Who Are Interested.
~. Wilmer Latimer, former Judge
of the Juvenile Court, is much inter-
ested in the bill and has a copy of the
report made by the committee Of five
appointed by the Attorney General,
and can assemble said committee and
others interested in the legislation.
Miss Julia c. Lathrop of the children's
bureau of the Department of Labor
appeared before the committee in ia
vor of the bill and is much interested
in its enactment.''s
School for Feeble Minded.
To establish a school and home for
the feeble minded persons of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to be known as the
Columbia Training School, and pro-
viding for the legal commitment of
feeble-minded persons and for other
purposes.
Merits and Need for BILL
mo institution in the District of
Columbia to care for the feeble mind
ed. Such institutions exist in many
states and there is an increasing need
for such institutions everywhere. The
feeble minded of the District have to
be distributed through different insti-
tutions and families outside of the
District. and there are many feeble
minded persons in the District, who.
because of the lack of such an insti-
tuition. are at large with much hurt
not only to the community but to
themselves
History Of the Bill.
I'll. r. 224s is an exact copy of a
bin introduced in the Sixty-fourth
Cangress- A hearing was given by a
subcommittee of the committee ON the
District of Columbia May 4, 1916, the
minutes of which meeting may be
found in miscellaneous hearings.
House committee on the r.istrict of
Columbia. At that hearing complete
evidence was given as to the condi-
tions in the District of Columbia and
the necessity for the institution. The
minutes of the hearing covered thirty
four pages.
In favor of the bill appeared George
S.zWilkins, secretary Of the board OF
public charities of the District of Co
1utn bia; Miss Julia c. Lathrop, xhief
OF. the children's bureau of the De-
partment of Labor: Joseph P. B,ars,
executive secretary of the committee
onf provision for the feeble minded
Philadelphia. Pa: Hon. Louis c.
Crfmpton of Michigan. Dr. William A.
White. superintendent of the Govern
nent Hospital for the Insane, Wash
inEton, D. C.; Capt. Thomas H. Mckee
DE. George W. Cook. secretary OF
Howard University, Washington. DC;
Prof. Walter Patterson. Of the public
schools of Washington, D. c.: Miss
Anna f. Sullivan. Thomas E. Moore
Az. Driscoll, DR.. Percival Hall, Miss
Katherine Duckwall. DR.. H. NJ Nc
Railway and DIR. Ufford.
Persons Who Are Interested.
"Soseph P. Byars, executive secretary
of-the committee on provision for the
feeble minded, Philadelphia, Pa, will
make all arrangements for a hearing.
The secretary of the Board Of Public
Charities, Va shington, D. c., and Miss
Julia c. Lathrop, chief Of the children S