Evening journal., 1920-12-13
BOUND TOTS
ILL-TREATED
Some Compelled to Work
All Day Without Proper
Food
WANT LAW TO
PROTECT THEM

Plans for legislation to prevent
future exploitation OF children and to
remove the old masters and appren-
tices" law, will be discussed at a
meeting "Wednesday afternoon in
the Pubic Building. Miss Jessie
Logic viii tell OF the treatment
Of children in this State who
were bound out" facts which sne
was enabled To obtain while working
under The supervision OF the Chill
dren's Bureau during the past year.
one case cited by Mrs Aida Arm
strong, director OF the Children's Bu-
reau, Is that OF little boy, 10 years
old, woh was discovered at first in an
Investigation brought out by the S. p
O. C. lie had been placed with a
family In Kent county by an outside
agency since the recent child-placlng
laws were enacted. He had been m
treated. and when found had escabies
In such a malignant form he was
treated for the disease and sent back
to Pennsylvania 10 be taken care OF
by the authorities Of that State. The
child had been compelled TO work hard
from morning until night, with little
care and practically no proper nour-
lshment and clothing until he had be-
come almost complete physical
wreck. lie had been farmed out under
an antiquated law and practically
abandoned.
Another case found by the investi-
gator is that Of i5-year-old boy who
had been with a family in the lower
part OF the Slate for the past ten
years. When discovered ne was driv-
ing a two-horse hayri-k in the fields
and pitching hay onto the load lie
was but ~ years old puny and
under-developed. and appeared dement,
cd. He had been underfed, ill-cared
for. neglected and overworked. He
was taken away from the place by
the bureau ofilcials.
Up Ia the present time only the
cases placed here under the supervi-
sion of outside agencies have been in
vestiratod, and there are about 300
cases OF bound-out children OF Della
ware which have not been investi-
gated 10 may be another year, II
Is said. before the Investigation OF the
entire State has been completed.
What Is needed now, II Is pointed
out, Is for the people Of Delaware tr
provide finally for the little ones who
cannot help themselves by proper leg
islRtion, t0 remove. n necessary. from
the statute books the laws felt 20 be
aniiduated and inadequate, and 10
enact wherever needed additional leg
islatlon 10 permit the properly con-
Stltuted agencies 20 use the right
means for taking care OF the States
dependent children.
Miss Jessie Logic, special visitor for
the hildren's Bureau. who Is to make
a report Of her invest gatians on We'd
nesday, today denied that she had
given out interviews credited 10 her
In certain newspapers.
Il desire 20 state In public that up
"a this date ! have never been inter-
viewed bv any reporter OF any news
paper In reference 10 the study OF
ihe placed-out children in the state
Of Delaware. whh,h / have Just com
pleted." she said. 81 consider the
statement which appeared in the sun
day Star yesterday. unfair and unjust
20 the agencies placing. to the foster
parents aid 10 myself. on Wednes-
day afternoon, at $50 o'clock. in Court
Room No. 4, In this city. my report
will be read The public Is invited
10 this meeting"
The Red Cross motor service placed
an automobile at the disposed OF Miss
Logic 20 aid her in her visits through
out the rural communities. That
greatly facilitated her work. and en-
abled her 30 make many more visits
in the time at her command.