Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-01-28

Senator Hume'S bllI dniehcIDS
the act of 1920 creating the court
of domestic relations for Multno-
. NAH county is regarded by oregon
social workers generally as an at
I teuDt to emascuiate the childrcn's
court. according . T.. A. Parsons,
director Of the Social WORKERS
Association of Oregon who healed
| a delegation appearing before the
Multnomah delega ion Thursday
afternoon protesting against the
bill.
Any attempt 20 interfere with
the childrens court win be fought
to the bitter end. the social work.
ers let it be known in no unmis-
taxable terms.
Hume's bill proposes to give the
circuit court concurrent jurisdic-
ton with the court of domestic re-
lations, provides for appeals from
. the decision of the judge of the ia
venile court and makes the cou"t
one of record. Hu1l2 also on
pressed his objection to the inform
, the court were conducted and TO
thr practice Of the court in Admit
ting to its hearings only those
whom it chose to admit ai,l barring
those whom it desired to bar.
Speaking in behalf of the six
thousand members OF the state fed
GRAFTON OF women's club Mrs. Alex
ander Thompson of llorll1nd ae-
clared hey opposition to any
change whatever :" the present
law.
Mrs Harr.' II. Heller, secretary
Of the child welfare commission,
insisted that its very informality
to which Senator Hube objects Is
the very keynote to the success of
II childrens courc.
Mrs. c. W. HahuSt president Of
ne state parent-telchers associa-
ton declared that the association
was strongly opposed to any inter
ference with the court as it now
stands, insisting that Hune's bill
would turn back procedure in CEjl- /
dren's cases to the days before the
JuN tstllt Nbul "do CO FIl'lltN.
Roscoe p. Hurst. Of me Pacific !
Coast Rescue association, rcfuted /.
statements by Hume to the effect
that persons were barred from
hearings in the chidlren's court. No
one interested in any proceedings
in the court were ever denied ad- /
mitance but were invited to attend
l., 4 hat
osity seekers might sometimes be
barred by the Judge. lie also OPP |
posed Hume's attempt to make the
court one of record. insisting that
records of procedure in children's
cases should be destroyed, except
ing final commitments and such
records as related 10 adoptions.
Hurst was willing to yield the right /
to appeal from decisions of the
court.
Parsons declared that the move f,
to give circuit courts concurrent +
jurisdiction with the childrcn's /
court was opposed to the practice
followed by every other state in the
union. He also admitted the light |
court which in this case meant the !
supreme court of the state. Any
change in the law as i nov stands,
without some profound reason for
the change, he declared, was haz-
ardous. asking that the court be
permitted to continue uEharlpered
until it should have been given an
opportunity to still further prove !.
its usefulness. He uphel the in
formality of the cours's procedure
and insisted that any tormality !
would merely demoraliz2 the child |
hailed into its jurisdiction.
Senator Hume expressed hts
readiness to amend his bin to meet |
the wishes of the social workers |
He was asked by Senator Moser /
chairman of the Multpomah dele .
cation, to prepare the mendmenis
which he was willing TO make and 7
the social workers werc asked TO