The Washington times., 1922-06-16
DISPUTE is
pgI I.IJP' TO
DE HEADS.
t,ss 'of Building as Rsosllving
Home for Wards ls
Now Favored.

Z Confirmation Of the Wisconsin
Avenue Industrial Home School
after July. ! as q receiving home
Tor wards Of the Board OF Chill
drsn's Guardians win be recon-
nnended TO, the District Commits
tioners by the Board Of Charities,
kwas learned today.
TCoincident with this knowledge
eafne the statement from Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter that the Congress OF
Mothers and Parent Teachers As
ISOLATION will ask Congress- to vest
sapervision, over municipal chari-
ties In the Commissioners.
Public Ii Aroused
Public opinion has been aroused
by'the tact that the Board Of Chill;
arsn'G Guardians have been oper-
sting practically as q body tnde
pendent OF municipal control. al
though District money, 10 being
sp<nt on regulation of the board.
I, = Numerous Congressmen and Sen.
sfors, II was learned today. are in.
tereStcd In all phases of the local
charities question, / and II 10 be
iieyed that the situation will taxa
on national significance when the
thipendins Congressional investiga-
tfon begins. u ; ~
The Board Of Charities, it was
stated, win, ask the Commissioners
further that the number OF cht-
aren assigned TO private homes by
the guardians board be limited.
thus eliminating the prevalent prao-
toe Of sending from ten to twenty
ehildfen to one home. m
Changes Recommended.
In the recommendation for con-
tinuatiOn of the home school, II Is
said, the charities board will ask tina I
children committed to the care Of the
Board Of Guardians be placed In that
institution until thoroughly suitable
homes are found.
Almost 50 per cent Of the private
homes In which such children have
been placed were investigated by
the Board Of Charities subcommittee.
ana conditions were found Tar from
ideal in several cases. liz
Immediate action on the report Win
be taken by the Commissioners. but
the nature Of this action ID at pres.
ent matter. Of speculation. The
Commissioners have no power 10
compel the guardians board to fol-
low any recommendation. ..
IT n against such q situation as
this that the mothers organization
u fighting. Other agencies also are
Interested in determining the pow
eTs OF the Commissioners and the
apparently subordinate charity
One defect is that the appoint
lpentsS OF officials for charitable
Bodies and institutions are made
w many different forces Of con.
The Board Of Charities, for In.
stAnce, 10 appointed by the Presi-
dent. who also appoints the Commits
sioners. The municipal judges
Hppoint the members of the Board
q Childreu's Guardians. The trus-
are appointed by the Commissioners.
INT Attorney General makes APP
sentiments for the boards of trus-
tees Of the Boys and Girls Ma
tionaf Training Schools. The pow.
ere Of the appointing powers. how
ever, are 90 complex and have ouch
limitations that various Of the
boards are responsible to no des-
iknatsd authority for their actions.
The Congress of Mothers will
meet next Tuesday. to draw up a
bill for presentation to Congress,
asking that the Commissioners be
gfven power TO limit the activities
~ the minor bodies.
rwe feel that public opinion 10
strongly behind Us in this" Mrs.
Rafter, said. "The time has come
when the, citizens Of the District
must sdemand that authority and
responsibility must be fixed in
matters In which their own chill
dseh are concerned" ~ y e..