The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
Guardians Move Twenty
From Wisconsin Ave <
Institution.
ABANDONMENT BY
JULY 1 PROBABLE
Board of Charities Rec.
concentrations Openly
Disregarded.

Flagrant disregard of recommen-
dations by the Board of Charities
that the Wisconsin Avenue Indus
trial Home School be retained as a
receiving home for wards of the
District is charged in the continued
removal of children from that insti-
tuition by the Board of Cnildren.s
Guardians.
Five children were taken away
yesterday. nine on Friday and six
the day previous.
The homes" in which thev have
been placed are held secret by the
guardians
But fifteen children remain at the
home
Friends of the Industrial Home
reported Yesterday that II Is prob
able the Guardians will remove the
other children tomorrow. Officials
OF the Board of Guardians, main.
tanning the silence which ha. char.
acterized their attitude during the
controversy. would neither confirm
nor deny this report.
May Close Home July 1.
II this is done. II was pointed
out. the Guardians will have ac.
complished their previously an.
nounced plan of abandoning use OF
the home by July 1, regardless OF
the Charities report to the cit,
heads.
Acting on the report of the Char.
tiles Board, which recommended re.
tention of the home. the Distric,
Commissioners at a joint meeting
with parties to the controversy
ordered the boards to meet and ad
just differences. These directions
II Is said. contemplated continued
use OF the home by the Guardians.
Continued removal of children
from the home. despite action OF
the Commissioners, has raised the
question of whether the Board OF
Guardians intends to comply with
the Commissioner wishes. W. W
MILAN, president of the. Board OF
Guardians. would not say last nigh
whether his board regarded itself
responsible to the city heads
Neither would he Indicate whether
steps would be taken to meet the
Commissioners' instructions.
Refuses Explanation.
Mr.. MILAN also declined to com,
ment upon the removal of twenty
children from the home within the
last three days, refusing to say
whether the Guardians would con.
tinue their previously announced
policy of abandoning the Industrial
Home by July 1.
Yesterday morning authorities al
the Wisconsin Avenue Home
planned to take the twenty re.
naming children on a picnic. Be.
fore the start could be made, how.
ever, five of the children were sen,
for by the Guardians Board ant
taken to undisclosed addresses, Tn.
fifteen remaining wards wer,
taken in the Rotary Bus to Rocl
Creek Park, where they spent the
afternoon.
That the controversy over tn,
Industrial Home School still is un.
settled was indicated by the uncer
tainty of members of the involved
bodies. While IL was thought tha
the Board of Charities report woult
insure retention of the Wisconsin
| Avenue home, friends OF the insti
tuition yesterday pointed out tina
unless children are kept in tn,
home, Its retention is a hollow vic
tory.
Trustees to Meet Tuesday.
The sentiment of the Board o
Trustees OF the home. as expressed
last night by Frank R. Jelleff, is {,
comply with the Commissioner de
mands. A meeting of trustees will
be held Tuesday at which time 4
will be decided to what extent tha
body will go in negotiations witt
the Guardians Board. However
the attitude of the Board of Guar
dians. 1t is said. makes 1t problem
| atical whether that body will re
cede from is former position an,
consider plans for retaining tn,
Wisconsin Avenue institution.