The Washington herald., 1922-09-20
GUARDIANS SHIFT
THREE CHILDREN
TO EIGHTH HOME
Last Little Ones to Leave
Industrial School Are
Soughtby Mothers.
ALL PUT IN ONE BED
Welfare Workers Demand the
Abolition of Board on Re-
organization of Charities.

Following thn announcement OF
the Board OF Chidren's Guardians
less than two weeks ago that II
had removed the three remaining
School. which resulted in the rios-
ing of that institution. II was
learned yesterday that the three
children already have been SHIFTED
from one set for foster parents to
another.
This makes the eighth home the
little ones have been placed in
since they have been in custody OF
the Board of Guardians.
They are the children of Mrs.
Laura Kenyon. who lives with her
mother at 500 G street southeas
They were taken from their mother
while she was i'll. IL was said. Now.
Mrs. Kenyon is employed and de-
clsres she is financially abe to sup
port them. She has fought TO re-
gain possession Of her children ever
since they were taken by the board
nearly a year ago.
Three Occupy One BED.
Upon their removal from the In
dustrlal Home School. the children
were placed In a private home on
Ontario road. uDe to the fact that
there were already six people in the
family and that tn hous contained
but six rooms. the three extra chill
dren. IL is declared. were forced to
slesn in one bed
Realizing that the home was too
small. the foster mother. who is said
to be a woman OF refinement. asked
the board TO remove the children. This
was done after the children had been
there one week. and Saturday they
were placed with a family in Virginia
Highlands.
Well-M8nnered Children.
The children are reported to be well
trained. good hammered and unusually
attractive. Because Of their traits.
and of the almost incessant Interrupt
[ tion 10 their lives by bei-g moved
/ from home to home. the children have
attracted the attention of a number OF
! people who are assisting the mother
in her efforts to recover them. They
are two boys and one girl. Frank. age
! dR; Robert. age II. and Helen. age II.
That the abolition of the Board of
Guardians and the reorganization o
( District Charities on q more humane
and efficient basis is but q matter Of a
few months is the belief Of welfare
workers and Of Representatives and
Senators who have interested them
selves In the child problems Of the
| District of Columbia.
/ Regarded as Inefficient
] The foundation for this belief is
/ said to be the general agreement
among investigators of the Wash
ington charity system that il is a
piecemeal organization. ineffIciently
tunctioning. Moreover. il is said
that the attitude Of the District
Committees in both Houses Of Cong
ress Is favorable to a reorCanizs tion.
! Chairman FoCht. of the House pis.
trict Committee. has introduced a
. Dill providing a combination moth.
. ers pensio nand welfare board
Should this measure become a law
1t is declared. the Board of Guard
; ians would automatically cease 10
| function. irasmuch as its duties
won he assumed by the new wei.
fare board.
Workers Obtain Affidayifx
Determined that legislators shall
be supplied with ample evidence of
the incorporation of the present
system. workers from the citizens
committee and from the Mothers
Congress are gathering affidavits ot
alleged bad conditions existing in
connection with the care Of children.
Already the workers have approxi-
mateiy 70 rtyaffidavits
There is a growing opposition
among welfare workers to the pro-
posal tina tthe present Board nj
Guardians resign. 1t is now believed
that conditions would he altered
comparatively little il the presen,
board were replaced with an en-
. tirely new personnel. Consequently
efforts will be directed toward Sc.
curing reorganization Legislation
along the lines proposed by Repre-
sentative .oFcht.