The Washington times., 1922-06-29
CITY HEADS GET
FULL DATA ON
WELFARE HOME
Text Of Report Covering In
dustriaI School Controversy
Is Submitted.

A report from a special meeting
Of the board Of trustees Of the Indus
trial Home School covering points
in the controversy in which the
trustees, the Board Of Children's
Guardians, the Board Of Charities.
and the District Commissioner are
involved was submitted today to the
city heads.
1t will be considered at a special
meeting tomorrow. Meanwhile, the
text Is being withheld from publica-
ton. but II Is declared that the
terms their opinion Of methods by
which children have been Harmed
out" from the Wisconsin avenue in.
stitution at behest Of the guardians,
so that today only four are left ON
the premises.
The commissioners requested that
the trustees and guardians hold
meetings to consider the present
situation as regards the home and
the wards and then come together
to work out some plan which might
meet with the approval of civic
organizations and parents Of the
youngsters now placed In private
families. While the trustees have
gone through with their separate
part Of the proceedings. the guard.
ians have not II Is said. W. W. Mil
Ian. president of the latter body. de.
clared that no meeting was sched-
uled for today. He continues his
declination to discuss the issues in.
volved.
July 1 Time Limit.
The date for abandonment Of the
home for reception Of wards. July 1,
still stands. so far as is known.
Mrs. Edward Brennan, chairman
Of the Congress Of Mothers In.
vestigating committee said today
that although she and her associates
have no means Of compelling the
guardians Ito comply with public
opinion" they expect to have the
institution retained as a receiving
home and TO have the law governing
the board so altered that 1t VIII be
responsible to the commissioners.
How her four children were
taken from her and placed in the
hands of the guardians agents was
related this morning by Mrs. Viola
s. Carlisle, Of 1882 e street south.
east.
Denied Own Children.
my relatives are helping me to
keep my place together" she said
as she stood in the bare but i'm
maculate dwelling, fronted by trim
flower-beds. 1T have begged and
pleaded with the board OF guardians
to let me have back my children.
because I am now assured I can
support them. Still they keep
them. and are paying strangers to
hold them from their mother. I
don't want any money from the
board for keeping my own children
I only want them back, in my own
home"
Two daughters. Beatrice and
Sarah, are lodged with a family
near Fairfax Court House, Va
Ralph. a son, aged twelve. was re-
moved from the Industrial Home
School last Sunday, said Mrs. Chr
Isle. and inquiries as to his where
abouts have been Of no avail, she
further declared. Marian, a third
daughter, was in one Of the board s
paid homes for a week and in the
Washington Home for Foundlings
| about two months, according to the
mothers account. She is now three
years old.
"She was only nine months when
they took her away" Mrs. Carlisle
| said. when I brought her home
her body was covered with ulcers
and her throat was in a terrible con-
dition. She could not eat. That was
two years ago and she has not fully
recovered yet.