The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-24
TULSA AND D. c.
HAVE COMMON
PROBLEMS
Woman Delegate Here Tells Of
Oklahoma Towns Fight
for Family Court.
Tulsa. the faste.t-growing city in

Tulsa, the fastest-groWing city in
Oklahoma City in social pre-
washington that the casual ~opin-
ionator would. hardly think that the
Nations Capital and the city that
oil built have anything in common.
1t remained for the Tulsa delega-
ton to the convention Of the
American Association Of Uni.
for Miss Amy Comstock-to show
that these widely separated centers
Of American life have many prob.
lens in common, and Washington,
in considering remedial legislation
Tor the community. may take q page
from Tulsa's experiences OF the
past year.
Similar Problem Cited.
The agitation for q better
Juvenile Court law in the District
Of Columbia ana the efforts Of the
leading civic organizations to de-
velop social service work more
completely were rejected in Tulsa
during 1928, according to Miss Com
stock.
Before we. go any further, let It
be known that Miss Comstock II
at the heart Of Tulsa's civic pro-
blems, being part owner and asso'
ciate editor of the Tulsa Tribune.
She is a past president OF the
Tulsa branch of !. the American AS.
ISOLATION Of University Women, and
at present il chairman of the edu.
cationai committee. The Tulsa
branch has q membership Of $50.
During the past year." said Miss
Comstock today. ''the Tulsa branch
sought to obtain q better domestic
relations court and a Juvenile
Court for the city. As at present
conducted, all these cases are
bearded into the Police Court under
criminal jurisdiction. We felt that
this condition should be improved.
Family Court Proposed.
Gas a result Of our labors, the
Family Court Association has been
organized from the ranks Of re-
preventative Tulsa citizens. to work
for legislation that viii give the
community the kind Of court which
it needs very badly.
1.-THE proposed family court would
handle all cases of children and
minor differences between husbands
and wives. such as non-support
cases. This court would remove
such cases from the general cate
CORY Of criminal procedure. II
would exercise q chancery 1uris'
diction over minors, and would try
to preserve the home and keep
families together, as much as pos
nble.
1.-THE other outstanding accom-.
plishment Of the Tulsa branch or
the A. A. u. w. in 1923 was the
establishment of the confidential
exchange a branch of social serv-
ice work, where the distress OF I'M
fortunates would be unrevealed to
the public. This exchange Is now
in operation, and all of Tulsa's So
cial service agencies have Joined in
to make 1t success.
eve feel that the confidential
exchange is a great step forward
in bringing out more hearty co:
operation among the various social
agencies, and the Tulsa branch
looks back upon its years work
with justifiable pride.
Health Work Cited
"At present we are engaged in
health work-spreading the doc
trine Of protection against disease
instead Of waiting for disease to
take the initiative. We are i'm.
pressing upon the Tulsa people that
AN ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound of cure and that campaign
is also progressing satisfactorily.
When the Tulsa delegation Of
four to the national convention, in
session at the Hotel Washington,
arrived in this city, it was able to
report that the Oklahoma metro.
polls had subscribed it's full quota
of $1,000 to the Washington Fund
being raised by the organization.
The Tulsa visitors are headed by
Mrs. Almond w. Blow, president
Of the Tulsa branch, the daughter
Of former Governor Charles s..
Deneen, who recently Defeated
Medill Mccormick, incumbent. for
the Republican nomination for the
Senate. Mrs. j. r. McCabe re.
firing president, and Mrs. Raleigh
A. Shade, together with Miss Com
stock complete the delegation.