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dependent children extended by the
agency which superVises charities
and delinuuencies. Senator Meke1iar
also took this view and further claim.
| ed the Board of Public Welfare should
not have any more duties placed
!, Senator Williams. a form r. Juvenile
Court judge and author OF the Juve.
nile court OF Law OF Missouri. sup
| ported the Capper bill. declaring the
Board of Public Welfare should he
OF his statement Senator Williams
expressed. doum wnether Congress
/ should continue to ne A board Of alder,
men for the city Of WASHINGTON. Sen.
ator Williams said:
'This is mot bill for the. benefit
NJ mothers: il is not a widows pen.
sion measure: IL is a hill for the benefit
of deDendent children. There is
nothing more In il than that II a
child has been adjudicaled a dependent
on the public FOR support. tha, child is
/ liable to he taken charge of by the
Stale in an institution prepared by
the State for that purpose; but Ii ii
should appear ths: there is hcme
for that child. and mother who is
competent and abe to take care OF
that child and OF her Other children.
it may properly be placed in its own
home, In the home Of its mother, for
support. That is all there is to 1t.
This Is not case of mothers aid; il is
not a case Of widows pensions; II is
not a case of 'tryiRE the thing on the
dog in the District Of Columbia. SO
hat similar legislation may be adopted
In other States OF the Union.
Mr.. President. l have often won
dered in my survey OF the legislafio
that has gone through this body this
year whether st would not ne possible
10 diSsociate the District OF Columbia
from the activities Of the Senate and
House of Representatives. whether 1t
would not be possible for the District
of Columbia to be conducted as free
and independent city. whether the
Congress of the United States should
be and should continue to be nothing
more than board of aldermen Tor
he District of Columbia on all this
kind of bills. deplore that situation
very much"
When The question was first put 10
vote the presiding officer decided
the ayes have It," which meant the
approval Of the Capper splan. After
the result had been announced. Sen
atr Wadsworth asked if it was TOO
late TO ask Tor a division. and was
,
crat. ~ North Carolina, said there
seemed 10 be some misunderstan ndire
as TO The question, and he moved to
reconsider. II was on the second
vote tha, the New York plan was ap-
proved by a standing vote.
King Surprised at Action.
Senator King. Democrat, Of Utah.
took the floor. declaring:
Il presume that any discussion Of
this bill now is futile. at least until
we have a quorum present, which J
shall call for before we have Anal
vote.
II am somewhat surprised, however.
TO see the avidity with which some
Senators support a measure which
does not have the approval of the
people Of the District of Columbia.
The chairman Of the District commit
Tee. the Senator from Kansas tMr.
Capper,, has devoted himself with the
utmost zeal and energy TO the dis
charge of the important responsible
ties resting upon him. He has given
more attention 10 this subject than
any other man in the Senate. notwjtIh
standing the statement made by the
Senator from New York. He knows
what the people of the District Of
Columbia want. There never has been
a bill presented before the committee
on the District OF Columbia. since
have been a member Of that commit
tee-and I have served as a member