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seeks Opinions on Plan.

T. the meantime Chairman ke-ler o.
10 seek the opinions and recommend.
tons of the District C0mmis ssiOner-
and The Social Welfare Conln.ss;o,
Of II" District upon the propose
changes.
The comprcu.S.. f.. bret : that IL.
mothers' lid law shall i" administered
10y SePITatr hoard. which viii nc
independent a. existing boards g.
charitable Institutions. and that If and
when the existing charity and welfar.
boards ar" consolidated into the pro
posed I,"v Puhli. Welfare Board
the board administering mothers all
shall he taEru over and continue {"
operate under tho new Public WelfaI.
Board with distinct authority. b.
With the new Public Welfare Board a-
an advisory agency
This compromise, reached a a COZ
IeTence last night was explained a
tho hearing today bv Chairman kellA.
hy Representative Mills of New York
who is sponsor for the bill creating {.
separate agency TO administer moth
erS aid and hy Miss Sophie Irene
Loeb. speaking Tor the child Welfare
Association OF America and for the
New York Mothers Aid Commission.
Miss Loeb Highly Praised
Miss Loeb rra~ Introduced in ",
MiiS anu -Af. heIer as the one per
son in the United States. who ha-
done most for child welfare
AR. Mills explained that the Chill
Welfare Association of Americs. Ta~
been for J. years back OF the move
ment for mainteHa nee O. the HON.
and = states during the past +.
years, including Hawaii and Alaska
have puI through this kind o. .
statute.
The compromise measure j. uv-
all thar the child Welfare Workers
desire but Tor The sake Of urire,
support thev have agreed 10 il. Ny
NilIs sand that ;r i hoped 10 mas
Ton the District a. t'nlIjn,bis . hr
which e,,,bndies Tho convention q
what mothers aid should be. base,
on I~.earS Of practical adrninistra.
ton. He argued that mothers aiu
and child welfare work should no-
he grouped with the ordinary char
table function Of q community. Tie
pointed out that Miss Loeb speaks
with authority because she ha-
served for wears a. a member Of the
mothers pension committee in New
York which has an appropriation q
$4,000 900 with 2G.000 600 children
and 1000. 900 families under its ;sG
mtuiStra ton
n., ,.:
h'''''' 'e> '''i'''i'ioh''
~. ..>,,l.i,,.F +l,..r ,1r-iI .ba new Ism.
all The public welfare
agencies OF the National Capilal goes
.t,.o I'7,a,.4 -, 10 - +a,,,,,Ir.,r., "a,
brr created substantially as proyided
for in the Mills bill. but with the i'm
~ ~ ~ ,,r' ii - I,a n,j1+nd ,
tha District commissioners instead Of
by the President of the United States.
Mr.. Mills emphasized that this com
promise reconciles the contentious Of
the two groups, one in regard TO ad
ministrative conditions and the other
that the provisions of the law shall
he administered by an independent
group charged solely with this func.
ton and not general charities
Miss Loeb stressed the fact that
President Coolidge. in his message To-
Congress. recommended mothers
aid bill and explicitly urged that IL
should be made as nearly as possible
q model for the other States. in many
of which Miss Loeb said. the D7
law i nv no means perfect.
Tho most vital p,1rnose Of the Iegis.
,a,;nn cha evnIained Is thut whef, =,
fotber dies and a mother is left des-
ti,,,c ,overtv shau MOI no allowed ~
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