Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
CAPITAL WELFARE
PLANS ADVANCE
Preliminary Conferences Be.
gun Upon Proposed In
portant improvements.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Important improvements in public
welfare work in the National Capital
are being seriously considered in con-
ferences preliminary to report by
the Bureau Of Efficiency in compli.
ance with a request from the District
Commissioners and the Gibson com.
mittee of the House, which is intended
to be a basis for administrative
changes and remedial legislation in
the coming session of Congress.
These include at least five new
buildings for as many institutions
an Industrial farm school for boys, ar
industrial farm school for girls, a
receiving home for dependents. a de-
tention home for women and girls
above the age of II, and an adequate
lodging house for both men and
women.
They include a plan of taking all of
the short term prisoners out of the
Jail, sending them to Occoquan and
there giving them work, and of
cleaning up the congested and un-
cleanly conditions at the Jail.
Conferences being held with Maj. E..
3. Hesse look toward the establish
ment of special squad on the police
force, composed of both men and
women, who would work sympathetic
cally on the juvenile problem, after
the style of big brothers and big
sisters.
Aide for Wilson Urged.
The advisability of giving George
S. Wilson, director of the Board OF
Go -trf- vaf To a
all business and financial matters in
connection with the growing and CO.
ordinated work of the various welfare
institutions. is also being seriously
considered, and has been recommend
ed to the District Commissioners.
Establishment of pSychlatr1c
clinic, the building up of the existing
clinics and general Improvement or
the disqualification service are among
other recommendations that will be
contained in the report.
The Bureau of Efficiency has been
asked to make a thorough study OF
the entire District Government. 1t
already has completed its investigation
and made it's report on the offices or
the recorder of deeds and the regis
ter of wills, and on the assessor 8
and collector taxes officers. 1t has
made it's report on the Traffic Bureau
and is now working On report TO
show what material has Leen Received
under the electric traffic signal light
contracts, some of which was never
authorized and some of which VIII
never be used, to see wha- adjustment
can be made and what should be PAID
for. This will, of course. be largely
determined by the general account
ing office.
Some work remains to be done IN
regard to the License Bureau before
the final report can he made on that
unit of the municipal government.
Investigations are also in progress
covering the purcha sing office, pubhc
welfare agencies. the insurance d1Vl-
sion, the municipal architects office,
the city refuse division and the Dis
trict school system.
Basis of Committee Study.
So it will be promptly seen that the
plans for improving the welfare serV-
ices are but a fraction IF the entire
administration survey that
is being made for the District officials
and for Congress.
When the Gibson subcommittee
resumes its work in December 1t will
have these definite studies, analyses
and recommendations on which to
base legislation.
Two brothers, Herbert HI. and Paul
Rapp, with several assistants, are
the comprehensive study OF
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