Evening star., 1927-12-04
BACKS
JURISDICTION SHIFT
Approves Plan to Place
Arrested Minors Under
Welfare Board.

The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions last night added it's support to
the movement initiated by the Federal
Bureau of Efficiency to shift the juris-
diction of the Woman's Bureau Of the
Police Department over children
under II years of age, who are de.
tanned by the police, to the board Of
public welfare.
Action was taken without debate
and upon the recommendation of the
committee on charities and corrections
the meeting a communication from
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. president of
the District Congress Of Parent-Teach-
er Associations. requesting the fedora.
tion's cooperation in urging the Com.
missioners to include an item in the
deficiency appropriation bill to provide
special quarters for the children when
they are separated from the adults
in the House of Detention.
Mrs. Rafter Is Present.
"Owing to the necessity for secur-
ing different quarters for the House
of Dentention occa stoned by the pro-
posed construction of new Govern
ment buildings On the site now oc-
cupied by the House of Detention.
the present seems the logical and
opportune time to insure that de-
pendent and delinquent children no
longer be confined i'm the same build
ing with adult criminals under the
Police Department" said Mrs. Raf-
ter's letter. THE District Congress
of Parent-Teacher Associations is
hopeful that. if the District Com
missioners will submit an estimate
for this purpose, which they have al
ready approved, the provision de-
sired may be secured in the defic-
iency act about to be introduced IN
the Seventeen Congress.
Mrs. Rafter was present and upon
invitation. occupied a seat adjoining
DIR. George C. Havenner, acting
president.
The Hansel merger plan, which was
prepared expressly for the federation,
was tremendously turned over to its
public utilities committee for study in
connection with the other two pro-
posals for consolidating the trans
portation units.
Unopened and wrapped in manila
paper, the voluminous document con-
tanning the plan was handed to Will
liam Nick. Clayton. chairman OF the
committee, by DIR. Havenner, with a
request that it be given the same con-
sideration as all other merger
proposals. In receiving it. Clayton
announced that the committee had
"open minds on all of merger pro-
posals. and that personally he was
not espousing any one plan. although
he did approve of certain features of
the so-called Bachman plan.
Threatened Storm Fails.
The threatened eruption over the
question of reimbursing the firm for
it's expense in making the extensive
transportation survey on which it
based it's merger proposals and the
secrecy which involved its Dresenta-
tion to subcommittee of the utilities
committee failed to material Ze.
William A. Roberts. who was named
to replace Maj. Clayton e. Emig as
vice chairman of the utilities commit
tee, however, apparently ruffled j. G.,
Hefty. a member of the ommit:ee,
with an explanation of procedure that
had been followed in the preparation
Of the Hansel plan. which, he said
had only been seen by d subcommittee
of three members.
Maj Emig as acting chairman of
the utilities committee was instru-
mental in having the Hansel firm
undertake the transportation survey.
and Mr.. Hefty construed the remarks
of Mr.. Roberts as an attack on Maj.
Emig.
"I am one of the three members of
the subcommittee. he said. as he took
the floor. "Mr. Roberts remarks un-
doubtedly were an attack on Maj
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