Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
WOMAN'S BUREAU
BILL IS APPROVED
Citizens Association Com
mittees. However. Oppose
Measure for Juvenile Court.

CsssaiasoWS asspsNeNSl cf the hin to
create y womes'S bureau la the
a<>sfce nss>arSweas and unanimous
@s$Sps,s>>Sssl ~ she Mcleod hill, which
would create a SesNensle court as a
branch ~ the nlSsySc3 Supreme Court.
was vnsed ct = mint meeting ~ The
favv and Hesitation and charities aad
corrections tN,sasAitteos cS the FtNiets''
;}oo cf Citizens Association following
= nuesc heaxsnE ca these measures in
The District Building last night,
The tNys. committees viii fernNsnuscho
10 the federation at Its meeting next
SATURDAY night that the woman
l,u,rNau hiu SNa appspved and the
,,,y,snile court measure he dlsspi'soVed.
No Dissenting Voice.
The meeting. held as q public hear,
in,, on The two hills, took the form Of
rN,n,plete unanimity on the questions
at issue--no dissenting voice was
raised against the Womans bureau
measure and no approval was VolS%N'
for tie Mcleod Juvenile Court hill,
Several speakers, however, indorSeo
the Commissioner bill. otherwise
known as the Zihlnlan bill, creatins
a Juvenile court. and after the meet.
ing had been informed that it would
he sent to Congress Monday it was
agreed to hold a meeting prior TO the
gathering of the federation next Sat
urtiay night and make a report on 1t.
Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. head OF
the woman's bureau as now consti-
tuted and ardent advocate OF the leg
islation making the existence OF the
organization legal. was not present,
but Miss Helen d. Pigeon, director OF
the International Association OF TO
licewomen and Sergt. Rhodda Mill.
ken of the bureau spoke in favor OF
its enactment
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. president
of the Distric of Columbia Congress
Parent-Teacher Associations. denounc'
ed the Mcleod bill as vicious. she
said she cant understand that such
a thing should be perpetrated against
the District Of Columbia"
Discuss Mcleod Bill.
Mrs. Rafter explained to the meet
ing, which was attended by about 5O
persons, that Representative Mcleod
of Michigan, author of the BILL ap'
pointed a committee of 16 to inyes
tigate all Juvenile Court bills pending
in Congress. This committee, OF
which she was a member, never held
q meeting. and, she declared. William
H. De Lacey, former Juvenile Court
Judge. personally canvassed the
members at their homes and sought
their approval of the Mcleod plan
Mrs. Rafter said she refused to sign
the petition in support of the meas
ure.
She and her organization are in
favor of the Commissioners bill, she
continued and, if it had been present
ed to Congress last March, when there
was opportunity to do so, then 1t
would have been passed, and we would
have had at least a PARKWAY juvenile
Court bill" She added the Commits
sioners' bill was withdrawn last March
for amendments, and since that time
there had been much delay in the
District Building in getting the meas
ure. back to Congress.
Mrs. James w. Byler, also or the
Parent Teacher Association, in regis
tering opposition to the Mcleod bill
declared the Juvenile Court created
under it, would be surrounded by al
the proceedings of)the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia. Rotat
ing judges would Occupy the bench
she explained, and this feature alone
is objectionable, as only person
specially trained and experienced ir
childrens work is qualified to sit or
the bench.
Mrs. Dubois Speaks.
Mrs. Frederick Dubois also spoke
briefly against the Mcleod bill.
The Women's Bureau measure was
endorsed by Mrs. James Wiley, State
regent of the District of Columbia
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton; Mrs. Rafter. Mrs. Lucy r. Swan
ton. Mrs. William j. LaVarre. Mrs
Z. r.. kalmbach, DIR. G. o. Havenner
John Ihlder, Miss Pearl McLan. AS
sistant u. s. Attorney, and II. n
Stull.
Charles /. Stengle, chairman of the
law and legislation committee. pre-
sided. Other committee members pres
ent We're Mrs. Henry. Morton Phil
lips, chairman of the charities AM
corrections committee: r. f. Purdy
Clayton +. Emig, Miss Cora Van San
and George F. Mitchell of Mrs Phil
lips committee and William H. Hen
derson, John Saul. David Babp, Lee
Wilson. George Pickering, II. N. Stull
and Thomas +. Lodge of Mr.. Stengle'
committee II