Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
HEALTH IS CALLED
DEBT TO CHILDREN
White House Conference
Leaders Urge Further
Disease Research.
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under the United States Public Health
Service. This was published in the ON
cial preliminary report of the confer
ence. A. minority report sent to the
subcommittee chairman by Miss Abbott,
which protested against this recommen-
dalton, was not published. Supporters
of Miss Abbott claim this was unjust
discrimination.
About rs woman delegates protested
from the floor against the omission Of
the minority report.
In the education and training sec
ton 1t was proposed that school build
ings should be kept open for child ac-
tivities all the time and that any local
legislation conflicting with this be re-
pealed,
Less insistence on health is needed
in the school," 1t was declared, and
more on q program OF living that will
There has been little decrease in the
maternity death rate in IS years, Surg.
Gen. Hugh S. Cumming told the Sec
ton on dependency and delinquency
last night There may be more reduc-
ton, he held, by educating the general
public to provide the best possible OBJ
stetrical care and by medical schools
paying particular attention to training
Homes Declared Dangerous.
Surg. Gen. Cumming stressed the
number of deaths by accident, especially
those In. the home and those due to
automobiles. He pointed out that $4,000
women are killed In the home annually
Speaking of automobile accidents, he
said: I'VE are not calling halt to one
group who have it in their power to
tnin0-fh0 1T If
automobiles In America. We PICK up
to so miles an hour in seconds they
say Of their products. It Is q terrible
thing to do, pandering to mania for
speed. Cars should not be sold on o
score of speed. That Is an anti-soeiaI
act and should be subject to penalty"
Mrs. Hoover attended dinner and
discussion Of club work for boys and
girls at the Carleton, but took no part
In the discussion. At this meeting DR..
william H. Fitzpatrick of Columbia Uni
consist Of selling ideas to boys and
girls" but Of guiding them in the
formation Of their own ideas.
Girls as Brave as Boys.
Boys are no drawer than girls.
At the best there is an insignificant
margin in favor of the sex of soldiers
report submitted by committee headed
by Prof. John =. Anderson Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
The study was of 4-year-olds, an age
before 1t Is conventional for girls to
be scared of all sorts of things" It
showed that a per cent Of the boys and
40 per cent Of the girls had not showed
fear Of anything. Twenty per cent of
the boys and % per cent Of the girls
were afraid of dogs. The reverse was
true in the case Of storms, with fear
shown by 10 per cent Of the boys and
only IL per cent of the girls.
Evidently the "b0gie man" and the
weird shadows of the dark have lost
their terrors for childhood with the
coming of electric lights and houses
built without cubbyholes. Only IS per
cent Of the boys and 10 per cent Of the
girls were afraid Of the dark. Six per
cent Of the boys and Q per cent Of the
girb had shown fears Of strangers.
Z Hall Lave Parents Equally.
| Z About half of the children love each
parent equally. the study revealed. OF
the boys studied, 20 per cent loved
mamma" best, Is per cent the father.
There was no favorite parent for ~
per cent. Among the girls. 10 per cent
showed most affection for the mother
and is per cent for the father. There
was no favorite for SO per cent. Some
Of the children loved brothers and sis
tiers better than parents,
The statistics disclose that 5 per cent
of the boys and 9 per cent Of the girls
are jealous when the mother shows af-
lection for the father and approx
mately per cent Of both sexes when
the father kisses the mother. When
the mother shows affection for other
children II per cent Of the boys and is
per cent Of the girls show jealousy.
But DR.. Andersons committee found
that more than so per cent OF both
sexes showed no jealousy at all.
The majority Of American families
are Giving close to the margin Of eco
nomic want" II was reported by the
Committee on Dependency, headed by
Homer Folks Of New York.
Estimates of q minimum Of from
81 800 to $500 q year on which .
family of i've can be supported were
cited, while only three industries reach
q minimum wage level Of $1,700. Two
large industries, 1t was reported, fall
short Of the minimum standard BY more
that more than 100000 persons are
killed or injured In accidents every
year, thus adding to the family distress
caused by low income.
The report warned against taking de-
pendent children away from their fam
lies. II this possibly can be avoided.
Americas increasing lawlessness Is
due TO false underlying philosophy of
life, the Committee ON Child Delin-
quency, headed by Judge Frederick P.
Cabot OF Boston, concluded.
Child delinquency, IL pointed out, is
only q symptom Of deeper stresses and
difficulties In society
I'VE have been termed the most law
less Nation on EARTH" the report con-
tinued. ''This is not merely that we
have so many laws that any one enact
ment lacks sanctity. This Is not merely
because administration of criminal law
has failed to keep pace with urbaniEa-
q IN. 1t Is not merely that we feel that
individual rights stand above the law.
Deeper than all this lies q form Of
lawlessness that pervades our whole
people and infects our ehildren-the
tragic result Of our unlimited natural
resources, the facility of their wealth
and the apparent omnipotence Of our
machinery. 1t is the heritage in our
generation of the vicious belief that
somehow more can be gotten out Of
life than one puts into it, This, in its
deepest and most devastating sense, Is
belief in lawlessness.'
The committee protested against the
"gaudy pageantry" of crime in the
daily newspapers.
Five per cent of the total population
will never exceed o mental age Of IL
years, reported the committee on the
mentally handicapped. 1t found an Ia
crease during 10 years Of the admis-
sions to insane hospitals Of persons un-
der 20.
Sterilization Recommended.
The committee recommended sterili-