Evening star., 1932-04-26
Tributes to Miss Lathrop
Recognize Debt of Nation

Death Of Miss Julia Iathrop. who
built the Children's Bureau of the Fed
eral Government to high point of eff
f.ciency, is made the occasion for public
recognition Of her capacity and hel
leadership in public service Her aSso.
citation with Jane Addams and hel
ability to lay the foundations for use
full legislation are especially lauded.
Her mission in life" declares the
Indianapolis News, was to direct the
warn-heartedness and charitable i'm
pulses of thousands of women, who de-
vote part Of their time to social service
through church and other organiza-
tions, into the most useful channels
Her surveys provided the scientific
background for laws and general pol
icies The experience of successful
projects in this field was made known
throughout the country as a pattern
and inspiration to other groups. She
was an evangel of the new charity
which assumes that the American peo-
pie wish to foster by every reasonable
means an equality of opportunity
among all children"
She was the first of her sex to hold
the rank of Federal bureau chief" says
the Baltimore Sun, recalling that dur
ing her nine years as chief she trans
formed the bureau into a major agency
in the realm of infant and maternal
care, and thus inevitably projected il
into the storm centerS of political con-
troverSy" The Sun holds that she
gave IAN inspiring example of selfless
devotion to the common welfare" The
Cleveland News states that her sex
may well be proud of Miss Lathrop's ex-
ample, as her country is" while ''th5
hnYCrC
help to inspire others to give their lives
to welfare work" The News recalls
that, "long identified with Hull House
in Chicago, she won international rec
ognition as practical philanthropist.
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"The country owes much to her for
the welfare of its people" declares the
Springfield (Mass) Republican, with
recognition that Miss Adams tribute
to her as one of the most useful wom-
en- in the whole country was spoken
with authority" The Republican offers
the review of her useful career: LAS a
member of the Illinois State Board of
Charities, 1S93-1909, she had been in
strumental In putting upon the statute
books the States progressive laws abol-
ishing child labor and providing for
factory inspection, control of tenement
house conditions, establishment of juve-
nile courts and reform of the manage
ment of State and county charitable
institutions. In association with
Jane Addams she made special studies,
during her residence, of such problems
as the care Of the insane, the care of
children and juvenile delinquency, sup
plementing her studies in this country
with personal investigation of condi-
tions and methods in Europe and the
Orient"
This Nations most valuable re-
source" in the opinion of the Dayton
Daily News, lis its youth. The fact
that the Children's Bureau is now only
two decades old indicates that we did
not always cultivate and safeguard this
human wealth. Much has been done
since this agency came into being
Much remains to be done The recent
White House conference on child health
and protection is an auspicious effort
along the line of Miss LathropS two
fold policy, first to assemble the knowl-
edge, and then distribute 1t. Her sue
cess is an encouragement"
Reviewing the associations of Miss
Lathrop and Miss Addanls, the Hart
ford Daily Times affirms that the for