The Indianapolis times., 1935-06-22
WORLD PARLEYS
ON CHILD CARE
HOLD INTEREST
Brussels to Be Scene OF
Two Welfare Sessions
Next Month.
BY LUCA RIZZARDI
United Press star Correspondent

BRUSSELS. June D Two inter-
national conferences Of outstanding
interest 10 students q chlld-welfare
throughout the world are scheduled
here between July IS and 81.
They are a meeting Of judges and
magistrates who preside over iuve-
nile court. and a congress Of the In
teTnauonal Association for the Pro-
lection of Miners The former con
ference wIII last from July Is 70 IT.
IL VIII be followed Immediately on
July ~ bv the second OF the two
gatherings which VII continue un-
III July D.
Fifteen countries VIII be repre-.
sented AZ the conference Of JUS
tires Of juvenile courts. They are
Belgium. Brazil. China. Czechoslo-
vakia. France. Germany, Great
Britain. Hungary. Italy. Japan
Poland. Portugal. Spain. United
States and Yugoslavia.
Important Papers to Re Read
r. is expected that chief inter-
est az this conference VIII Be- TO-
Cuscd on the paper to be read by the
Hungarian delegate. Pierre de Ne
meth. or the effec s. Of economic
distress on criminalltv among chill
dren Another % gerlv awaited pa
per viii be that of Nine. WaytO-
Wicz-Grabinska of Poland. the first
woman appointed as judge in ju-
venile courts IN Poland.
She IS now iuridiCal counsellor At
the Polish Ministry of Social Assist
ance. and iS recognized authority
on criminalitv among children.
Al least 20 countries will be rep
resented AZ the conference Of the
International Association for the
Protection Of Minors. which was
first organized IN Brussels in 1921
Several South American and most
European countries are members OF
the association.
Stress Laid on Two Problems
Two main questions will be dis
cussed at this conference. The first
deals with the care Of children from
medical. judicial and social stand
points. as well as in the schools
II is felt that the education Of chill
dren in rural districts Of many
countries is badly neglected and that
insufficient attention is paid to the
needs Of abnormal and crippled
children.
The second main head or discus
sion viii be the effect Of economic
depression and unemployment on
children. There Will be a debate
on the question Of raising the school
age by law 70 reduce juvenile unem-
ployment and TO give young people
special technical training.
Among other subjects Of discus
sion will be a program Of studies
in a school of social service. OF
which Nine. de Bray. Of Santiago
Chile. Will read a paper. and various
questions dealing with the educa-
ton of children.
Queen to open Session
No NUnElFH- VIII w uHNAANu az
10 a. m July Is by Queen Astrid
on the following day the delegates
will take trips 10 the seaside and
visit schools. SanatOnums and cor
rectiOnal institutions.
They viii also visit the Brussels
infants clinic. the colony for weak
children at DOngelberg, in Brabant
the school for abnormal children al
Rixensart. and the Henri JaSpal
children's ConvaleScent home al
Tervueren. near Brussels.
The work Of the conference vii
continue on the two succeeding
davs and Will be wound up at a
final meeting July 81 II Is eX-
pected that there Will be a recep-
ton for the delegates in the Brus-
sells CITY hall