Evening star., 1943-04-25
Civic Bodies, Civic Problems
Congress Gets Baby Broker Bill;
Federation's War Bond Drive

- congress OetS BABY broker BILL;
Federation's War Bond Drive
By JESSE c. sUTER
The big of the past week the Tuesday by
the House of Representatives of the s4 434 District Cob
appropriation bill for the fiscal ending June &c. 1914 The bill
carries salaries for l25 additional policemen.
The organized civic forces highly grahed that the District
appropriation bill passed by the House salary
peoples counsel
This distinct victory organized cizenry
considered President
Tor the filling of the
The citizen demand filling
the fact that it is mandatory provision of the Public Utilities Act
under which the citizen well individuals entitled
the public utilities matters
before both the commission and the courts
interesting report of the
hearings the District budget before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee instance District Commissioner Mason
his opinion that the liquor tax income to the District would
quaduped the District the liquor stores Lodge
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board expressed with
this opinion
Since column to press Sunday
nounced had confirmed District Commissioner John
Russell Young for another term of three years
important last Sunday the
National Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion mas taken unoer lor s May meeting 1e ~
adopted the Federation Citizens Associations urging
that Washington be designated critical housing
experimental portion of the
Military will be effective May by order OF the Public
Utilities Commission Starting from the terminal Wisconsin
avenue near the District e the route will follow western avenue
Mckinley Thieth place Military road Concord and
street the at Colorado
The westbound trip follows this route in
The PUG promises that if there sufficient need
service extended with the Georgia street.
present line is by
operate Kennedy the Colo
terminal Some the equipment for this
is being withdrawn from the H-2 crosstoWn line
Baby Broker Bill in Original Form Goes to Congress.
The child placement bill better known the baby broker bill
way Congress of Budget
bill original form by the Board OF Public
Welfare and by the Commissioners with their Endorsement
Budget Bureau
passed by Representatives
defeat largely the real
the legislation this will be
the bill passed in its original
need effective controlling placement
children under recognized
welfare groups both official
study problems
believed provide every protection
legal child parents persons
as public
placement agency could be
maintained in the District Columbia without license issued
the District Commissioners The Commissioners would be required
to appoint after consultation
committee eight persons adopt egu-
lations prescribing standards of placement
required of child placement regulations
would have to be approved by the Commissioners.
The committee appointed would be composed of member
OF the Board OF Pubic welfare who would be the chairman
Der the Department. member of the staff of
hve charitable organizations of the District having
program for placing children family
OF committee members would be year.
and regulations
ana with the approval of the Commissioners
necessary.
Licenses investigation by the Board
OF Public Welfare into the activities and standards
the agency Every would
as required by the rules regulations adopted provided
BILL All records regarding children parents
would be deemed confidential and would
except with the authority of the Board of Public
Agencies would be prohibited charging any
compensation from the legally adopting
All existing placement agencies the District
the BILL with the single exception of ST. Infant
single obector holds to the old idea which
abandoned by most child welfare workers of the present
Informed leaders declared placement
law greater than when active agitation for law
1886 The hope expressed that representatives of
obectng would withdraw objection
support of the original bill unanimous.
Citizens Federation Opens Campaign.
enthusiasm Capt Henry
L. Coman of the Air Corps combat duty
Federation at its recent meeting by
active campaign sell 100000
bonds by May l.
AS token of Capt Comans recent exploit his wife
the Federation key from bomb released his
Rommels The bomb the
zens Associations and considered by the Federation
PIRATE souvenir for the
of the Treasury Department
the sale opened and throughout
with result The motion picture houses
active cooperation by turning all of their sales the credit
Federation for the remainder of the month
The Campaign Committee consists of all of the delegates
smaller having
The goal set S2O000 that being the of medium
bomber The campaign Bomber for Uncle Sam
Saturday May l. the Federation will have
patriotic rally in the Departmental Auditorium celeba
ton Of the elimination OF the bond-sellng campaign.