Evening star., 1946-02-10
29U.S.Leaders Named
To Advisory Panel on
Juvenile Delinquency

Attorney General Clark last night
named 29 persons each outstanding
in his or her field, to serve on a
national volunteer advisory panel
to study the growing problem of
juvenile delinquency.
The group will meet with Mr..
Clark In his Office at 10 am. tomor-
row and again on Tuesday. Mr..
Clark added that the panel will
convene as often as advisable
thereafter"
The panel, which will be aug
mented from time to time, was Gre
ate to assist the Justice Department
IN the formulation of plans to COM
bat the upsurge in serious crimes
being committed by teen-age boys
and girls. MIR. Clark and his aides
hope coordination of the activities
of Federal, State, county and local
governmental and private organ
izations engaged in this field will
lead to solution of the disturbing
problem.
Praises Wide Reform.
Commenting on the selection of
the board, Mr.. Clark said: st am
gratifled at the earnest response of
the many public-spirited citizens
and organizations who are joining
with Government officials in a unit
ed effort to combat this grave prob
lem. hope that some remedial
measures will develop as the result
of these conferences"
Expected to attend tomorrow's
session are: Father Edward J. Flan-
agan Of Boys Town, Nebr.; DR.. H.
w. Hurt of the Boy Scouts of
America; James B. Carey, Congress
of Industrial Organizations; Miss
Maratha Frances Allen, executive
secretary of the Camp Fire Girls;
John Stelle, national commander of
the American Legion; Walter White
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People;
Matthew Woll, second vice president
of the American Federation of
Labor.
Other Members Listed.
Walter F. Anderson, chief of po-
lice of Charlotte, N. c., and presi-
dent Of the FBI National Academy
Associates; David w. Armstrong,
executive director of the Boys Clubs
of America, Inc; Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, president of the National
Council of Colored Women; Msgr.
Howard j. Carroll, general secre-
tary of the National Catholic We'll
fare Conference; Henry Monsky,
president of BNai Birth; DR..
Samuel McCrea Cavert, general
secretary of the Federal Council of
the Churches of Christ in America;
Joseph H. Mccoy, general secretary
of the Big Brother Movement; Mrs.
La Fell Dickinson, president of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs; Howard L. Doyle, president
of the United States Attorneys Con-
ference.
Mrs. William A. Hastings, presi-
dent of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers; DR.. William
Healy of the Judge Baker Guidance
Center for Childhood and Youth:
Mrs. William M. Henry, president of
the National Congress of Colored
Parents and Teachers; Karl Holton,
director of Youth Authority, State
of California; Frank Sherman Land
of Kansas City, Mo; DR.. Mark A.
May, director of Yale Universitys
Institute of Human Relations; Vim
cent j. O'Shea, director of the
Bureau of Special Services of the
New Jersey Board of alton;
Mrs. Paul Rittenhouse, national di-
rector of the Girl Scouts; Fred Rolf, ,
president of the International Asso-
citation of Chiefs of Police; G. How
land Shaw of Washington, former
Assistant Secretary of State; DR.. /,
Joseph R. Sizoo, Collegiate Church .
of st. Nicholas, New York City; ,,
Bruce Smith of the Institute of Pub :,
lie Administration, and Frank L.
We'll, president of the National
Jewish Welfare Board