Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Crippled Children Society Reorganization Plan
Made Public; Mrs. G. D. Lowe Quits as Official

MADE PUBIC; N
The District Society for Crippled
Children last night made pc.,lit
the reorganization plan 1t has sub
mitted to the national society ir
response to an ultimatum from the
national group to reorganize or face
expulsion. The national society
had extended its deadline until
Wednesday.
As the report was made public
the society's corresponding secre.
tary, Mrs. c. D. Lowe, handed ir
her resignation on the ground the
organization governing body has
80 little regard for public opinion.
The report carried recommends
tons adopted by the board urging
a medical advisory committee
sponsorship OF a postgraduate
training course for physicians In
terested in the problems of crippled
children: obtaining necessary per
mits from the Health Department
employment of an occupationa
therapist and a number OF otnel
changes.
The national society was tole
that q new bookkeeping system L
In effect.
The report also included q new
constitution accepted by the boarc
subject to final approval At thu
next annual meeting OF the society
membership.
The ultimatum from the nation.
al society came after two nationa
representatives came here to In
vestigate reports that five EN-
Moves had resigned or been fred
that a number of parents hat
asked for a hearing which was nc
granted and that no complete
audit was made of the society
books. The local society was giver
60 DAYS to reorganize or lose Its
right to participate in the FUND.-
raising Easter seal sale campaign
Last month, q 30-day extension
was granted.
A partial text OF the reorganlza-
tion report follows:
PROCEDURE.
Since 1t was the consensus Of
the members of the board OF d.
rectors present at the special meet
ing held on July 7, 1913. that the
reorganization Of our Society bt
undertaken by committee COM
posed of Board members. many Of
whom are highly qualified for vari-
Gus phases Of such a program; anc
since it was regularly moved. sec.
onded and unanimously carried
that the President appoint a steer
ing committee on reorganization te
carry out the suggestions as SCI
forth by the National Society 1ol
Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.
In its resolution under date Of May
8. 1913, and since President Drake
appointed the following committee
for this purpose: Dan River, chair
man, DR.. Custis Lee Hall, Albert w
Howard, Mary Bourke, DR.. Charles
Drew, Sister NJ Olivia, Thomas j
Groom, Thomas Grant, and DR.
Mordecai johnson; the steering
committee was divided into sub.
committees for the purpose Of care
fully evaluating the present serv'
ices offered by the District Of Co
lumbia Society for Crippled Chill
dren, and to make suggestions ane
recommendations for the better.
ment. of such services in view Of thu
resolution forwarded by the Ma
tional Society. The sub-commit
tees were authorized to request ant
seek the aid of any non-member'
of the Board that they might de
sire, in order that a true picture O
the present situation might be OBJ
tanned.
MEDICAL
THE subcommittee designated t.
survey and report on the medica
facilities of our Society consisted
of Drs. Gusts Lee Hall and Charlie!
Drew. Both of these men were wei
qualified for this undertaking since
DR.. Hall has been an active mem.
Der OF our own Society since its in
ception and is president OF the
United States Chapter of the Inter
national College of Surgeons, chic
of orthopedic surgery at Doctors
Hospital, professor OF surgery al
George Washington Medical School
past president Of the District
Medical Society, and is the lecturer
on orthopedic surgery and alice
subjects, and each course OF the
orthopedic nursing course instituted
by our society in the School OF
Nursing Education at Catholic Uni
versity. DR.. Drew is trustee at
large of the National Society fol-
Crippled Children and Adults, Inc.
chief surgeon at Freedmen's Hos
pital, head of the Department OF
Surgery of the College of Medicine
of Howard University, and is chair
man of the surgical section of the
National Medical Association. (The
list aforementioned for both OF
these members is by no means COM
plete)
The report of this sub-commit-
tee was that the work of the Dis
trict of Columbia Society for Grip
pied Children, from medical
standpoint. has consisted of the
running of demonstration clinic
which includes physical therapy
speech therapy, consultative
clinic for cerebral palsy, nursery
school. kindergarten, a day camp
an educational program, a psyche
logical service, and postgraduate
orthopedic nursing course. With re-
CARDS to the medical care Of the
patients, the subcommittee finds:
81. The consultative clinic con-
Quoted by DR.. Phelps, in his est
nation, is definitely one of the bet
ter clinics in the country.
"2. The subcommittee found that
the medical advisory committee, ap-
pointed by DR.. Holden, president OF
the District Medical Society. is an
excellent one and suggests that it
be activated in order to secure more
direct supervision by the members
of this committee.
80. A study of the facilities and
program of Children's Hospital and
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