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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, SOCIAL SERVICES,

AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

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H.R. 15779 and H.R. 15918
TO ESTABLISH AN AGENCY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

CHILD ABUSE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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WASHINGTON : 1974

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SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky, Chairman

DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota
W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JR., Georgia
CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York
FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California

GILBERT GUDE, Maryland HENRY P. SMITH III, New York ROBIN L. BEARD, Tennessee

KAREN E. FLEISCHER, Subcommittee Staf Consultant

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CONTENTS

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MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

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"Adoption-Parental Rights," opinion by Judge Ketcham, Daily Wash-

ington Law Reporter--
Chabon, Robert, M.D., president/medical director, Happy Hills Hospital,

letter to Subcommittee on Business, Commerce, and Taxation, dated Au-

gust 12, 1974.---
Coleman, Allan B., M.D., D.C. Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics,

letter to Congressman Mazzoli, dated August 9, 1974.--

Draft Bill—To Establish an Agency for the Prevention of Child Abuse in

the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes.

Examples of Children in Jeopardy Known to Washington Travelers Aid

in 1973----

FitzGerald, Joan E., Children's Defense Fund of the Washington Research

Project, Inc., letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated July 22, 1974.-

Green, Frederick C., M.D., associate director, Children's Hospital, National

Medical Center, letter to subcommittee, dated September 6, 1974..

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Greene, Hon. Harold H., Chief Judge, District of Columbia Superoir Court,

statement

Gruver, Clifton R., M.D., president, The Medical Society of the District of

Columbia, statement-
Guidelines for Early Recognition of Neglecting, Battering Families, excerpt

from "Toward Prevention of Child Abuse," by Marion G. Morris, Robert

W. Gould, and Patricia J. Matthews---
Hiatt, Miss Catherine C., ACSW, executive director, The Travelers Aid

Society of Washington, D.C., letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated July 24,

1974
Heiser-Ficker, Dr. Annette and Mrs. Barbara Steele, MSW, the Child

Abuse Team, Children's Hospital, National Medical Center, supple-

mental statement-
Joint Statement of:

Gaughan, Dennis M., Social Services Institute---
Hutchinson, Janet, R., Council on Adoptable Children, Inc., of Metro-

politan Washington, D.C.----
Ketcham, Hon. Orman E., Superior Court of the District of Columbia,

letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated September 13, 1974.--

Lundsford, William G., director, Washington office, Child Welfare League

of America, statement---

Schroeder, Hon. Patricia, letter submitted by Congressman Stark..

Simons, William H., president, Washington Teachers' Union, Local No. 6,

AFT, letter to Subcommittee, dated August 14, 1974.-
Spurlock, Mrs. Ruth E., ACSW, director of program service, The Travelers

Aid Society of Washington, D.C., Inc., letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated

August 28, 1974.-
Theban, John G., executive director, Family and Child Services of Wash-

ington, D.C., letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated July 22, 1974.--
Weinberger, Hon. Caspar W., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, letter to Chairman Mazzoli, dated September 19, 1974----

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