LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 694, S. 765, S. 766, S. 1090, and S. 1341 BILLS RELATING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY APRIL 27, 28, MAY 4, 26, AND JUNE 4, 1959 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare CONTENTS Text of- Report from the Bureau of the Budget_. Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. S. 765_... Report from the Bureau of the Budget_ Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare S. 766__ Report from the Bureau of the Budget. Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. S. 1090 Report from the Bureau of the Budget_ Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare_ S. 1341. Report from the Bureau of the Budget.. Report from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Beck, Bertram, associate director, National Association of Social Workers, Davenport, John C., commanding officer, Juvenile Bureau, Cincinnati Noyes, Hon. Alfred D., judge, Juvenile Court, Montgomery County, Md. Kvaraceus, William C., director, juvenile delinquency project, National Eliot, Dr. Martha M., professor of maternal and child health, Harvard 66 APRIL 28, 1959 Waxter, Thomas J. S., member, board of directors, American Public Welfare Association, Chicago, Ill.; chairman, National Council of State Welfare Administrators, and Maryland Welfare Commissioner Campbell, Clifford, J., deputy commissioner, Department of City Planning, American Municipal Association, Chicago, Ill., accompanied John R. Kerstetter, associate director_-_ 83 100 Brown, Mrs. Samuel, National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., New York, 111 115 124 III Hecht, George J., chairman, American Parents Committee_ MAY 4, 1959 Richardson, Elliot L., Assistant Secretary; accompanied by Mrs. Kath- MAY 26, 1959 Page 142 Royfe, E. H., director of programs service, Big Brothers of America... JUNE 4, 1959 Morse, Hon. Wayne, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon... Ellingston, John R., represerting the Minnesota legislative interim com- STATEMENTS American Library Association, prepared statement... 165 180 190 201 212 228 305 190 Beck, Bertram, associate director, National Association of Social Workers, 17 Brown, Mrs. Samuel, National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., New York, 111 Prepared statement. 112 Campbell, Clifford, J., deputy commissioner, Department of City Planning, 100 Prepared statement_ 101 Colborn, Fern M., National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood 124 Prepared statement. 125 Corbitt, Thomas C., Sr., founder and president, True Citizenship National United Ideal Constructive and Instructive Association, Inc., prepared statement_ _ _ 375 Davenport, John C., commanding officer of Juvenile Bureau, Cincinnati Prepared statement. Dunn, Rev. Frank E., president, American Institute of Religion, prepared statement 373 Eliot, Dr. Martha M., professor of maternal and child health, Harvard Prepared statement.. Ellingston, John R., representing the Minnesota legislative interim commission on juvenile delinquency, adult crime, and corrections, and the Law School of the University of Minnesota, concerning proposals for Federal legislation on juvenile delinquncy, prepared statement... Gleason, John M., national director, Boys' Club of America, prepared statement... 24 30 66 67 228 378 Glass, Jack, director, Lane County, Oregon, Juvenile Department and 401 Hecht, George J., chairman, American Parents Committee. 115 Hennings, Hon. Thomas C., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri, prepared statement. 135 Humphrey, Hubert H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota, prepared statement. 255 lustrial union department, AFL-CIO, prepared statement. 307 Long, Hon. Donald E., judge, Multnomah County Courthouse, Portland, 212 National Probation and Parole Association, prepared statement- Noyes, Hon. Alfred D., judge of the juvenile court, Montgomery County, Oettinger, Katherine B., Chief of the Children's Bureau, Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Richardson, Elliot L., Assistant Secretary; accompanied by Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinger, Chief, Children's Bureau; Margaret Emery, Assistant Chief, Children's Bureau; Philip Green, Director, Division of Juvenile Delinquency; and Charles Hawkins, assistant to the Com- missioner of Social Security for Legislation, Department of Health, Richman, T. Leroy, associate executive director, American Social Hygiene Association, prepared statement.. Riley, George D., AFL-CIO legislative representative, on S. 694, S. 765, S. 766 and S. 1090, on juvenile delinquency, prepared statement. Royfe, E. H., director of programs service, Big Brothers of America, pre- Sharp, E. Preston, executive director, Youth Study Center, Philadelphia, Taber, Robert C., prepared statement... Tucker, Sterling, Washington representative, National Urban League. Waxter, Thomas J. S., member, board of directors, American Public Whelan, Ralph W., commissioner of Youth Services, executive vice chair- Articles entitled: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "Additional Statistical Information Supporting the Magnitude of the Problem," by Richard Perlman, Chief of Juvenile Delinquency Statistics, Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health, Educa- tion, and Welfare.. "How Cities Control Juvenile Delinquency," by American Municipal "If You Want To Help the Delinquent in Your Community," from General Federation Clubwoman, January 1959. "Juvenile Delinquency," by William C. Kvaraceus. "Juvenile Delinquency: Its Dimensions, Its Conditions, Techniques of Control, Proposals for Action," by Joseph D. Lohman, sheriff, 257 |