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Rosenberg, Mrs. Helene, chairman, board of visitors of New York
State Reformatory for Women, representing the Americans for
Democratic Action____

Sharp, E. Preston, executive director, youth center, juvenile division

of the municipal court, city of Philadelphia, Pa.......

Shaw, G. Howland, the National Child Labor Committee_.

Snyder, Edward F., Friends Committee on National Legislation,

Washington, D.C__

Stough, Mrs., associate of G. J. Hecht, Parents magazine___

Taber, Robert C., director, division of pupil personnel and counseling

of Philadelphia School District (read by E. F. Snyder, legislative

secretary)

Waxter, Judge Thomas J. S., American Public Welfare Association___

Whelan, Ralph, National Conference of Catholic Charities; commis-
sioner of youth services of the city of New York-‒‒‒

Wyker, Mrs. James, former president of the National Council of
Church Women

Letters, formal statements, reports, etc.:

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AFL-CIO, George D. Riley, legislative representative, supplemental
statement, "Labor's position on help for children is long standing"_

American Library Association:

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"Comparative Survey of Juvenile Delinquency, North America," pub-
lished 1958, foreword to this report_---

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Disciples of Christ (International Convention of Christian Churches),
Resolution 37, social welfare, October 1957---

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Elliott, Hon. Carl, a F.epresentative in Congress from the State of
Alabama, letters to from the following:

American Legion, statement of Arthur W. Wilkie, chairman, Na-
tional Child Welfare Commission_.

American Public Health Association.

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Carothers, Sylvia, Florida Children's Commission, Tallahassee,

Fla--

Cass, E. R., American Correctional Association, New York, N.Y__
DelliQuadri, Fred, director, division for children and youth, de-
partment of public welfare, State of Wisconsin, Madison_
Edgar, Adrian J., chairman, Nebraska Committee for Youth__
Gill, Hon. Thomas D., judge, juvenile court, State of Connecticut,
Hartford___

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Groff, Margaret T., Business and Professional Women's Club,
Philadelphia, Pa---

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Noyes, Harold J., University of Oregon Dental School_-

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Whitelaw, John M., Community Council, Portland, Oreg-
General Federation of Women's Clubs, resolution of....
Green, Hon. Edith, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Oregon, letters from the following:

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Cate, William B., Portland, Oreg., Council of Churches-
Gallo, Louis N., Neighborhood House, Inc., Portland, Oreg_
Green, Albert B., director, juvenile court and home, Portland,
Oreg_

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Langtry, Virgil, judge, circuit court of Oregon, Portland
McKenzie, Ronald E., Oregon Juvenile Council, Portland_
Reed, Amos E., MacLaren School for Boys, Woodburn, Oreg-
Romine, Larry, director, office of juvenile department, Newport,
Oreg__

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Hecht, George J., chairman, American Parents Committee, letter,
March 24, 1959, including supplemental statement_

National Association of Social Workers__

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National Council of Negro Women, Inc., prepared statement of
Perlman, I. Richard, Children's Bureau, Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, letter, March 4, 1959, to Hon. Donald E. Long,
judge, domestic relations department, circuit court of Oregon, Port-
land_.

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Training institutes in United States for police work with children, list
of____

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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1959

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in the Ways and Means Committee hearing room, House Office Building, Hon. Carl Elliott (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Elliott, Green, Daniels, Giaimo, Wainwright, and Lafore.

Also present: Mary P. Allen, subcommittee clerk, and Charles Backstrom, research assistant to subcommittee.

Mr. ELLIOTT. The subcommittee will be in order, please.

The Subcommittee on Special Education this week is continuing its study of juvenile crime and delinquency. In the last Congress, this subcommittee compiled more than 400 pages of testimony on the problems of juvenile delinquency.

We heard at that time from many outstanding experts in the field of youth work. We also heard from most of the national organizations concerned with this matter. Juvenile crime continues to be a serious national problem.

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the other day released preliminary statistics on crime for 1958. These figures showed that crimes by juveniles rose another 7 or 8 percent in the last year, just as had been the case in the previous years.

We know that many States and cities and rural counties are putting out a great effort to control juvenile crime, but the disease seems to be growing faster than the cures that are being used. It is my belief that we have arrived at the point where we, at the Federal level, can and must take some action to help our States and local communities in their efforts.

I hope that we can report out a bill on juvenile delinquency in the near future, before the full committee and the House become tied up in all sorts of controversial legislation. I am confident that we can come up with a sound bill that will represent a practical first step in controlling juvenile delinquency.

Many interested individuals and organizations have contacted our committee, indicating that they stand ready to support legislation at this time. We appreciate your interest and support. We will appreciate the assistance you can give us in deciding just what it is possible to do about juvenile crime at this time.

In view of the legislative situation I have described, I am going to suggest to the witnesses that we try to build on the knowledge and information we have already assembled in prior testimony. I am

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going to suggest that each of you confine your testimony as much as possible to the specific bills before the committee.

I think in this way you can be most helpful to us and to the cause of combating delinquency; certainly to the cause of getting legislation. The bills before the commitee are as follows:

H.R. 319, by Mr. Addonizio; H.R. 772, by Mrs. Green; H.R. 1084, by Mr. Zelenko; H.R. 3464, by myself; H.R. 4649, by Mr. Roosevelt; and H.R. 5345, by Mrs. May. (H.R. 1084, and H.R. 4649 are identical with H.R. 319 and therefore not printed herein.)

(The bills referred to are as follows:)

[H.R. 319, 86th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide for assistance to and cooperation with States in strengthening and improving State and local programs for the diminution, control, and treatment of juvenile delinquency

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Delinquent Children's Act of 1959."

FINDINGS AND POLICIES

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that

(1) juvenile delinquency, since it is a social disability that impedes the development of children into responsible citizens, thereby diminishes the strength and vitality of the Nation;

(2) juvenile delinquency is a steadily mounting problem of nationwide proportions in both our urban and rural communities, the problem overreaches local and even State boundaries in some of its aspects; State and local resources, especially in regard to the availability of specialized facilities and professional personnel trained to handle the problems of delinquency, are, in most cases, inadequate; and

(3) although major factors in juvenile delinquency are basically related to conditions in the home, the neighborhood, the community, and the State, requiring concerted and coordinated action on those fronts, the Federal Government can and should provide such leadership as is possible in stimulating home, neighborhood, community, and State efforts, and should undertake such measures as the neighborhoods, communities, local institutions, and States cannot initiate or support by themselves.

(b) It shall, therefore, be the national policy to provide such Federal leadership and such funds as may be required: to stimulate and promote the training of specialized personnel, and to supplement State and local resources for this and other purposes, and to encourage coordination and planning among public and voluntary nonprofit agencies whose programs relate to the diminution, control, and treatment of juvenile delinquency, especially those agencies concerned with the welfare, health (including mental health), spiritual development, education, and recreation of children and youth, and to assist the States in strengthening, improving, and encouraging State and community programs to diminish, control, and treat juvenile delinquency, both as specialized programs and as part of general State, community, and neighborhood programs related to the problem of juvenile delinquency.

TITLE I-ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

SEC. 101. In order to provide the Secretary with advice concerning programs for the diminution, control, and treatment of juvenile delinquency, and to help carry out the purposes of this Act, there is hereby established in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Federal Advisory Council on Juvenile Delinquency (hereinafter referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall consist of the Secretary or his designee, representing the Secretary, and twentyone members appointed by the Secretary without regard to civil-service laws. The twenty-one members so appointed, none of whom shall be officers or fulltime employees of the Federal Government, shall be eminent in fields related to juvenile delinquency such as education, law, child psychology, criminology, penology, sociology, psychiatry, social work, juvenile court work, probation and parole services, spiritual guidance, recreation work, police work, and com

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