4.5, Congress, Je SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 1578 A BILL TO REDUCE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY BY 96988 FEBRUARY 25 AND 26, 1944 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1944 SMA CONTENTS Judge Chris Barnette, of the Juvenile Judges' Association of America 28, 51 Charles L. Chute, of the National Probation Association___ Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, of the Social Security Board, Federal Secu- 47, C6 Municipal Court of Philadelphia, statistics on run-away juveniles_ National Woman's Christian Temperance Union__ Hon. Roscoe Pound, of Harvard University--. Hon. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor__-. Miss Selma Borchardt, of American Federation of Teachers.... III 43 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY-INTERSTATE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1944 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a. m., pursuant to call, Senator Charles O. Andrews, of Florida, presiding. Present: Senators Andrews, Ferguson, Wherry, and McFarland. Present also: Calvin M. Cory, clerk of the committee, and James W. Somerville, liaison attorney. Senator ANDREWS. The committee will please come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony in support and any testimony that is offered against the enactment of Senate bill 1578 which was introduced by myself on December 7 at the instance and request of the National Association of Juvenile Judges. We will first have printed in the record a copy of the bill. (S. 1578 is as follows:) [S. 1578, 78th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To reduce juvenile delinquency by providing for the care and prompt return home of runaway, transient, or vagrant children of juvenile age, going from one State to another without proper legal consent, through the use aof funds appropriated under the provisions of the Social Security Act for aid to dependent children, under certain conditions Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever, without the consent of parent, guardian, or other legal custodial agency, any child under the age of sixteen years, or of such age as may be fixed for dependent children under the provisions of the Social Security Act, shall leave, or run away from, home or other legal place of abode, in one State and go into another State, and there be found vagrant or homeless or transient or delinquent, or in circumstances reasonably threatening his or her physical or moral welfare, such child, for the purpose of this Act, shall be defined as a dependent child, regardless of residence requirements, and entitled to be cared for and returned to his or her own home, or legal place of abode, in such other State, through the use of any funds appropriated under the provisions of the Social Security Act (approved August 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, 49 Statutes 627; U. S. C. Annotated, title 42, secs. 601-606, as amended), to States for aid to dependent children, whenever funds for such purpose may not be promptly obtained from such parent, guardian, or other custodial agency, for such purpose. SEC. 2. Any Federal or State agency designated or authorized to administer funds appropriated under the provisions of said Social Security Act, in submitting budgets, or plans, for aid for dependent children, as the basis for need, or for appropriations, shall include therein a reasonable provision, estimate, plan, or request, for funds to properly care for and promptly return any such dependent children, in keeping with the provisions of this Act. It shall be lawful for any Federal or State board or agency having to pass upon or approve such funds for aid to dependent children to legally approve the same. Until such plans or budgets are submitted, and funds made available thereunder for such purpose, it shall be lawful for any Federal or State agency administering such funds for 1 |