Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-26 | Page 15 | Women Sponsor Recreational Measure

W OMEN MEN SP SPONSOR I RECREATIONAL I MEASURE w Woman oma Senator Senator o Introduces 1 Bill Safeguarding Child Adoption f t Broadening of ot of municipalities municipalities municipalities counties and school districts to acquire maintain and operate recreational recreational facilities Is la provi provided In a a. bill which was introduced in the state senate senate senate sen sen- ate today by Mr Mrs Antoinette B B. Kinn Kin Kin- Kin Kin-I nays n ne I Senator Kinney also Introduced a I II measure placing pitting stringent regulations on the tho adoption of ot children I Both bills are sponsored by the state I w welfare commission I IThe The recreational nal bill provides that I cities towns counties IC and school districts dis dis- districts Ig may nic acquire maintain a al and op operate operate op- op erate playgrounds athletic parks gymnasiums gym gym- public baths swimming pools ca camps Ps Indoor recreation centers and other recreation facilities SAFEGUARDS NEEDED We cant can't place too many safeguards safeguards safeguards safe safe- guards over the giving away of or children children children chil chil- dren Senator Kinney said This bill will eliminate Indiscriminate adoption of ot children and will make sure that the adopted parents are worthy and that the child they get is not subnormal Regulation over the adopting of or children children children chil chil- dren has long been favored b by the Ju Juvenile juvenile ju- ju venile court officials of the state because be- be cause of the troubles which have arisen when babies have been adopted and have later proved to be subnormal and on investigation have proved tobe to tobe tobe be the offspring of subnormal par par- EXAMINATIONS S FA FAVORED ORED Senator Kinneys Kinney's bill provides for tor examination ex examination examination ex- ex of babies before adoption proceedings can be filed tiled in court It also provides for tor presentation of ot a record of parentage so that the persons persona who are adopting can determine the childs child's parentage Stringent regulations regulations regulations regula regula- are placed on the various home said finding organizations organizations' which are aro to have carried on a wide traffic in children in the last few tew years On the third reading calendar of the senate today was Senator Dixons Dixon's bill billon billon billon on creation of a tuberculosis commission commission commis commis- sion ston to serve erve without compensation