Show I p I I Schools Made Prisons for foor o Wayward Boys Boys' i iJu Ju Juvenile enile Offenders Will Be Bei e i Given Opportunity to Learn Trades By Dy Universal Service WARSAW V ARSA V April 23 Juvenile criminals mot most of them convicted for illegal begging or for petty thieving will be sentenced to go to trade school I instead of the penitentiary under a abill abill I bill passed by the Polish diet on the recommendation of Judge M. M of the Warsaw juvenile court The judge points out that the number number number num num- ber of juvenile criminals is bound to increase as long as conditions in Poland Poland Po Po- land remain what they are and that Poland is woefully lacking lackIng- in technically technically technically cally trained workmen for her in industries In- In He lIe proposes therefore to recruit technicians from his court where many bright boys are brought daily dally The introduction of the bill reveals I Ia a startling amount of child In Warsaw Since the juvenile court modeled after Ben Lindseys Lindsey's famous I Denver institution was established two years ears ago by the gOVernment government government gov gOV- the number of convictions of youthful offenders has averaged a month The crimes committed by these youngsters aged from 10 to 17 include several cas cases case's s of of murder Housebreaking and robbery in all an forms are the most common crimes I Begging has greatly increased I among the youth of Poland The i j country has alwa always s 's been afflicted with 1 beggars but hitherto they have been infirm and old Now a seemingly healthy but ragged youngster meets meets' I Ifor the foreigner at every corner asking for doles Since he usually ge gets 50 I or a mark and since it takes Ia i ia a thousand marks to make a dollar I begging ing can hardly be considered a a I profitable business But industries are flagging and children are hungry An American Red Cross official who has studied the child situation carefully carefully carefully care- care I fully states that the majority of child criminals spring from the ranks of of these beggars Driven to desperation i iby by inability to beg enough to buy food II the child commits his first theft and thereafter concludes that robbery is t I his best mode of earning a living I |