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Show STUDIES BIG PROBLEM IUI1EAU OP SiOCIAL HYGICNC 13 EXI'LAINCi:. John D. rtncln;!, Il.-r, Jr., Telia of Its Oiljln, Work and Plana f ir tho Invcbllijation of VIlo . Conditions. Now Yoi li, .Ian. ;;7. In inl-r that Ihn pnhlli; lui'.lil liollor ii ml i i aland llii! llui oaii of .Sm lal 1 1 yi'.li-ne, John I . lioelioli llor, Jr., (oilay j-avo out a hlaloini nl i ilaluln;: Hid oi lrin, work "nil plana of thai iimtit ul ion. 'J'ho hilloau, i, aalil, lamn Into i-.l::tolici a I K ii 1 1 t '. o joaia a -.o aa li n ;.u!l ol I Ins win ll uf li itpe, lal p.iainl Jury ap-! ap-! iiinloii In lllo:,l vain iho while hlavo lia'llo In Ni-iv Yorli City. 'Ihla Jury I oi , ,ni nn inli -I that ii jmi!!!i! i-iiail ' I' ll In' iippniuli-,1 to i.liuly the l.oi'.al c ll. Vi. It'" 1 of' lh r ns foroman of that j-iainl juiy ti ml ho thi-ivals-r , .I'.'n tho ; iilij. i I ill op thou ;ht and c, ui !oii oil with u I. ire n a in In -r of ! a,l-!i.:: a,l-!i.:: in, a i.P'l Miiii.o'i "Tin con'i-r- in i," i-a;. Mr. I 'ml ,: .1 ;, r, "ih el-o; el-o; o,l tin- f, ,-liii ih,.i yi p ii ! . 1 i- cotn'n'ii-.-am nu ll ! lalaij- mi :, : a n iiel,,-.- of .La. nl .'.ml:, , i,, i.iii h a-i tin- , I taat It V. ,. il.l ho , !,,,! j: , , ; 1 '.ai I' i . il ll ..nil, I I o ,l,,:.e i , , !; ti.:.l at la - i II colli !'y no iimio ihaa j-ru- liolll I o, Mm l:, ol..'. i ,,!!. ;-',i i;;o coll- '. htinii rn v 1 1. -i t iii oiih-r ti mai'.- a 'i ai ali-1 la;.:.li,; !:ii;, ...i iii, nt in i ou-il.'.ain,, ou-il.'.ain,, a o: in.. a- al oi ;-an:a' ,oa ihiuilil ho iioat, it, t 1 1 on! iauat imi of vhii h wiiii! I not he ii,-; i a ! at upon a toinpor.iry ua of n lorai, nor u;.nii tl." li;.- ,,f any man or pinup of no -a, I '.it w!.i'!i won!,! ;-o (- :,, ml on r. , , T ;'' :i' i a ioa, con .in aoa,',!,-' ilia!-. : a was. 'aio a a i nl tin- loicia of i-i 11. It u! o uppoaioi! tli.it a pr.vali' oi;-au :i-lo.ii :i-lo.ii wouKl haw. aa.oa;; oi!n r ad. iii-t;--K-.. a c. rlaiii Iri-i inu Iroui pu iic-l:f iic-l:f it u 1 fiiun I al lo i'!, wlia !i a pu!i!.cly i.;;.olai', coni.'ul,,: ii li Co lid i.ul ho i i:ly aio.,1. ' Thori-lori-, as t!io Initial stop. In the vli.l'T of K'!l t'ao Hure.-.a of S c al ;,:lo:.i. u.ii tormi-.l. Its p:os-i-lit nn :n!-r.-i a. "!!,' Katharine 11' :n-(nt :n-(nt 1'avls, h a; o; a;c.-. lont cf the Nc'.v Vi ik i-'.ati' K' .01 laalory for Ywiai'-u, nt i!o.:i.r l iiii:. , X. Y.; I'aul M. War- i hur ', of tiio Ii j in of Kuhn, Ixieh & Co.; tarr J. Murphy, o.' the New- York bar, r.r.'l John I. Km ho.'.-ller. Jr. As tho work develops iii-t nicinhi-rs may ho added. "One of the f.rst t!i!:i;;s undertaken ty t!:c hiin-au aj t!ie ' sta'alihiiiuelit al ltodi'ord H.H.i. ad.aient to the reformat, re-format, ,ry, of a la'aoi atory of social hy;io!:c, under M.si liavis' direction. ' In Ih.s l.iiKjr.itoi y it Is pr-ipo-sed to study from the i sioa!. nu ntal, so. lal jind moral fide -acli person committed to tho ro.'ormaioiy. Tins Bludy will ty carrii d on 1 y experts and each caso will he k"pt under chservat.oa i or from three weeks to three months as may he re-niiri ,1. When the d:aj- ' nosis Is coin. leted, it Is hoped that tho laboratory will h" in position to recommend rec-ommend t'.ie trca' mi nt most likely to reform the inu.vidaal, or, if reformation reforma-tion is impossible, to recommend pi r-iiianent r-iiianent custodial rare. Furthermore, reachin;; out beyond the individuals Involved, it is believed that thus important im-portant contributions inay he mace to a fuller knowledge of tho conditions ultimately responsible lor vice. It this experiment is successful the prin-clpto prin-clpto may prove applicable to all classes of criminals and tho conditions precedent to crime, and lead to lines-of lines-of action not only more scientific ana humane but also less wasteful than those at present followed." That its work might be done intelligently intelli-gently the bureau employed George J. Knecland to make a comprehensive ! survey of vice conditions in New York, and Abraham Flexner to study the social evil in Europe, and their reports are now being prepared. These studies will be followed by others In various American cities, and it is the hope of the bureau that, based upon all of them, may be devised a practical prac-tical plan for dealing with the social STil. In conclusion Mr. Rockefeller's statement says: "It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the spirit which dominates the work of the bureau bu-reau is not sensational or sentimental sentimen-tal or hysterical; that it is not a spirit of criticism of public officials; but that it is essentially a spirit of constructive con-structive suggestion and of deep scientific sci-entific as well as humane interest in a. great world problem." |