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    "description": "This item includes a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor on June 13, 1924, excerpts from a questionnaire, a pamphlet titled \"Human Engineers: To Aid in Solving Life's Greatest Problem.  How to Live Life,\" and a reply from a specialist in public information dated July 2, 1924. The letter from the Pathfinders of America to the U. S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau was in response to an article that appeared in its publication \"Child Welfare Summary News.\"  The Children's Bureau was interested in morality and social behavior.",
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    "ocrText": "Pathfinders' Guide Post\nBy J. F. WRIGHT\n\"A child is the repository of infinite\npossibilities,\" and comes into the world a\npotential asset to society, as it comes in re-\nsponse to a UNIVERSAL CALL, and in\nfulfillment of a NATURAL LAW. If it\never becomes a liability, the fault is more\nwith society than with the parents or the\nchild; as society has the advantage of the\naccumulated knowledge and wisdom of\nthe ages, to which the child has an inherent\nright, and society, as well as the parents\nand child, must suffer and pay for what\nthe child does not get.\nHOME OFFICE\nPathfinders of America\n404 Hodges Building\nDetroit,\n-\nMich."
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