Letter from the Pathfinders of America to the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau, Offering a Survey and Pamphlet that Describe Their Work in Preventing Crime among Teenagers

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, 192...

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"Thought be- Theman who. comes act, act nf Amerira changes the standard of his repeated be- life for the Better through comes habit, Scientific Character Builders Reason is a habit forms Stronger, Safer character and HUMAN ENGINEERING : and Happier man, than the character deci- For Every Nationality, Color, Tongue and Creed one who chang- es through fear des destiny." Motto-"To Know the Law and Live a Life of Service to Mankind.' of punishment. TRUSTEES J. F. WRIGHT, Executive Secretary and Leader, 311 Lincoln Bldg. Mr. A. A. Templeton, President. Mr. A. O. Thomas, First Vice-Pres. Mr. W. G. Bromley, Second Vice-Pres. DETROIT, MICH. Mr. A. O. McCrae, Treasurer Mr. J. F. Wright, Executive Sec'y and Leader Dr. C. H. Oakman JUN 16 1924 Mr. P. H. King Mr. George J. Gnau Mr. W. A. Glbson of green June 13th, 1924. Mrs. A. E. Stewart Mrs. Ada H. MacDoug& Mrs. L. S. Holt Mr. W. L. Cameron Mr. J. J. Schulte Mr. Irwin Hamburger HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS U. S. Department of Labor, CALIFORNIA Mrs. Frank L. Saylor, Berkeley Mr. August Vollmer, Berkeley Children's Bureau, Mrs. Mabel Dorn Hirst, San Francisco Mrs. Belle M. Bailey, San Diego Mr. Daniel E. Koshland, San Francisco Washington, D. C. Mr. Charles P. Huey, Los Angeles Mr. Will Levington Comfort, Los Angeles Mr. Parke Vawter, Alhambra Mr. John Willis Ring, San Diego. Gentlemen:- Mrs. Alice Gurney, Grossmont Dr. Guy Bogart, Los Angeles Mr. Milford W. Howard, Los Angeles Dr. John T. Miller, Los Angeles In the last issue of the"Child Welfare CONNECTICUT Mrs. Julia Upson Welton, Hamden DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA H. N. Stokes, Washington FLORIDA News Summary" we note an article on the Marshall Mrs. D. A. Leon, Jacksonville GEORGIA Rev. H. K. Allison, Rising Fawn INDIANA Stillman Movement for Crime Prevention quoted from Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks, Indianapolis IOWA Mr. Martin Silberstein, Davenport Mr. Charles W. Lau, Davenport "The World's Work". Mr. Otto Hill, Davenport KENTUCKY John W. Norwood, Louisville MARYLAND The purposes of the Pathfinders of America Mrs. M. Elaine Burns, Baltimore MASSACHUSETTS Mrs. E. M. Cleveland, Fall River Mr. John Orth, Boston Mr. Carl Dana Steere. Newton Highlands are very similar to that of the Marshall Stillman Rev. Isaac Smith, West Somerville Mr. J. Winfield Scott, W. Somerville 44 Mrs. Florence G. Currier, Fall River Miss Caroline T. Pilsbury, Boston movement and for your information we are attaching a MICHIGAN Mr. Joseph Boyer, Detroit Judge Arthur J. Tuttle, Detroit Mr. Edgar A. Guest, Detroit Mr. Charles T. Bush, Detroit brief survey of our work which you may wish to use Mr. William R. Gregory, Detroit Mr. William S. Sayres, Jr., Detroit Mrs. W. H. Jobe, Detroit Mr. Edwin L. Miller, Detroit Mrs. E. S. Hitchcock, Detroit in your publication, and also a little pamphlet that Mrs. Edwin S. Leonard, Detroit Dr. Mary Thompson Stevens, Detroit Mr. Guy H. Lockwood, Kalamazoo Senator W. N. Ferris, Big Rapids Mr. Edward Frensdori. Hudson may interest you. Mrs. Katherine D. Kiefer, Port Huron Mr. F. F. Ingram, Detroit Mrs. Ruby M. Zahn, Detroit MINNESOTA Yours in service, Mr. A. A. Richardson, Bemidji NEBRASKA Dr. Viola Mizell Kimmel, Creighton NEW HAMPSHIRE Mrs. Charles Chamberlain, Manchester NEW JERSEY Mr. Charles L. Lewis, Plainfield Mr. Daniel Roy Freeman, Upper Montclair W J.Stington NEW YORK Rev. John Haynes Holmes, New York City Mr. Charles G. Willoughby, New York City Mr. John C. Mayer, New York City Encs. Mrs. Winifred Sackville Stoner, New York City Mr. Charles L. Robinson, New York City Col. Neta J. Boardman, New York City NORTH CAROLINA Mr. Cerva M. Reece, Rockford q.Tm OHIO Bishop William M. Brown, D. D., Gallon Mr. C. O. Frampton, Toledo Mrs. E. C. T. Miller, Cleveland Mrs. Jessie Frances Lytle, Cleveland Mrs. W. L. Stannard, Delaware. Mrs. R. H. Lathers, Lakewood PENNSYLVANIA Mr. William B. Munroe, Philadelphia TENNESSEE Miss May Selley, Nashville WYOMING Mrs. Mary E. Martin, Casper + FOREIGN COUNTRIES Prof. Thos. Timson. Leicester, England Rev. Joseph W. Cochran, Paris, France Rev. John G. Benson, Rome, Italy Mr. O. St. G. Freer, Toronto, Canada Mrs. A. E. Wickins, Toronto, Canada Mr. o. B. Peterson, Tahiti Island