...delinquency? Miss LENROOT. Yes; the basic law authorizes the Children's Bureau to investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children...and child life among all classes of our people, and specifically mentions certain subjects, such as infant mortality, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion,...

...Children's Bureau from its creation in 1912 by Act of Congress, its charge being to investigate and report "upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people," through fiscal year 1964 when "the first full year of operation under the 1962 Public Welfare Amendments...

...STATEMENT Under its basic act of 1912, the Children's Bureau is charged with Investigating and reporting upon all matters pertaining to the weLfare of children and child life among all classes of our people. The principal way the Bureau accomplishes this mandate is through a steady flow of publications and...

...also seen in the creation of the Children's Bureau in the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1913 to "investigate and report to said department upon all...and child life among all classes of our people, and especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, juvenile courts,...

...STATEMENT Under Its basic act of 1912, the Children's Bureau is charged with investigating and reporting “upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children...and child life among all classes of our people.” The principal way the Bureau accomplishes this mandate is through a steady flow of publications and...

...the act of 1912 which established the Children's Bureau directing it "to investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." It was designated as a clearing house for information on child health and was authorized to carry on...

...under the direction of a chief, to be appointed by the President" and "shall investigate and report upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." The phrase "welfare of children" was clearly used in the sense of "the general welfare" because the...

...shall be under the direction of a chief, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive an annual...welfare of children and child life among all classes of mar people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage,...

...the creation of the US Children's Bureau in 1912, with its mandate "to investigate and report . . . upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children...and child life among all classes of our people, and [to] especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth rate, orphanage, the juvenile...

...idea had matured into the law creating a Children's Bureau and charging it to investigate and report "upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." That this investigating and reporting were to be for a purpose was made amply clear by the two Committees...