Bureau Publication ..., Volumes 297-317U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945 |
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Page cxxxvii - THERE is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll ; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul ! LXVI.
Page xliv - Conference makes the following recommendations : 1. Social services to children whose home conditions or individual difficulties require special attention should be provided in every county or other appropriate area. An obligation rests upon both public and private agencies for the development of adequate resources and standards of service.
Page lxvii - that the action of the Federal Government in making funds available for maternity and infant care for the wives and infants of enlisted men be approved, and "that adoption be urged of a plan under which the Federal Government will provide for the wives of enlisted men a stated allotment for medical, hospital, maternity and infant care...
Page xliv - Public child-welfare services should be available to every child in need of such help without regard to legal residence, economic status, race, or any consideration other than the child's need.
Page lxvi - The health and well-being of children depend to a large extent upon the health of all the members of their families. Preventive and curative health service and medical care should be made available to the entire population, rural and urban, in all parts of the country. A considerable portion of the population is able to obtain from its own resources all or part of the necessary medical service. Another large section of the population, however, consists of families whose incomes are below the level...
Page cxxxvi - With brass or steel, that on the rocky shore First broke the oozy oyster's pearly coat, And risk'd the living morsel down his throat. What will not Luxury taste ? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare...
Page 12 - I believe with you that if anywhere in the country any child lacks opportunity for home life, for health protection, for education, for moral or spiritual development, the strength of the Nation and its ability to cherish and advance the principles of democracy are thereby weakened.
Page 12 - Thus, both the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture and the Office of Education...
Page clxvi - Assure social services to every child whose home conditions or individual difficulties require special attention; 6. Review and revise legislative safeguards and standards relating to children; 7. Enable federal, state, and local governments to share the public responsibility for the health, education, and welfare of children; 8. Train professional personnel and prepare volunteers to render services to children...
Page 12 - Children are not safe and happy if their parents are miserable, and parents must be miserable if they cannot protect a home against poverty. Let us not deceive ourselves, the power to maintain a decent family living standard is the primary essential of child welfare.