Psychiatrists Forthrightly Blame
Parents for Juvenile Delinquency
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York IP Two psy
chiatrists have forthrightly
blamed Barents for juvenile de-
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linquent, one
parent or both
fostered and
condoned de
1 i n q u e n c y
without know
ing it; in the
case of the
Delos Smith gang delin
quent, the parental fostering was
entirely conscious.
This was stated as proven fact
by Drs. Adelaide M. Johnson
and Mary E. Griffin, psychia
trists of the University of Min
nesota and Mayo Clinic. They
were urging family physicians to
show a more knowing awareness
of emotionally disturbed parents
because, they said, they invari
ably go together.
And so both children and par
ents are in need of psychiatric
treatment. But it is futile to try
to straighten out the kids psy-
chiatrically without at the same
time straightening out the par
ents. The juvenile delinquent is
but one category of disturbed
children "the child who becom
es the psychopath at a later age."
"The parents of delinquent
children unconsciously gain sat
isfaction from the specific anti
social behavior of children,"
they said.
"Always we find impulses to
ward behavior similar to that in
the child are present in these
parents. These impulses are un
conscious, poorly inhibited and
close to breaking through into
consciousness."
Some Examples
As examples they cited: (1)
The parent who tells the child
it is wrong to steal, but covers
up for the child when he is
caught doing it; (2) The parent
who says "You may not play
with fires, but if you must get it
out of your system, we can set
fire to papers in the sink." The
parent has a weak spot (or spots)
in his or her conscience; all un
knowingly, it is transmitted to
the conscience of the child.
With gang delinquents, they
M
y pay
New York I have just return
ed from the Soviet Union. But
before I write a series of articles
telling of things I didn't think
would have passed the Russian
censor, I want to tell you some
more about my trip.
From Tashkent, of which
last wrote, we went to Samar
kand, getting up at 5:15 a.m. (for
the next three days we rose at
this rather strenuous early hour.)
The trip to Samarkand was well
worth the effort, however.
On arrival there we were met
by two women the president of
the executive, committee of the
city council and the president of
the local trade union. They
brought with them an historian
who evidently loved to tell about
his city. We devoted the morning
to sightseeing.
The government is spending a
good many rubles in the restora
tion of old buildings in Samar
kand, and there are some lovely
old tombs with beautiful colored
inlays on their facades. We saw
the tombs of the first wife of
Tamerlane, the Mongol con
queror, and other relatives, end
ing the tour with a visit to his
grave.
There is one amusing story
concerning a tremendous edifice,
now crumbling away as a re
sult of earthquakes. As the leg
end goes, it was ordered by Tam
erlane's wife for his return from
one of his conquests. The wife
wanted the building ready for
his arrival, so she visited the
con struction scene every day.
The engineer in charge fell in
love with her and kept the work
moving slowly so he might see
her every day.
Finally, she let him kiss her
to get the work finished. He
kissed her so heartily he left a
spot on her cheek. Upon her hus
band's return, he was highly
pleased with the building in his
honor. But he noticed the spot on
his wife's cheek. He asked her
about it and she told him the
truth.
Tamerlane immediately sent
for the engineer, but they found
only his assistant in one of the
towers of the great mosque. The
assistant said his master had
suddenly grown wings and dis
appeared into the air.
This story has several embel
iishments. One says that the
lady, in order to persuade the
engineer not to kiss her, went
into the house and returned with
a tray of many colored eggs. She
asked him to eat them. He did so
-and said they all tasted alike,
whereupon she said all women
are alike, too.
"I have many beautiful girls.
laxe ana kiss one of them in
stead of me," she begged. The
engineer responded by getting a
glass of water and a glass of
vodka. He gave 'her the water
first and she said it was good.
He then gave her the vodka and
she said she could not drink it
because it burned her.
You see. ne said, some wo
men have no effect upon one
whatsoever. Others make you
burn." So she finally allowed
him to kiss her.
We returned to Tashkent at
7 p.m., feeling it was worthwhile
getting up early to realize that
Tamerlane was a real person
and not just a myth from history
books.
Up at the same hour the next
morning, we got ready to take
a plane to Moscow. But at the
airport we were sent back to our
hotel to wait until the weather
in Moscow cleared. So instead of
arriving back in Moscow early,
we got there in the afternoon.
On the way to the hotel I was
delighted to meet Mr. Tanner,
a member of our delegation to
the meeting of the World Fed
eration of United Nations As
sociation in Geneva this month.
He told us what had happened
there and promised that, when
he arrived home, he would send
me his impressions of his trip
in the Soviet Union which was
just starting.
We were given a preview,
whh Ambassador and Mrs. K.
P. S. Menon of India, of the Rus
lian film, "Flight of the Crane,"
By Eleanor Roosevelt
(Trade Mark Registered U.S.
Patent Office)
in which an Indian producer was
interested. It is a very touching
film, well acted and free of
propaganda, but stressing what
happened to people in war and,
as usual, bringing in the peace
theme.
We also were shown some In?
dian scenes set in the 15th Cen
tury, telling the story of a Rus
sian traveler in India. But this
film was incomplete and un
doubtedly, will undergo many
changes.
Indian writer Santha Rama
Rau was in Moscow with her
hus-band and child, and I was
glad to have a chance to talk
with her that night at the Rus
sian embassy where we all had
supper after the film. '
The next day we rose again
at 5:15 a.m. for a flight to Sochi.
The plane left exactly on time
and arrived at an airport some
30 kilometers from Sochi.
Sochi is in the mountains
which came down steeply to the
blue waters of the Black Sea.
We, in America, have never
adopted the European system of
a sanatorium for different types
of cures. They prevail all over
Europe and have become a part
of the health services of the
Soviet Union. There are 50 sana-
toriums in Sochi alone. We
stayed in one operated by the
Ministry of Health, but the
unions have their own, as have
other organizations.
Thousands of people go to
Sochi for rest treatment and, in
some cases, for a disciplined one
month vacation. I asked whether
it is possible for one to divide
a vacation into two weeks in the
summer and two in the winter
and was told this was possible.
But bathing there, I was told, is
good only for five months of the
year.
While we were there, the
water felt so warm and the sun
was so hot that one wondered
why it is not possible to bathe
the whole year around, except
perhaps the wind from the
mountains may become much
colder.
The breezes gave us a pleasant
sense of coolness and the nights
were always fresh. I found a
blanket comfortable in sleeping.
E.R.
(Copyright, 1957. by
United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
continued, "The parents are
quite consciously in accord with
the child. It is their world
against our world. Their culture
avows it is all right to steal or to
betray the other world. Trick
ery, vandalism or extortion
against the other group is con
sciously condoned."
They were discussing the tech
niques of modern psychiatry in
"Postgraduate Journal," point
ing out that the general practi
tioner who cares for 85 per cent
of American children and for
that reason "his detection, treat
ment, and disposition of disturb
ed children can be a personal,
medical, family and social con
tribution or they can reflect in
adequate understanding and the
failure to assume responsibility
for his patients in the largest
sense."
An Account Needed
They wanted to know "How
can we account for the presence
of so many unhappy, unpleasant
and unproductive adults in our
society. Given such basic assets
as intelligence and physical
well-being, how can we explain
the misfits, the psychosomatics.
the depressives, the school fail
ures, the unmotivated, the psy
chotics, the maritally disabled
the individual delinquents and
the sexually deviant
. Modern psychiatry can speak
with "exactness," they said. The
fact is that "the unhappy, the un
productive and the unpleasan
adults of our society were the
disturbed children of a genera
tion ago and what is more per
tinent, they are the parents of
our presently disturbed chil
dren."
Monday, September 30, 1957
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Celler Plans Bill
To Conclude Draft
Washington (IP) A New York
congressman plans to introduce
legislation next year to end the
draft.
The Democratic congressman,
Emanuel Celler of Brooklyn,
said it no longer is necessary to
force men into military service
because the armed forces can get
all the men they need through
voluntary enlistments.
Furthermore, Celler said, abol
ishing the draft would save the
government S28 million annually
in salaries of selective service
officials, office rent and other
expenses.
Heuberger Regrets
McClellan's Abuse
Portland (W Sen. Richard L
Neuberger (D-Ore.) said Satur
day he regretted that Sen. John
L. McClellan (D-Ark.) had .be
come "abusive" in his reply to a
remark by Neuberger that the
Arkansas Senator should get be
hind President Eisenhower.
McClellan Friday referred to
Neuberger as a "littla man play
ing cheap politics," and the Ar
kansas Democrat had added, "If
the d e s cription is not strong
enough, I'll make it as strong as
you like. (
"I regret that Sen. McClellan
became so abusive in his reply,
Neuberger said. "I think Sen.
McClellan has done a good job
in trying to root out criminal
elements in our economic life
But he should be consistent."
Sen. Neuberger declared that
if Sen. McClellan was to spread
three weeks "looking for crime"
in Portland, then he should not
"condone" mob rule in the cap
ital ot nis own state.
SENTENCE COMMUTED
Havana, Cuba (IP) President
Fulgencio Batista will commute
the death sentences imposed on
a Cuban navy officer and two
ennsiea men lor tneir rotes in
the Cienfuegos revolt, it was of
ficially announced Sunday. The
three were among more than 40
naval officers and men convict
ed by a court martial last week,
The others drew prison terms
ranging up to 30 years..
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