JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
(Comic Books)
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954
United States Senate,
Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary,
To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency,
The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to recess, in room 110, United States courthouse, New York, N, Y., Senator Robert C. Hendrickson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Present: Senators Hendrickson, Kefauver, and Hennings.
Also present: Herbert J. Hannoch, counsel: Herbert Wilson Beaser, associate chief counsel, and Richard Clendenen, staff director.
The Chairman. The morning session of the subcommittee will be in order.
Counsel, will you proceed to call the first witness of the morning.
Mr. Beaser. Mr. Gunnar Dybwad.
The Chairman. Good morning. Will you be sworn?
Do you swear that the evidence you are about to give before this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. Dybwad. I will.
The Chairman. You may be seated.
TESTIMONY OF GUNNAR DYBWAD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHILD STUDY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Mr. Beaser. Mr. Dybwad, will you state, for the record, your full name, address, occupation, and position you hold?
Mr. Dybwad. My name is Gunnar Dybwad. I am executive director of the Child Study Association of America, located at 132 East 74th Street, here in New York City.
The Chairman. Do you have a prepared statement, Mr. Dybwad ?
Mr. Dybwad. I am the executive director of the Child Study Association of America, a parent education organization which was established in 1888.
All this time our organization has worked to help parents gain a better understanding of their children and of their role and function as parents.
Our interest has been, and still is, the strengthening of family living in this country. While we have, of course, a deep interest in all children, our function has been to work with the average family, and we have left the field of delinquency, mental deficiency, and mental
