That these results and those of similar work shall be collected and published from time to time.

SEC 2 That there shall be a director of the laboratory at an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars SEC 3 That the director shall have power to employ specialists to assist him in his investigations and such other help as may be necessary to carry on the work; that for all the expenses thus involved, together with the equipment of the labora- tory, hiring of rooms, purchasing of books and periodicals, and so forth, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, twenty thousand dollars, ten thousand of which to be available on the passage of this Act.

Mr MacDonald said: Three bills, introduced by Senators Nelson, Bacon, and McComas, and one as an amendment by Senator Hoar, and two House bills (all six bills of Fifty-seventh Congress, first session), introduced by Rep- resentatives Ray (New York) and Henry (Connecticut), have for their purpose to establish a laboratory for the study of the criminal, pauper, and defective classes The word "laboratory" is here used in its broadest sense, including sociological data.

Laboratory in its restricted meaning, referring to use of instruments of precision, is only one feature of these bills One of the most important objects contemplated is to take the data already gathered by the State institutions for the abnormal classes and combine and summarize them for more general use.

This will encourage the States to gather further facts by more uniform methods a Many points not considered in this Hearing will be found in Senate Document (by writer), No 400, Fifty-seventh Congress, first sessioN Such uniformity and the feeling that the results will have more gen- eral utility will encourage a deeper study of the antecedents and characteristics of inmates of the different institutions, especially those where children are confined Such methods, though requiring patience, are a most rational way of determining more definitely the causes of crime, especially in its beginning, thus enabling society to know how best to ameliorate or prevent crime.