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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 27 STATEMENT OF MRS. EOSALIND WEINER WYMAN, COUNCIL- WOMAN, FIFTH DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Chairman Kefauver. Mrs. Wyman is a councilwoman of the fifth district of Ix)s Angeles. It has been the privilege of the chairman to know Mrs. Wj'^man for a number of years. We are certainly privileged to have her testify before our committee. Mrs. Wtman. Thank you, Senator. Chairman Kefauvek. To add a little charm and grace to the hear- ings. Mrs. Wtman. Thank you, very much. Chairman Kefauver. Mrs. Wyman, how long have 3'ou been a coun- cilwoman now? Mrs. Wyman. Well, Senator, counting back it will be 1 year and 10 months. Chairman Kefau\ter. In addition to being a councilwomen you have a family ? Mrs. Wyman. No, I have been married only 10 months. I am on my 10th month of being married. I have no family yet. Chairman Kefauver. Well, in this country, we always look to the future. Mrs. Wyman. That's true. I also draw my experience in going through college. While I was going through college I worked my way on the playground so I have had some experience with young people of the community in that way. Chairman Kefau\xr. We certainly will be glad to have your state- ment, including your suggestions and your counsel. Mrs. Wyman. Senator Kefauver, I draw^ my experiences firstly from the councilmanic district that I represent. And, although actually it is brief, it is somewhat of a good story in reference to juvenile delinquency. I think tliis is based on the fact that the dis- trict or the area that I represent is the middle and the upper middle class. I think when we find that there is proper housing and there is the least amount of broken homes, and where there are added church facilities, recreational facilities, available to the teen-agers that the crime ratio is clown and I think basically that we key our recreational facilities for the very young person. In other words we have swings and slides and we have the various things on our playgrounds, but the teen-ager is not interested in slides and swings and ping-pong and these various sports. I think this is basically where we have missed with them. I think it is not reaching them. I found out when I was on the playground as well as in my work here, that the teen-ager is at the age maybe where he is dating or maybe where he is interested in his own activities. And I find that if we help them in supervised activities such as, let us say, coke parties, or recording sessions, or something like tliat, then yve are reaching the teen-ager and can draw^ them into supervised activities. Chairman Kefauver. Mrs. Wyman, your district includes the Bell- air and Westwood areas ? Mrs. Wyman. Yes, it does. I have Bellair and Westwood at the extreme western end of my area, and of course this is the upper and middle class. I have w^hat we call 2 subdivisions or 2 ]:)olice stations from which the police would arrest these juveniles; one is the Wilshire station and one is the West Los Angeles station.