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44 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Chairman Kefauver. Thank you very much. Good hick. If any of you good people have an opportunity you would do well to go out to Twin Pines Ranch. You are Leon Roy, executive secretary of the Catholic Big Brother organization ? Mr. Roy. That's right, of Los Angeles. Chairman Kefauver, Of Los Angeles. ISIr. Bobo, do you wish to ask any preliminary questions ? Mr. BoBO. Mr. Roy, how long have you been with the staff of the Big Brothers ? Mr. Roy. Four and a half years. Mr. BoBO. You deal specifically with youth? Mr. Roy. Youth who are in trouble or who in the opinion of the authorities are heading for trouble. Mr. BoBO. Would you tell us something about it ? STATEMENT OF LEON ROY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CATHOLIC BIG BROTHER ORGANIZATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Mr. Roy, Yes. I will be very brief. Our agency, too, is interested in juvenile delinquency, and more specifically in the Catholic boy who is behaving in a manner which is not acceptable to the community at large. Our primary interest is with the boy who, in the opinion of tliese authorities, is in danger of becoming a delinquent in the more serious sense of this word. Our goal is responsible citizens for tomorrow, and to this extent our agency does not differ substantially from most others which come to your attention. How we reach our goal, liowever, is unique in the Big Brother movement, which is nationwide with offices in many of the princi])al cities. We have in Los Angeles also a Jewish Big Brothers, and a third nonsectarian agency which is in the process of being organized. We are particularly fortunate in that we have at our immediate disposal in this city over 100 men who are sufficiently interested in the welfare of youth to s])end a few hours each week or so with the boy who has been brought to our agencies. These are professional and businessman who recognize that their community responsibilities transcend their own lawabiding contact and financial support of State and private welfare institutions. These men are willing and able to make an additional contribution, and it would be a serious loss to the welfare of this community should they not be afforded the opportunity to do so. • But it is not only for the sake of using this important resource in manpower that we introduce these men to an individual boy; our primary concern remains with the boy who also benefits from this type of association. Experience has shown us, as has been said earlier here this afternoon, that a boy in the process of his development seeks to pattern himself after someone or his ideal. This is a well recognized process, and probably is at the core of this investigation, because boys are susceptible to pictures and influences. It is their need to imitate just as it is their need for an idol and some recogni- tion, and, of course, boys will satisfy these needs one way or another.