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74 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Chairman KEFAU^^ER. What are you in the organization? Mr. OcHOA. I am the founder and one of the directors of the organi- zation. The reason for the organization was tlie fact that we were having mucli trouble with the automobile clubs here, hot rods and custom cars in dragging along the streets. Mr. Navarro, cofounder of the organization, and myself got hold of some of the agencies, such as the Community Chest and others, to try and sponsor these car clubs, in order to give them leadership. These organizations told us they were not here to liandle anything such as car clubs, due to the fact of the liability they would construct. Therefore, we found it and deemed it necessary to try and make some type of an organization to give them leadership; thus the foundation of this organization. The program of this federation is set by the kids themselves and not by the directors. They will tell us what they want to do and we, in turn, go out and help them and work along with them and see their program come through. I will give you more or less right now what this program has been along the charitable lines. They have contributed to the March of Dimes. They have contributed to the Community Chest, to the Citj' of Hope and, of course, the pet organization of this federation is the Sister Kenny Foundation, due to the fact they gave a party for the kids, and helping children 2 and 8 years suffering. They have actu- ally taken this as their pet charity. They have helped to establish a toy loan library in their district. They have given Christmas baskets. They have collected used toys and painted them and hxed them and given them out at Christmas- time ; the same at Thanksgiving. It is nice to know tliat the teen-agers themselves, the kids them- selves, have set aside four scholarships for theirs. They have given 1 to Roosevelt High, 1 scholarship to Garfield High School, 1 scholar- ship to a student from East Los Angeles Junior College, and another scholarsliip to a member of the federation. The aims and purposes of this federation are mainly to establish drag strips and for better recreation and dance facilities. Drag strips were offered to us by many county officials, city officials and State of- ficials as far back as 41/2 years ago. We haven't been able to get them as yet. The trouble mainly lies in trying to get the land. Finance backing is there, both by private enterprise and different agencies, for these drag strips. So far as the dances are concerned, we have been using recreational facilities of the county. They are said to accommodate six to seven hundred kids. We have had as many as 1,700 kids at these dances, which goes to show if you give them clean and wholesome recreation the}' will attend that recreation, instead of going out and doing things they shouldn^t be doing. Another thing about that is of great importance here is the fact this federation is self-sustaining. All of the expenses are met through the media of the kids themselves in having sponsored different activ- ities. The cooperation of many of the businessmen has been given greatly. Also, the sheriff's office and many of the county and city agencies. However, this cooperation has not been financial as much as it has been moral.