Fifth Baby Is Sold
for Hospital Fees
Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 21—Miss Helen Schaeffer, director of the
Tulsa Children’s Service bureau, said today a fifth baby has been “sold” here
recently to pay hospital costs of its unmarried mother.
Miss Schaeffer, whose discovery that four other infants had
been sold for $70 to $100 led to an investigation by the state commissioner of
charities and corrections, said she expected “to find new cases every now and
then.”
“We have not reached the end of our investigation,” she
said. “All our findings will be turned over to the Tulsa County Medical society
in due time.”
Mrs. Mable Bassett, state charities commissioner, had
returned to Oklahoma City today after examining the evidence Miss Schaeffer
obtained and is preparing a report for Dr. Carl Simpson, society secretary. The
society will study the report at its next meeting, September 11.
There is no state law that prohibits such transactions, and
foster parents who purchase the children are permitted by law to keep them
without a hearing to assure they maintain proper homes.
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