The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-05
CHARITY WORKERS
TO G0NFERIN MAY
Annual Meeting Place Has
Been Announced As
Baltimore.

,(By Associated PressJ,

CHICAGO. Feb. 5.-The unusual.
conditions which social and charity
workers face as q result ofsthe Europ.
can war prompted the early an.
nounce of arrangements for the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and
Correction, although the meeting is
still more than three months of. The
conference will be held in Baltimore.
May ~ to 10.
The preliminary program points
out that this meeting will be theSmost,
important in the az years history Of
the organization, and Eprobably one Of.
the largest and most important con.
%ferences Of the kind eyer held IN,
America. owing to the fact that so<
cia1 and charity workers throughout
the entire United States are having
to face this winter, more serious ques.
ttons In relation to the relief OF desti.
tuition, unemployment, care Of chill
Fdren.s public sanitation and kindred
problems. many of which are Incl.
dent to industrial conditions caused
by the European war. These work
ers,' says Secretary William +. Cross,
"as well as public officials and those
private citizens who contribute nancy
and time to the support OF charitable
and social agencies, are feeling the
necessity OF getting together to dis.
cuss ways and means that the re.
sources OF the country may be made
to go as far as possible in the alleyia.
ton and prevention OF suffering at
home"
The conference will endeavor to de.
termine some of the causes and rene:
dies of unemployment as they have
appeared Throughout the United
States during the present winter. The
function of free public employment.
office will also be gone into. as will.
the "Need' and lPracticabiltty Of III.
ness 1nsYrancesin the United States"
One OF the most important discus
sions will be opened by Prof. Charles
r. Henderson OF the University of
Chicago, who will present a report on
Outdoor Relief In the United States.
withlthe Consideration of Some OF the
Lessons to me Drawn From European
Experiences" The same subject with
especial reference to the rural sec:
tions of the country will. be discussed
by Amos w. Butler Of indianapolis,
Ind.
Or. Edward T. Devine, professor of
social economy OF Columbia Univer.
sity, will discuss 1.-THE Policy Of
Granting State Subsidies to Private
Charities and Robert W. Kelso Of
Boston, "The Policy of Granting State
Charters to Private Charities"
This section OF the conference will.
lay stress upon the increasing magni-
Etude and importance OF public char.
ity work, and the need for effective
cooperation between public and pri-
yate charities.
In view. OF the extraordinary dis.
arrangements of social relations all
over the. world during the year 1915.
the section OF the conference on the.
Family and the Community assumed
immediate importance and the topic
Maintaining Standards Of Work in
Times of Stress" is proposed by the
American Association of Societies for
Organized Charity, which will hold
its annual session Jointly with the
national conference. Miss Mary e.
Richmond Of the Russell Sage Foun-
dation will open the question Of Case
Work Fundamental. in Social Effort"
The fact that large numbers OF i'm.
migrant women have come to America
following every recent war has
prompted the section Of Social Hy.
giene to choose the general topic
How Shall We Prevent Prostitu.
ton" Among the speakers twill be
DR.. Katherine B. Davis, commissioner
of correction In New York city, and
G. G. Carstens, secretary Of the SO.
c!ety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children Of Boston.
Tho oocttop an oarraat;a,. ,rfII at.