New Britain herald., 1918-04-23
GEORGE s. PALMER
 HEADS CONFERENCE
Elected President Of Charities and
 Corrections Workers Today NEW LONDON IN 1919
Conference Goes On Record Against Relaxation of Employment Laws Safeguarding Women or Children Except in Case of Necessity.

Safeguarding Women or Children
 Except in Case of Necessity.
 George $. Palmer of New London. for the past year one of the vice presidents of the Connecticut State Conference of Charities and Correc- ton, was elected president of the conference for the coming term at the annual business meeting held this afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. With the election of MT. Palmer as presi- dent the conference has voted to hold the annual meeting of 1919 in New London. The conference, which opened here on Sunday and continued through yesterday and last evening, agaIn convened this morning with several important sessions and con- cluded this afternon with a final se- ries of lectures.
 Officers elected are as follows:
 Officers Elected For Year.
 Following are the officers and com- mittees elected for the coming year:
 President, George s. Palmer, New London.
 Vice presidents, w. c. Hungerford New Britain; Rev. w. H. Day, Bridge port; Prof. R. H. Fife, IT,, Middle town: Rev. John F. Ryan, Hartford.
 Treasurer, Sidney H. Miner, New London.
 Secretary, Malcolm L. Nichols, New London.
 Executive committee: D. A. Adams, New Haven; c. Roger Boss, New London; Mrs. Helen w. Rogers New Haven; Lewis B. Doane, New Lon- don; George G. Williams, Hartford; pr. W. H. Brown, Bridgeport; Miss Inez A. Newman, New Haven; John r. Sanderson, Hartford; Mrs. Percy T. Walden, New Haven; Miss Mildred P. Carpenter, Stamford; Mrs. Fred erick A. Mitchell, Norwich; George l.. Warren of Bridgeport; Mrs. Rob- ert B. Chappell, New London; Eugene Kerner, Waterbury; Miss Caroline F. Penniman, Middletown; Miss Lucy Adams. Bristol.
 It was also reported that 512 have attended the conference, of which 175 were New Britain people,
 Work to Save Babies Lives.
 The morning session was divided into four main groups of round table talks, all of which were especially in teresting to the welfare workers who C creation was in charge of Rev. John R. Brown of Bridgeport and took place in the South church parish house. The subject of "Recreation in Connecticut was ably treated by Rev. MT. Brown, who is chairman of the Bridgeport recreation commission, and pr. F. H. Arnold of New Haven.
 The section on children was in charge of John P. Sanderson, Jr., of the Connecticut Children's Aid so- ciety in Hartford. Dr. Walter H. Brown, the Bridgeport health officer, explained "The Nations Program for Saving 100000 Babies'' in so far as it applies to the state plan as assigned to the womans committee of the State Council of Defense. Under the head of Standards in Child Care were the following talks: '"The Need of Careful Inquiry Before Accepting Children for Care," by Miss Maud Morlocl1, supervisor of childrens work for the Connecticut Childrens Aid society in Hartford; Record Keeping and it's Value" by Miss Mary G. Harris, chief supervisor of child welfare department State Board of Charities; and Guardianship and Adoptions, by Mrs. Leona Wheaton, agent of the Kew England Home for Little Wanderers at Bridgeport. These talks were at the Y. w. c. A. and among the audience was q class of High school girls.
 The round table talks at the Gen. ter church parish house were in charge of Miss Mildred P. Carpenter of Stamford. The speakers were Mrs. John M Glenn of New York and Alexander Wilson, in charge of the Red Cross Atlantic division for civ ilian relief. Their subject was "The Home Service of the American Red Cross"
 The fourth session was at the Chamber of Commerce where Miss Caroline DeF. Penniman, superin- tendent of the school for girls at Mid d1etown, was in charge of the confer ences on "Delinquency and Correc- tion". This was treated under four divisions as follows: ''Juvenile Delin- quency Among Girls" by Miss Penni- man; ''Views of the Employer as to the Value of Prisoners in Agricul ture," by Wilson H. Lee of West Bav- en; '"The Psychopathic Side of De- lnOuency," and "Homo Investigation of Inmates of State Institutions by Miss Ethel M. Shepard. visitor of the reformatory at Cheshire.
 Dr. Brown said in his talk that babies should. be saved if for no other reason than the brutal economic facts said 100000 children under the age ot years die in the United States each year and 15,OO0 mothers die yearly .Ix1l. lsI 11ON