The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-06-19
ROTARY TO COMBAT
EVILS OF RADICALS
WARNING TO PUT DOWN AGlTA-
TORS SOUNDED BY HEAD
OF ROTARY CLUB.
Delegates From Every Section Of the
United States Gather at Utah
Capital for Tenth Annual Con-
sention of Association.


convention Of the International Rotary
association was formally opened in
this city on June II, although for sew
eral days the city had been thronged
with Delegates from every section Of
the United States, and many from
foreign countries. with more arriving
on every train.
Al the opening session President
John Poole sounded the keynotes OF
the convention in an able address.
Foremost among these came the Ques-
ton Of relations between employer and
employee
Rotarys opportunity for great ser
vice Is az hand, he said, IN bending
every energy toward combating the
perils OF Bolsheyism, particularly In
keeping at gainful and wholesome en-
ployment every man aud women who
earn "a living. Mr.. Poole spoke of the
spread OF industrial unrest abroad and
called attention TO the possibility OF
its gaining a fOothold on this side Of
the Atlantic.
Mr.. Poole promised for the future
that Rotarians viii occupy themselves
10 a great extent with the problems
of the relations between employer and
employee. and with the boy problem.
In connection with this latter phase
OF the work. Mr.. Poole emphasized the
need for a close and cooperative re-
lation between fathers and sons.
Mr.. Poole was welcomed TO Salt
Lake on behalf of the local club by
VIII G. Farrell, president. Mr.. Farrell
spoke briefly Of the privilege which the
city enjoys in being host to the inter-
national gathering, and paid his com
pliments to the Rotarians Of the in
termouniain country who have CO
operated with the Salt Lake men in
assuring the visitors a convention they
will long remember.
The meeting was opened with a
prayer 10y Heber J. Grant. president
of the Latter-day Saints church, which
organization offered the use OF the
tabernacle for the convention sessions
In addition 10 the business sessions.
amusement features which assisted
materially In making the salt Lake
meeting one Of the most enjoyable in
the history Of the association. One
day was devoted 10 visiting the var
ious pleasure resorts, a genuine wild
west show furnished entertainment
and thrills galore for the visitors; a
reproduction Of the Madri Gras OF New
Orleans, which the delegates from the
southern city staged. Salt Lake society
was ont in force for the dance
Tuesday night the Madri Gras was
attended by the delegates and their [
wives; wednesday they flocked 10 I.
Saitair which for the first time in its /
history was closed to the public, only |
Rotarians being permitted to visit that /
resort during the day. On Thursday /
the Wild West show was the attrac-
ton az the fair grounds. furnishing 1
thrills for the visitor from the effete /
east, as well as genuine enjoyment for
the westerner.
During discussion at the opening
session IL was pointed out that the i'm
preston that had once prevailed that
Rotary had been organized for the
pecuniary benefit OF those who be-
lonsed had been thoroughly and effect
lively dissipsted. IL was likewise set
out that there still remained a great
work e. be done 70 bring home to mem
berS Of Rotary definite and intimate
knowledge OF the real meaning Of
Rotary and the part that il should play
in community and inter-related ae-
uvities
Every vocation Of importance in the
life 81 the nation received attention
firm Tho vocational sections Of the
International Rotary. More than 100
tneetinss we're held In various hotels.
clubs. apartment houses and business
houses
Farmers from Wisconsin exchanged
views with ranchers from Honolulu,
and telephone service experts from
Alaska discussed telephones with del
ecates from Texas. Librarians, min
iSters. engineers. physicians and news
nape- men are some Of the delegates
who met for the purpose Of hearing
addresses by experts In their voca-
lions and for mutual benefit and in
spiratiou-