Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-08

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me anE1ous -orc=s 40 not tea.n q ma
.orlty y our aat7na! ne
--e -au-yuual must AZ I'D, rlrnes
+ahe are ~ mss cath. hut most ~
al. wnen 4 s vXposeu " aontagIoE.
JuS- - t.-s uressn, the al nations
Are exposed 0 corlagIon at 1c.snevl.n m
ana n1aer SINS and 'nlasmas growing
Ut Of ne awful post war tunolclons N
Europe Governor Miuiken .old ~
meeting recently man VINO i very
prominent N war relief WOO wn" Has,
Just returned from lis seventh TIP
to southeastern Europe. ana ~ the
dreadful conditions wnicn exist n
those anus where there ar4 no Ord
dren under TX v+ars " age ana wrere
those VINO rave survived snow Inc
marks ot unuer-noull~ nment ana gen
erai ack II everything. ana sand L :
impossible that distorted impressions
ana revolutionary IDEAS should not use
Ip Under sucu sufferlngs.
one thing winch : recessary for The
safety Of democracy. n Governor Me-
llken'e uplnIon. : ~It4zensnIp wu.cr
IL intelligent This must - true 1or
only general terms hui from re
VIEWPOINT # showing VIVA: American
eIt zensnip means and -tanus :ur The
war Drought IS 81 he -e1Ization ~
me ack IN our 'eachiug ~ Itizen-
snip. vneu Iuuareas ~ BOWS were
found d me army u,no .ould hot in
dersJand .4e simplest Of Commands =
sued n ErELsn. ne .9aLeage -o
America is +-at Aa-erI4anI-ra shall le
strong enough 5a make Al! IS austs
II people lnto American olt zens
Anorrer NECESSARY rnlnc Is r sum-
cIent iegree If InseIasnness. Dr.
enough + -engIon 10 rnaAe the aa;-
sI1ual wiring To rut group welfare
ahead IF bis own. ~aIa ne governor
There Aava been nose whD believed
ne Darw1nlar -Aeorv "a urvFvai Of
the 1ttest pplIed 0 government III
t'r-usslans le44eyec mat ts Enu'v
mai he opposite the ~ule Of enun-
cation. - service ana Dt Sacr1rce.
aid 4own 500 Years ago n Gal.Iee
is the ~ule T acton MAJ must ne
-ouowea { q nation 70 urvlve ana
succeeo"
The connection between the pre-
sery2uon OF ne nation ana me
work If welfare ORGANIZATIONS Gov
ierror Iillinken believes les in re
work doue with yhe rniidren. They
are me material ~ cItizenship ana
the character 81 ne Mid : deter
mined by me character Of The CON-
Tnunlty which lie lives. even more
than by the ,naracter 81 me nome
TIE problem Of social welfare s .
keep he community -ucn that ne
I7Ent kind II citizens can grow I'D
in H.
The next war 5 on now. ana 8 not
military struggle hut . moral one.
Its ssue 5 whether ne influence Of
the community Is 10 be wholesome
or otherwise Future generations
VIII tell the outcome. T vs. haven't
me proper kind OF citizenship our
government can't live . day That
is the reason mat social welfare
work s absolutely vital il has Inc
same importance mat he training
Of re soldiers mas, pr any other vital
thing.
The governor spoke briefly ~ ne
important and significant thinrs nat
have been done by he state deparf
rnents education. 7 public health.
in encouraging communities 10 get
eXpert assistance u prevention and
eradication Of disease. and n me
relationships # ne government 20
child ana family ife. especially
the mothers aId law ana me board
Of ~hiidren's guardians. The per
son who VIII count future astI-
mates will he he person who s do
ing tie most TO make he community
better place to live = ana Who $
Going something b make citizen
snip hat snail endure SAID he
governor conclusion.
Tire Reception
Immediately following The govern
0rs address. a delightful reception
was heid Il ne State executive
enamber for Governor and Mrs. Mil
i-kfn under the auspices OF the Au-
gusI2 civic Federation In the re-
oeiyiaE line were Governor ana Mrs.
Carl z. Mllliken. Mrs. ". II. Fisher
ana Mrs. Hope Wheeler. representing
ne ''jvlc Fedora ton; Dr.. Forrest Q.
TYSON. president If the Social Wei
fare conference, ana Mrs Tyson:
Or. f. .. Merrill, president Of the
Stale health association. ana Mrs
Merrill. Downstairs u the rotunda
an orchestra furnished music and
refreshments of iCes ana waters
were served br Mrs Blame = Files.
Mrs. Norman Bassett and Mrs Bene-
diet Maher, under the direction Of
Mrs. .. W Adams. Their aides were
several Young girls under the charge
OF Mrs. Edwin c. Burieigh. The
committee who arranged he delight
iul features Of the reception was
composed Of Mrs " H. Fisher Mrs.
Hope Wheeler Mrs. u. w Adams
Mrs j. f. Bagiey and Mrse. Walter
= Wyman
Tooays Conferences Sessions
The morning session OF the confer
ence VIII open with a business meet
ing. which viii be followed bV several
notable addresses. Mrs. Bertha Pei
tengill. secretary OF The Portland as
ISOLATED charities will conduct a syrn-
postum on social misfits and mental
deficiency; DR. stephen A. Nosburgh
superintendent of~ tho Maine school
aor the feeble minded WILL discuss the