The Washington times., 1920-04-08
SOC|OLOGISTSW|Ll
meet HERE IN may
National Convention to Discuss
World Topics With Many
Foreign Delegates. ed,

Adequate salaries for teachers and
ministers. equitable division of the
products OF industry between capital
and labor, suppression Of the social
evil and the abolition OF vice, strict
enforcement OF the prohibition law
and the fostering of interraeial relA-
tionship are TO be the chief topics for
OF the American Sociological Con-
gress, to be held In Washington. May
y to l3.
Every section OF the United States
will be represented at the convention.
Delegates will also be In attendance
from England, France, Canada, Mex
leo. South America. and other coun-
tries. ..-
For the past sixty days officers OF
the congress. with headquarters In the
Munsey building. have been at work
laying the foundation for the cam
paign for members In the District OF
Columbia and an education along So
Geological lines.
The organization. has. set a goal OF
1000 members In the District and
the membership campaign viii be
launched In the next few weeks.
The cardinal principles of the con-
gress are to promote health. juptlce,
patriotism and training In citizenship,
prevent disease, help the poor, uplift
humanity. advance education. stimu-
late Americanization and preserve
national unity.
Promotion OF better relations be-
tween the white and colored people
OF America is another object OF the
organization and tho list OF speakers
at the convention will include a num-
ber OF prominent leaders of the col
ored race who will outline the prog
ress made by the American negro In
contrast to that OF his brothers In
other countries. '
During the course of the convcp-
ton a special conference will be held
by the governors OF the Southern
states for the discussion OF problems
relating to the negroes.
Among social workers OF national
and International repute already on
the program as speakers at the na-
tional conference In Washington are
Bishop Theodore ID. Bratton. Jackson,
Miss: Senator Wesley l.. Jones. Seat
tile. Wash; DR.. John A. Rice. Sumter.
s. c.; George w. Coleman, Boston.
Mass: Gov. Charles H. Brough. Little
Rock. Ark: Gov. Carl E. Millikeen. Of
Maine: DIR. Shailor Matthews, Chicago
University; DR.. Livingston Farrand.
American Red Cross; DR.. Samuel z.
Batten, Philadelphia. Pa. Dr. H. w.
Wiley, Washington, ID. c.: DR.. J. Fort
Newton, OF City Temple. London. Eng
land; DR.. william l. Poteat, Wake
Forest. ". c.: Surgeon General Hugh
s. Cumming, Washington, d. c.: DR..
sidney w. Gulick. New York city: DIR.
John Z. White, Anderson, S. c.: DR..
Henry E. Jackson, United states Bu-
reau OF Education: DR.. Samuel p.
Brooks, president Baylor University;
Senator Selden p. Spencer, st. Louis.
Mo-; DR.. James II. billiard. Charlottes-
willie. Va; Mrs. J. ID. wilkinson. Ma
tional Federation OF Women's Clubs
DR.. Edward T. Devine. New York city;
DR.. Edwin c. "Dinwiddie. general su-
perintendent American Sociological
Congress :Dr. T. Albert Moore, gen.
eral secretary Evangelism and So
cial Service, Methodist Church of
Canada. Toronto: DR.. Worth NJ. Tippy,
Federal Council of Churches: Rabbi
Stephen s. Wise, New York city; DR..
r. r. Motion. Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
Virgil ". Johnson, National Travellers
Aid; DR.. George e. Haynes, Depart
ment Of Labor: DIR. Edward A.
Steiner. New York city: Gov. Thomas
w. Beckett, North Carolina.
Organization of branches Of the
American Sociological Congress in
New England, the Metropolitan East,
the Central West, and the Pacific
Coast region is in progress. At pres
ent the principal active branches of
the American congress are the South
ern Sociological Congress and the
Southwestern Sociological Congress.
the former with headquarters in
Washington and the latter centering
its activities at Oklahoma City, Okla.