Evening star., 1920-03-14
COMMUNITY WORK
PARLEY |ND0RSED
Mr.. BroWnIoW Welcomes Ma
tionaI Conference Sched-
uIed for Washington.

on Community OrganiZati ton, which has
been called by Franklin X. Lane, for
mer Secretary of the Interior. to meet
in the New Willard next Saturday. Com
missioner Brownlow declared that the
conference will be one of the most sig
nificant meetings ever held in America"
The conference has been called to
consider methods for securing the CO.
operation of the whole citizenship
around the problems of peace" Ma
uona!ly prominent speakers Will discuss
community work and it's effect upon the
nation.
Commissioners Comment.
Commenting upon the purpose OF the
meeting. Commissioning Brownlow. in his
statement. says:
THE economic and social conditions
which confront the country just now
are as serious as the war crisis through
which we have passed. Indeed. they
are more serious, because We faced the
war with a united and seif-sacrificing
citizenship. so mobilized that every citi-
zen IN the most remote community and
IN the most crowded city tenement felt
himself to be a responsible factor in the
success or failure of his countrys VEN
ture.
we face the problems of recon-
struction with no such united and or
ganized citizenship. That the good
is present: that deep in our hearts We
are a united people, no one who be-
iieves in America will doubt for a
moment But the forces making for
unity are temporarily hidden and the
forces of confiict-racial. social and
economic-are temporarily on top.
Here is a conference called from
every state, from every social and
economic group to discuss how we can
get toSether-a conference to plan
for the same sort of PARTISAN or
ganization of the. citizenship around
peace time problems which made it
possible to win the war
Problems Belong to No One Class.
These peace problems belong to no
one class. Only a serving citizenship
headed toward a single objective-the
prosperity and well-being of the
whole people-can solve them. We
must maintain and increase produc-
ton: we must save human life: we
must conserve food to feed starving
Europe. We must have a self-con-
Scious and courageous public opinion:
we must maintain a decent standard
of living.
These are not class problems. but
community problems, and they must
be met by community programs.
"A national conference called to
discuss methods of securing the CO.
y,
urban and rural. throughout the
country for solving the problems Of
peace will be one of the most signifi-
cant meetings ever held in America
and one which should receive the
heartiest welcome in Washington
Whatever of definite plans come
out of this conference will be a. per-
manent contribution to. these United
States and through them to the wide
world with which we are inextricably
bound
List of Speakers Announced.
The following speakers will ad-
dress the conference: Frederick c.
Butler, former director of American.
cation under the Department of Labor.
Garment Manufacturers Association:
Orin c. Lester, associate director OF
the savings division of the Treasury
Department.; Mrs. Ira Couch Wood of
the Elizabeth Mccormick memorial
fund for child welfare. Chicago;
service division of the Federal Coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ in Amer
lea: Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor and Owen Love-
joy of the national conference of So
cial work.
All Sections to BE Represented.
Replies to invitations sent out by
Mr.. Lane week ago show that all
sections of the country will be rep
resented at the meeting on Saturday.
Among the national organizations
which will participate in the deliber-
ations are the United States Chamber
of Commerce. which will be repre-
sented by John JOY Edison: the AS
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae, rep,
resented by Mrs. r. B. Morgan; the
American Red Cross, with many rep
resentatives. among them Miss Mabel
Boardman: the American Federation
of Labor. the Volunteers of America,
the American Legion, the community
councils, the Peoples Institute of
New York. the international Sun
shine Society and the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches of Christ in America