Evening star., 1921-03-15
SOCIAL AGENCIES
ELECT OFFICERS
Clearing House for D. c.
Charitable Activities Per-
feet Organization.
CHILD WELFARE WORK
CALLED GREATEST NEED
All Branches Urged to Coordinate
Policies to Push Necessary
Legislation in Congress.

Organization of the Washington
Council of Social Agencies. which
will be the clearing house of social
activities in the District of Columbia.
was perfected yesterday afternoon at
meeting held in the Raleigh Hotel.
over which Mrs. Whitman Cross pre-
sided. The permanent officers were
elected and the committee list and
their chairmen announced.
AS child welfare legislation seems
to be the greatest problem facing the
social agencies At this time. as point
ed out by Walter S. Ufford of the AS
sociated Charities. this subject will
be the first order of business. of the
permanent organization. 1t was vot-
ed at the meeting yesterday that this
question should receive first consider
alton, but the matter as to whether it
should be taken up at special meet
ing or at the next regular meeting
was left for the executive committee
to decide.
Officers Elected.
The officers elected were: Mrs.
Whitman Cross. president; Newbold
Noyes. vice president; William
Knowles Cooper. treasurer, and Mrs
John P. S. Neigh, executive secre-
tary. There was not a dsse nting vote
'i ohS vi tlc OlUCeTS, tne secretary
casting the unanimous ballot upon the
motion Of Mr.. Ufford.
MISS Mabel Boardman DR.. j. c.
freeman and Corcoran Thorn were
elected mem mbers-at-large. and the ap-
plication of the Girl Scouts of the Dis
trlct Tor membership in the organi-
zatlon was approved. All of the pub
lie welfare institutions Of the city
also were entered as members Mr.
unord explained that it was the in
tentlon OF the executive committee to
place all public organizations on the
membership list. and that if any had
been left off it had been an oversight.
The question of the financial fed
Grafton OF the organizations compos-
ing the council is to be studied by a
CGrady. st. Vincent de Paurs So
clety; William Knowles Cooper, Y.
NJ. G A; Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith
Jewish Foster Home: Mrs. Herbert r.
Day. Y. w. c. A.. and Newbold Moves.
Associated Charities.
Announces New Committees.
The new committees of the oreani-
1atlon were announced by Mr.. Cfford.
VINO explained the different headings
under which they are divided. They
are: Committee on family work. Mrs
Walter S. Cfford. chairman: commit
tee on community and neighborhood
work. Mrs. William Knowles Cooper.
chairman: health and hospitals. Miss
Mabel Boardman. chairman. and in
stitutions. Miss Sofe Sweet, Junior
League. chairman. 0'
Mrs Cross expressed the hope that
the committee chairmen would have
an early organization meeting of tbe;r
respective committees for the nurnose
of discussing ways and means with
them and bring in early reports.
The success of the work of the or.
ganization consists in keeping its di-
visions to small number. DR..
OGrady informed those at the meet
ing. and he expressed the hope that
1t would not become unwieldy in
operation. This would happen, he
pointed out. if there were too many
divisions. Confine the work under as
few headings as possible. he said.
Reports of the work and activities