Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-10-17
!SAYS ME[T|NGP
| FAILS TOFuNcT|ON
Dr.. Green Declares Failure,
Along With lIIiteracy, One
of U. S. Troubles.
PUBLIC OPINION NEEDED
Speaker Tells Monday Evening
Club Social Agencies Must Ex-
plain Aims Clearly.
PUBLIC OPINION NEEDED

The melting pot" has been so hard
worked the bottom has dropped out
OF 1t. DR.. Thomas e. Green of the
American Red Cross told the Monday
Evening Club at the first meeting Of
the season held at the Cosmos Club
last night.
DR.. Green, as chairman of the Mon
day Evening Clubs special committee
on public opinion, declared that the
inability Of the so-called melting
pot to function was one Of the trou-
oles facing America today, along with
astounding conditions of illiteracy,
unnecessary deaths and other revela-
lions of the war.
The speaker pointed out that true
pubic opinion. which Is a growth, not
a forced process. must be called to aid
an adverse conditions affecting the
United States today.
Depend ON Public Opinion.
the success Of social work, DR..
Green pointed out. is dependent to an
Unusual IN degree upon an informed pub
TIC opinion. 1t may be possible, he
said, to finance social agencies by
other means than the more general
Appeals now used. but 1t will be i'm
possible to secure full achievement
without right use of newspapers.
church. civic agencies. commercial
agencies and fraternal organizations.
In order that full and effective
use may be made Of these means of
informing public opinion. the social
agencies themselves must know their
own purpose and method SO well that
tney can state them clearly" DIR.
Green said. Consequently, a pre-
ilminary to informing public opinion
IS an approach least to some
agreement among the agencies as to
what they are driving at and how
they expect to progress"
Or. Green pointed out that of the
~. social agencies in Washington
but sixty are members OF the wash
lngton Council of Social Agencies.
ana but ffty-nine have received the
lndorsement of the charities indorse-
ment committee.
DR.. Green. in his report, declared
That through the Council Of Social
agencies progress is being made to-
ward more effective cooperation
based upon better understanding ana
a ciearer def1nition of each agency's
field of work.
Other members of the public opin-
ion committee were j. R. Hildebrand.
oliver p. Newman, Newbold Moves.
Walter s. Ufford and John Van
Schaick. jr.
Topic First of Series.
The evenings topic was the frs,
or a series, the topics being the same
as will be discussed by the National
Conference Of Social Work here next
spring.
Those admitted to membership in
the club last night included Miss o.
Pearle Corey, s. G. Lindholm, William
Mather Lewis. Miss Mildred King,
Mrs: Albert H. Putney. DR.. W. L.
Darby. Miss Edith Spray. Mrs. Henne
Jennings. Rev. J. ]. Dimon. Miss
Susan Clay Boyd. Mrs. Arthur Bull
lard, Miss Elizabeth Dean. Miss Leola
G. Field, DR.. Thomas E. Green, Miss
Lillian Hendrick. Dorsey w. Hyde,
Miss Alice T. Lockwood. Carl B. Kes-
erstein. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse w Barnes,
Miss Margaret Brooke. Miss Gertrude
K: Metzerott. Miss Ellen NJ. RugR,
Miss Blanche Wall. Miss Virginia VIII
son. Miss Ruth Windert, Isaac Cans
and Mrs. Brown Miller.