The Washington times., 1923-05-14
HUGHES To TALK
At WELFARE
FARLEY
Hard Sees League of Nations
Issue Aroused in Social
Welfare Conference.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

IAN internationalism of good will,
without any diplomatic political tan
gles." Such is the view taken here
of the stupendous national and in
| ternational Conference of Social
Work, which, with 5000 delegates,
opens here this week with a key
note welcoming address by. Secre-
tary of State Hughes on Social
Welfare as Factor in lnterna-
tional Relations.
Among Hughes auditors will be
delegates from Mexico whom Mr..
Hughes will not recognize politi-
cally, but whom he will welcome as
| workers for the Improvement of
health conditions, industrial condi-
tons, school conditions and social
conditions generally.
The president of the conference,
Homer Folks, of New York, is on
his way to washington with a Ger
man delegate and two French dele
gates, who are coming amicably to-
gether TO address the conference on
social welfare work in their Fespec-
tive countries.
Noted in War Work.
These two French delegates are
Able Jean Violet, who was an
army chaplain during the war, and
Mademoiselle Marguerite Noufflard.
who was a nurse during the war.
Able Violet was wounded in serv-
ice and Mademoiselle Noufflard was
awarded the Croix de Guarre for
evacuating a hospital under fire.
Both are notable social reformers as
well as notable patriots.
with thnn1 In tho ma ira violin o
party is coming DIR. Alice Salmon,
head OF the training school for
social workers in Berlin, Germany.
DIR. Salmon is regarded as the most
distinguished leader of social service
in Germany and has been highly
| Influential in the policies of the
German governments Ministry Of
Social Welfare"
It Is expected that she will be
consulted by American Government
officials on the proposed Federal
welfare department" which Presi-
dent Harding and many Senators
and congressman, including eSpe-
cially Senator Mccormick of Illinois,
have for a long time favored and
! promoted.
Symbols of New Era.
said Major w. II. Parker, of Gin
cinnati, secretary Of the conference,
to this writer today, ARE, symbols
OF a new development in world
circumstances since the war and
they illustrate also a new stage in
the growth of the conference of
social work.
I'm previous years, ever since
1874, when this conference started.
we have had foreign visitors simply
in case they happened to be in this
country and wished to attenA This
year we have invited then from
their homes abroad ard have
brought them here as our honored
guests to speak to us of conditions
throughout the world and to give
us a view of the situation CON
sidered internationally.
ION Thursday. which is the first
full working day of the conference
and which is dedicated to the sub
ject of the worlds physical health
we shall hear report by, DR..
Ludwik Rajchman. of Poland, Who
is the director of the health section
of the league of nations. He has
helped to save Western Europe
from typhus and other epidemics
out Vi huSSId ny ESTABLISHING a line
of sanitary guards along the
Ukrainian border.
Expert on Minimum Wage. .
ION Friday. when Industrial con-
ditions will be the topic of the
day, we shall be addressed bv
James J. Mallon. of England, who
is one Of the prime movers in the
operations Of the British govern
ment's trade board which deals
with minimum wages In various in
dustries.
"On Tuesday Of next week, when
our topic for the day will be edu-
cation and the schools. our first
speaker at our general evening SEES
sion will be DR.. Rene Sand. of Bel
GUM. VINO is secretary general Of
the International League of Red