Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-12
Governors Are
Asked to Meet
Social Workers Confer
ence to be Held in
Washington

Washington, D. c., March r.
omer Folks, President of the
National Conference Of Social
Work, sent invitations today to
the Governors of all the States
in the Union to attend the fit
ieth anniversary meeting of the
Conference in Washington, May
1928, and to name delegates rep
rcseuting each State.
The relationship between social
worl. and public officials and gov
ernmen departments dealing with
dependent wards Of the State
will be main topic for discus
sion at the convention. Five thou
sands delegates FROM the United
States, Canada, Europe, Cuba,
avail, and the Philippine Islands
are expected at the meeting.
A major object OF the Confer
ence will be 10 discuss better
methods of preventing disease,
dependency, and delinquency, in
view Of the fact that the num-
Der of The dependent wards Of
The States has increased 10 Il
point where in many States about
one-third Of the State budget is.
expended ON their care and main
tenance.
This conference. formerly known
as the National Conference Of
Charities and correction, grew
out of q meeting in 1874 Of mem
bers of State boards Of public
charities Of New York, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, and Wiscon-
s;n, 10 discuss problems of re-
lief and correction. Since 1874
the conferences have continued
in uubroken yearly sequence.
The conference is now the
greatest annual forum in The
world for the discussion Of meth
DDS and problems Of relief, cor>
rection, public health, legislation,
public institutions AID agencies,
prieon administration. and other
tonics in which the government
of cva,y STATE is vitally interest
ed.
During the fifty years Of its
bisto,c, two Governors Of States
have been Presidents of the Con-
ferorce, Governor Tilden Of New
Yorl, and Governor Bagley of
Michigan. and many others have
attended and addressed sessions
Of the conference. AT least twenty
five Governors and cX-Goyernors
have been members Of the con-
ference The list includes:
Governors Long of Massaehu-
sets: Tilden Of New York; Hoyt
Of Pennsylvania; Jackson of
Maryland; Vance Of North Caro-
lima: HAYES, Hoadly, Bishop, and
Foster Of Ohio; Baoley and Je-.
rome of Michigan; Hoycy Of In
diana: Colon of Illinois, An
derson. Blackburn and Knott of
kentucky: Fairchjld. Smith and
Rusk of Wisconsin: Ramsey,
Pilsburv and Hubbard Of Mime .
sofa. Crjttenden of Missouri;
Routt of Colorado; and Waterman
Of California.
In his invitation President Folks .
nointed out that the total an
mail expenditures Of the various
States for the purposes with
,,.;,;.b tba, conference deals
amount to about so per cent of
the total budget in some States"
an view he said, "of this
lor@n nronortion of the budget
r"bicb is devoted to providing
b,iidinos and maintenance for
~, J,','r IDS Of tbe state. the chief
G ga officers will. naturally. he
oreot1v interested in the various
' = measures discussed at
tLo Conference looking toward
rodnction in The volume Of de-
.ncndanrv and disease. etc, some
If which. notably the campaign
ooo;,,s+ 4ubarcnIosis. have al
81 :" borna fruit in the substan-
t;aI roJrcfion Of the death rate,
s~5 otbers Of which. such as the
n,en-sI bveiene movement, hold
nromise of great fruitfulness in.