Evening star., 1927-12-03
PLANS TO DISCUSS
COMMUNITY CHEST.
Nationwide Conference on
Welfare Movement Slated for
Washington in February.

4 nation wide conference to study
the pros and cons of the community
chest movement will he held in
| Washington February 20 and q, II
was announced late yesterday after
! noon after national citizens com
mittee consisting of Secretary OF
! Commerce Hoover and 80 business
! and civic leaders from all sections OF
! the country had met at the May
! flower Hotel and decided upon the
! plan scope and dates of the con-
! ference.
/ Secretary Hoover is vice chairman
! of the committee and William Cooper
/ Proctor of Cincinnati is chairman.
| Secretary OF War Davis and Sccre-
! tary of Labor Davis also are sponsor
ing the conference by serving as
members of committees. President
Coolidge is said to have expressed
an interest in the conference and eX-
tended an invitation on behalf OF
, himself and Mrs Coolidge to the
delegates of the February meeting to
attend a reception at the White
House
Farley Primarily for Laymen.
Proctor declared it will be primarily
for laymen, men and women of af-
fairs. influence and leadership in their
communities. He stated the confer
cnce VIII be unique in that it will be
held, not for the purpose of telling
what has been accomplished but OF
examining frankly into fundamentals
and the methods which promise the
most fer the promotion of human wei
fare and the development of com
munity life generally in the United
States.
The agenda agreed upon Yesterday
calls for a series of eight round table
discussions of concrete problems. such
as Relation of National Agencies and
Local Communities. Local and Ma.
tional Corporation Giving" division
of Responsibility for Welfare Work
Between Government and Private
Agencies" etc Topics also have been
approved for the opening session and
for the meeting February 81. hut the
principal speakers have not vet been
selected. Secretary Hoover will address
a banquet of the 400 persons who are
expected to come to Washington for
the conference Monday night. February
20. on The Human Welfare RESPONSE
hility of Community Chests. G.. NJ.
Bookman, president of the American
Association of Community Chests and
Councils. which is cooperating with
the National Citizens committee in
arranging the conference, will also
speak at the banquet.
In statement following yesterdays
meeting, Secretary Hoover said:
1T will be very helpful TO have
discussion by representative men and
n a nd Of hn
community chest as a method and
form of organization of community
welfare work. Community chests and
councils have produced magnificent
results in a large number of cities.
In some other cities such orga MIA
tons are struggling for existence. and
in still others efforts to establish them
have thus far met with defeat. 1t
will be useful to discuss the under
lying problems and trends of Ameri.
can communities and the efforts of
community chests and councils to
meet them. There are many problems
to consider and among the more i'm
portant ones will be the whole ques-
ton of the relationships between Gov
ornamental agencies and private well
fare orga MIA TONS
A program committee consisting of
five members. headed by William J.
Norton. director of the Detroit Com
munity Chest, also met at the May
flower yesterday and outlined the
schedule for the February meeting,
which the citizens committee indorsed,
The smaller group also met this morn.
ing to select speakers.
List of Attendants.
Those present at Yesterdays meet
ing included: Secretary of War Davis.
Senator CouZens of Michigan. Fred.
erick r. Kellogg. honorary president
of the Morristown, n. r., chest; Evans
Woolen of indianapolis, president of
the Fletcher Trust Co.; Miss Belle
Sherwln of Washington, president of
the National League of Women
Voters; Harvey s. Firestone of Akron.
president of the Firestone Tire ana
Rubber Co.; G. s. WDolworth, chair.
man Of the board of L. w. Woolworth
K CO.: Ralph A. Anerman, chairman
Of the board of the Lincoln Trust
Co, Scranton; MrsaE f. Fl. Steedman.
chairman of the rehabilitation com.
mittee of the st. Louis tornado
disaster: James Lester Goodwin Of the
Whitlock Coil Pipe Co., Hartford: w,
I'll. Schwarzschild5 president of the
Central National Bank of Richmond;
Iienry =. stevens of Detroit, j. w.
Wilkins of Greensboro, n. c.:
Julius Rosenwald Of Chicago, presi-
dent of Sears, Roebuck & Co:
August Fogel. president of the Pfister-
Nogel Leather Co. of Milwaukee; Mrs.
Henry Fairfax of Richmond. va; J.
ID. Robinson of Toledo, chairman of
the board of the Libby Glass Co: Mai.
K. W. Bingham Of Louisville, Ky.
publisher of the Courier-Journal; Mrs.
John ID. Sherman of Estes Park, Colo,
president of the General Federation
OF Women's Clubs: w. o. THOMPSON
OF Columbus, president of Ohio State
University; C. M. Bookman of Cincin.
natl, president of the American Asso-
ciation of Community Chests and
Councils and director of the Cincin.
natl Community Chest and Council
of Social Agencies
Citizens Committee Personnel.
Besides those present today the ma
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