Evening star., 1927-05-09
HOOVER ADVOCATES.
CHILD HEALTH AIMS
Address Is Read at Opening
Gathering of ASsocia-
ton Today.

picturing the right of the American
child to health in its Original sense
OF Wilderness" Secretary Herbert
Hoover, in an address read today in
his absence at the fourth annual meet
ing of the American Child Health AS
sociation. of which he Is president.
Set up the hope that I'VE shall bring
into reality the highest approach to
normal and perfect childhood to which
a nation has yet aspired.'
The address was read at the open.
Ing session In the Willard Hotel by
DR.. Thomas u. Wood, n vice president
of the association. The physicians,
educators, nurses, statiSticians, psy-
biologists and others who are here
from all parts of the country VIII
meet morning, afternoon and night
for three days at the hotel, and at the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States
Secretary Hoover. who is in the
South on Mississippi flood relief work,
reviewed in his address the scope and
ideals of the association. 7e had
planned to open the conference. and
preside as its head. but pressure OF
the food situation prevented.
Use Laboratory Facts.
The association was addressed also
this morning by William Green. preel'
dent of the American tederatlon OIL
Labor: DIR. Samuel j. Crumbine. gen.
eral executive of the association, ana
Mrs. Aida de Acosta Root, director oil
the division of publications ana pro
motion of the association, who In her
explanation of the nationaf observance
OF Nav day as Child Health day called
Of tina rpnThSpntAtlXeS OF
State Health Departments VINO dl'
rected this work in their States,
The session tonight at $50 O'CLOCK
will be held in the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
In his address Secretary Hoover
pointed out the need for translatlng
the findings of the laboratory in terms
the people can understand ana make
use of in the fullest sense.
"Research and the Interpretation
and dissemination of the facts OF re-
search are a team that must move
forward at an even pace, he declared:
ssTo stop the source of supply would
be fatal, but it is equally wastetul not
10 utilize to the fullest for the benefit
of human life and happiness the dls-
coyeries of the laboratory.
Simple Terms Needed.
"There is a. crying need to make
available in simple, lucid terms, the
findings of experts. While this neeo
remains unfulfilied, child lives are not
only falling short of normal posSipln-
ties but are actually being marred
md wasted through ignorance. Tne
visest move in the conservation OF
child life at the present moment
seems to be to develop technique ana
machinery to translate sclentlnc uat"
into human terms.
Observance of May day as Chllo
Health day under auspices of the as
sociation, Secretary Hoover pointed
out had developed a vast contact
with the lay groups of the country
the value of which he estlmated as
"incalcuiable."
Explaining that the time was here
TO expand the meaning of health 10
its original sense Of whoieness,
Secretary Hoover said the assoclatlon
was prepared TO INCLUDE as chllo
wealth EVERY factor which enters
into the development of whole ana
normal childhood from the very start
of foetal life to maturity.
'tThis shall include not only the
lSnowledee and promotion of the care
of mothers during the pre-natai
nariod. but also some knowledge or
fhe inheritance and eugenic FACTORS
which affect child life" he continued;
''it shall include, also, consideration
of the child in his complete develop
ment of body. of mind ana OF splil'
and against his total environment ni
Guiding the home, the school and the
community"
Green Backs Cause.
President Green Of the American
Federation of Labor vigorously
championed the cause OF the cnllu'
deplored the loss of the Federal cniid
labor law through decision of the
Supreme Court and declared the Ma
ton cannot possess healthy children
in a full and complete degree ana
at the same time permit industry 70
employ children. ,,
''Child labor is a national problem,
he said, requiring the application OIL
a national solution. 1t should ue
dealt with through the enactment OF
uniform legislation, and this can only
be done through the exercise OF con-
stitutional authority conferred upon
the Congress of the United States.
DR.. Crunlbine reviewed at length
the work of the association, declar.
ing at the conclusion of discussion
of Child Health day, May day has
arrived
Speakers This AFTERNOON.
"It is not only conceivable" he
said, "but we expect and hope that
the time will come when health
knowledge will be so widely inter
preted to the people and the promo
ton of health so efficiently carried on
by the medical profession and health
services of the Government that
there shall be no longer a productive
field of operation for such an organ
jzation as the American Child Health
Association" The work he explain
ed, largely followed lines of research
and survey, demonstration, interpre'
tation and promotion.
Mrs. Root told, with the aid OF
stereuptican pictures, a graphic story
Of the development of May day-Child
Health day throughout the Nation and
a great agency for. improving child
health She called on four doctors OF
State divisions of child hygiene who
had directed May day this year in
their States: DR. Anna Veech Of
Louisville. KY; DR.. Brydon Of Rich
mond. Va; DIR. Ada Schweitzer OF
Indiana and DR.. A. f. Ingraham of
Hartford.
Speakers on the program this after
noon include: Miss Grace Abbott,
chief of the Chiidren's Bureau, pre-
siding; DIR. Philip Van Ingen Of Co
lumbia University, Bailey b. Burritt
Of the New York Association for I'm
proving the Condition of the Poor
Mabelle S. Welsh Of the East Harlem
Nursing and Health Demonstration,
Edna n. White. director of the