Milford chronicle., 1931-03-13
FOR BETTER OBSERVANCE
OF MOTHERS DAY


A nationwide program for a bet
ter observance of Mothers Day
May 10, to help dependent mothers
and needy children has been launch
ed by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
wife of the Governor and leader of
welfare workers in New York State
It will be sponsored by The Golden
Rule Foundation with headquarters
at 60 East 42nd street, New York, N.
Y. A national committee to help
raise a Golden Rule Mothers Fund
has been announced by Mrs. ROose-
welt. A New York State committee
has also been formed and it is OK
pected that similar committees will
be named in every state to promote
a Golden Rule observance of Mo-
theirs Day.
In view of the widespread suffer-
ing this winter suffering that has
fallen hardest OH the mothers and
their children-Mrs. Roosevelt, hon
orary chairman of the national COM
mittee, said: 81 ask your help to en-
large the observance of Mothers
Day so that people may think not
only of their own mothers but of
other mothers who are less fOrtu-
nately situated. 1t would also be a
fine thing to aid the mothers who
are in need today in the name of
mothers who have gone. Those who
have gone, I am sure would like to
have us give in their name for the
aid of tho mothers who are i'll need
now. ! think that all of us are mo-
theirs would be pleased that what is
done is not just for us personally,
but in honor of all mothers. Just at
this time more appeals than ever
before arc coming in, and the aid is
much needed"
"My appeal is not only TO New
York City and State, but, as honor
airy chairman of the National Com
mittce Golden Rule Mothers Day
Fund, to the country at large" Mrs, !
Roosevelt declared.
Governor Roosevelt. in state
mcnt issued at Albany to Charles V.
Vickrcy, President of the Golden |
Rule Foundation, said:
"YOu are starting a movement |
that will tighten the load and brigh- !
ten the lives of myriads of weary |
women and dependent children"
ODo of the facts emphasized by
the Foundation is that one of the /
truest tributes that can be paid to
the memory of ones mother is to
pass on to other less fortunate wo
men and children something of the
that was received from
her. "The education and cultural
values of Mothers Day observance
should be considered at least as
equal in Importance to any finan-
cial returns" the Foundation an
nounced.
The Foundation particularly sug-
gests that those whose mothers are
not living remember and honor
them by sharing their prosperity
with the less fortunate mothers who
are now in need.
The personnel of the national
to date, in addition to
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, honor
lry chairman, consists of: Mrs.
John H. Finley, chairman; Mrs. Ed
SSAhO a. oOhoS oGCl CIul nlps |
Thomas J. Preston, Mrs. John G.
Agar. Merlin II. AyleswOrth. Com
nander Evangeline Booth, Mrs. S.
oarkes Cadman, Senator Arthur
Capper, Senator James J. Davis,
Robert w. DeForest, Mrs. Charles
W. Gilkey, Mrs. Henry V. Gilmore.
'lrs. Walter H. Head, Mrs. Charles
). Macfarland, Mrs. Walter II. NAL
ory, Mrs. NJ. G.. Nigel, William b.
'lillar, Mrs. William II. Moore, Maj
II General John =. ORyan. Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, Miss Ellen F.
'endletOn, Mrs. Daniel A. Polling,
William A. Prondergast, Frank
'resbrey, Mrs. William Gorham
Iice,. Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, Mrs.
=. 7. Rourke, Oliver J. Sands. Mrs.
Albert Shaw, Mrs. Robert e. Speer,
lrs. William Dick Sporborg, Mrs.
IrthCr H. Sulzberger, Miss Lillian
}. Wald, Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser,
honorable Ray Lyman Wilbur, and
liss Mary e W0olley, u