Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
CLIFFORD CHOOSES
THIRD COMMITTEE
Croxton Will Head Group.
ID Governors Accept Le-
gion Farley Bid

While Walter S. Clifford, national
relief director, was naming another
committee as part of the Presidents
Organization on Unemployment Relief
to take care of distress this Winter, the
American Legion announced today that
IA Governors Of States have responded
to the Legion's invitation to attend an
unemployment relief conference here
next Monday.
The new group for the Presidents
organization Is the third to. be named
by Mr.. Clifford, who announced today
he was about ready to set his machine
In motion in order to have 1t at full
speed when cold weather arrives. The
personnel of the group numbers 10, in
Guiding John w. Davis, Democratic
presidential nominee in 1924. and New
ton D. Baker, former Secretary of War.
Governors to Attend.
Legion officials said Cows White Of
Ohio, Woodring of Kansas, Russell of
Georgia and Blackwood Of South Caro-
lima had signiied they would attend
the conference, which will be held at
the Mayflower Hotel The chief eX-
ecutives of Maine. Mississippi. Tennes-
see, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah,
wisconsin. North Dakota, Minnesota
and Virginia have notified the Legion
they would send representatives.
SilaS StraWn, president OF the United
States Chamber of Commerce: William
Green. president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Gen. James G. Har-
bord, president Of the Radio Corpora
ton of America. also are to attend.
In naming his latest group, which
will be headed by Fred c. CroXton, as
slStant relief director, Mr.. Clifford indi-
Gated that one of the main functions
OF this body would be to encourage the
organization Of made work" to pro-
vide employment for the joblcss.
This committee, he said, will make
available information on. the admins
tration of relief, both public and prl-
vate, based on the experience OF the
past Winter and previous periooS of un-
employment distress.
In general, relief funds are expended
locally through long established agen-
cies. but in this emergency, special Or
CARNATIONS have in many places been
created to provide employment In the
shape OF special or made work, which
Is paid out of relief funds.
This method of providing relief and
many other suggestions that have been
received will be considered by this COM
mittee, and such methods as are
thought useful will be issued for con-
sideration by those responsible locally
for these activities;
Three to Be O-Ordinated.
This third committee will work along
side of two groups previously appointed
and headed by Owen D. Young of New
York and Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago.
The Young Committee-to supervise
the raising of relief funds through local
communities-will meet here next Fri
day. The other groups are expected to
be called together within two weeks
The Wheeler Committee-set up to find
ways of creating employment-prob
will meet in Chicago
Others included in the new commit
tees personnel are: John Barton
Payne, chairman of the American Red
Gross; Mathew Wolf, vice president
of the American Federation OF Labor:
L. j. Taber. president of the National
Grange. j. Herbert Case of New York,
president of the Association of Com
munity Chests and Councils, and Will
liam j. Ellis eff Trenton, N. j., presi-
dent Of the American Association of
Public Welfare officials ...
Farmers from South Africa recently
inspected King Georges farms at Wind
Sor England