The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11
State On Legion
 Welfare Program
Connecticut to Be Represented at conference to Be Held
 in Providence Friday and Saturday
John D. Crowley of Cam bridge Maas., to act as Chairman, assisted by MSs. lnez M. Pack of Hartford Legion Auxiliary.

Hartford, Mar 11-ofifeials of The American Legion and the American Legion auxiliary in thts Ntate Will have a place on the program of the fourth annual New England area child welfare conference of the le- zion to be held at the Hetel Narra- gansett in Providence. R. l., March l3 and IA. The conference will be six states within the area. John D. Crowley of Cambridge, Mass. legion |area chairman, will preside, assisted ty Miss Ines M, Peck of Haftferd, Conn, area child welfare chairman for the auxiliary.
 Nationally known child welfare leaders and national child welfare officials Of the legion and auxiliary and it's allied organizations will be in attendance. One of the Qutstanas ing features of the conference will he a school of instruction to be con- Gucted on Saturday, March IA. An ether feature will be reports from the various states showing the .pro. gress of child welfare work Tn tne1r departments since the last confer ence. The states to be represented will include Connecticut, Maine, Massa ehusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, phia, legion national child welfare chairman, viii address the cenfeF- eHce at the opening session on Fri- aay, March 1a, and will partietpate Tn the school of instruction on Sat- upday. Governor Norman Case of Rhode Island, a legiQnnaiFe, and pr P. J. Farrell. chairman of the Rhode Island Public Welfare commission, will speak, Theodore A, Lothrop, dren's Commission, wiii tell of the work of that commission and dis cuss the child welfare. program of President HOover's White House Conference" Mra Louise w. VII. Hams of Tuckahee, ". Y., national child welfare chairman of the auxil- iary, will also have & place en the program at the foFeno0n session. |.
 The Forty and Eight. fun and honor organization Of the legion, Perry of K:ttery Point, Me, natlon- al head of the body, who will make an address of greeting. Reports will be submitted by Mrs Ethel V. Mur- phy of Pleasantville, N. r., chapeau National of the Eight and Forty. fun and heper society Of the auxil- iary; by Daniel J. poheEty, director of the Eastern Area World War Or rhans' Education Committee, and by Miss Katharine P, Hewins who re- gently made a survey of veterans relief work in the state of Maine at the request of the Maine department and financed by the national child welfare division of the legion.
 Other speakers at the Friday ses- sions will include Jay Cerliss, execu- tive secretary of the Denartent of Public Welfare of New Hampshire; Mrs. O. H. Coolidge. directaF of the Vermont Children's Aid Society Miss Helen A. Powers, director of the Rhode Island M0theF's Aid. and Harold strong. director of the Conn ecticut Junior Republic, Reports showing the progress of child wei fare in the past year will be mada by ehairmen from different states at the Friday afternoon sessi0n as follows:
 CONNECTICUT: Edward L, White New Haven, for the Legious and Miss Inez M, Peck for the Auxiliary,
 MAINE; Harry z. Libby, Portland.
 for the deson and for M ts. vra Huaaeg ps, 'Al.. M.AssxscHusErTa: .sssHHi sii Rev. aeorse P. O'Connor. pedhaIa. for the Legion, and Mrs, Helen N, Gormley, Roslindale, for the Auxil-
 NEW HAMPSHIRE; Harry W. Dudlay, Triton. for the Legion, and Mrs. Blanche Jacobs, Concord. for the Auxiliary.
 RHODE ISLAND: Mrs. Olive Clark, Jamestown, for the, Legion, and Mrs. R. B. Littlefleld, Saylesville, for the Auxiliary,
 VERMONT: c. Russell Little, Fair Haven, for the Legion, and Mrs.