Evening star., 1932-08-07
ParIey Opening Here Sept. IS
to Face Grave Problem of
Relief Needs.
PRESIDENT TO STRESS
CITIZENS RESPONSIBILITY
Former Secretary of War, as Chair
man of National Committee, to
Respond for Visiting Delegates.

President Hoover and Newton D
Baker will speak at what is regarded as
one of the most important conferences
on social and welfare work ever held
in this country. to be opened Thurs
day, September Is, at the White House.
The conference has been arranged
by the Association of Community
Chests and Councils and officials CT the
Washington Community Chest will be
hosts to the conference.
President Hoover Will speak at the
opening of the meeting on The Cit
izen's Responsibility for Human We'll
fare" and Mr.. Baker. recently named
chairman of the National Citizens
Committee of the Welfare and Relief
Mobilization Of 1882, will respond for
the delegates. The remainder of the
program will be announced later, ac-
cording to E. c. Graham, president OF
the Community Chest.
The Welfare and Relief Mobilization
OF 1882 will be the largest organization
of social and welfare forces ever effected
in the United States, according to Mr..
Graham and J. Herbert Case, chairman
OF the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York and president of the Association
OF Community Chests and Councils.
Seeks Adequate Relief.
The mobilization, which is sponsored
BY the Association Of Community Chests
and Councils and 25 other national
social service organizations, seeks ade-
quate support of local welfare and re-
lief problems during the coming VIM
ter. Newbold Noyes, Community Chest
campaign chairman and director in
the national association, and Frederic
A. Delano, first president of the local
Chest, are members of the Baker COM
nittee.
There is urgent need" Mr.. Case
stated, "at the present time for q
strong correlated social service program
in which every Community Chest, every
p1blic and private agency, every city.
county end State resource will have its
Pee md function. Ii this co-crdina-
t:cl of soci9l service cgencies can be
g -ectej it Will be possible to work out
al unemployment end relief program
which will not only go a long way
toward relieving suffering during the
coming Winter, hut toward restoring
confidence and morale as well. In
union there is strength is quite as ap-
plicable to welfare and relief organiza-
tions as to State governments.
That co-ordinating program is nee
eSsary in social work at this time is
indicated by these facts. Relief and
welfare needs in the United States have
been increasing rapidly during the last
lew years. The community chests, by
their own efforts alone, raised S1OO, 900 =
600 for 1882. This was 20 per cent more
than was raised by these same chests
for 1881. The work of the chests last
year was greatly aided by the Presidents s
Organization on Unemployment Relief
under the direction of Walter S. Gif-
ford and owen D. Young.
Growing Need Faced.
"The Winter of 1882 and 1888 will
bring with it a greater need for funds
and still greater difficulties in securing
them. The Federal relief appropriation
of $500, 100000 is greatly misunderstood
It cannot in any measure cover the re-
lief needs of the country. The primary
responsibilities for securing the funds
necessary to provide anything approXi-
mating adequate relief must be borne
by individual communities. Federal re-
lief is to be given to States only upon
evidence submitted showing the abso-
lutte need for the assistance. Individual
communities have a greater responsible
ity for raising their relief and welfare
budgets than ever before. There is nc
disgusting the fact, that even with Fed
eral aid and with each community con-
tributing to the utmost of its ability
it is going to be exceedingly difficult
to meet all the demands for assistance
which will come in this Winter.
"The assembling of the community
leaders participating in the 1882 wei
fare and Relief Mobilization at the Ma
tional Capital in September to receive
a charge from the President as to then
responsibility in carrying on community
efforts will go long ways toward en-
couraging them in one of the hardest
and most difficult years in our country's
history"
National agencies represented in the
Welfare and Relief Mobilization of 1892
Are: American Public welfare Asso-
ciaticn, American Country Life AS
sociation. American Hospital Asso-
ciatiCn, American Social Hygiene AsSo-
citation, Boys Club Federation, Boy
Scouts of America, Bureau OF jewish
Social Research, Camp Fire Girls, Child
Welfare League of America, Family
Welfare Association, Federal Council OF
Churches Of Christ in America, Cir
Scouts. National Association Travellers
Aid Societies. National Board Y. w. c.
A, National Child Labor Committee
National Conference Of Catholic Char
tiles, National Council Y. NJ c. A. Ma
tional Organization for Public Health
Nursing, National Probation Associa-
ton, National Recreation Association
National tuberculosis Association. Sal
vatiCn Army Social Work Publicity
Council. Welfare Department of Junior
League of America.