Evening star., 1932-09-11
|PARLEY WILL PLAN
| NATIONAL RELIEF
President, Pomerene, Baker
and Others to Address
Gathering Thursday.

A satisfactory solution of the welfare
and relief needs of the country this
Winter is expected to be evolved at the
Conference of the Welfare and Relief
Mobilization of 1882, to be held Thurs
day at the White House and the May
flower Hotel.
Speakers at the conference will in
clude President Hoover, Atlee Pomerene.
chairman of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation; Walter S. Clifford, former
chairman of the Presidents Committee
on Unemployment Relief; Harvey D.
Gibson, chairman of the Emergency Un-
employment Relief Committee of New
York City, and Newton D. Baker, chair
man of the National Citizens Commit
tee OF the Welfare and Relief Mobiliza-
ton of 1882.
The conference will be opened at the
White House, where President Hoover
will give charge to the delegates and
The Citizens Responsibility for Human
welfare" according to Allen T. Burns,
executive director of the Association of
Community Chests and Councils, ad-
m1n1strative agency for the Welfare and
Relief Mobilization of 1882. Mr.. Baker
viii reply to the Presidents charge on
behalf of the mobilization.
Serious Period Ahead,
The conference will be called upon
to deal with the prospect of a twelve
month which, according to Mr.. Burns,
will be the most difficult we have ever
faced. Even if business conditions i'm
prove, the period of recovery is bound
TO be slow and the demands for help
and assistance exceedingly heavy"
To discuss the needs confronting all
American communities this Fall and
coordinate plans for meeting these
needs are the purposes of the confer
ence in Washington" Mr.. Burns said.
Three subjects of vital interest in con-
nection with the solving of this years
welfare and relief needs will be fea-
tured on the program:
First, ways in which States and
communities can cooperate in the dis
tr1bution of the 100000 Federal
appropriation for relief. Second, the
Importance Of communities maintaining
well balanced social service programs in
the present crisis. The third subject
is discussion of special means to
strengthen local fund raising cam
paigns, community chest and others
which last year raised upwards Of $780,
100000 for welfare and relief purposes.
1t is important that the people of
each community realize that the $780,
100000 voted by the Federal Govern
ment for relief will only take care of
about one-half of the increased needs
OF the country. While it will help
enormously, it will in no way take the
place c. local funds and can only be
drawn upon by communities as a last
resort to supplement their own efforts.
1t is important also that communities
realize that social work other than relief
cannot be scrapped in the present
emergency"
program in addition to those mentioned
are: j. Herbert Case, chairman of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
president of the Association of Com
munity Chests and Councils; Frederic
r. Kellogg, first vice president and
treasurer Of the Association of Com
munity Chests and Councils, Morris
town, N. j.: c. M. Bookman, executive
secretary of the Community Chest of
Cincinnati, formerly president of the
National Council of Social Work; Louis
E. KRISTEN, president of the Associa-
ton of Jewish Philanthropies, Boston;
Frederick Hoke. member board of di-
rectors. Community Chest, Indianapolis,
cIlu OOScpIl L. OCOII, plcSluSuL SOIIl-
munity Chest of Los Angeles.
28 Organizations Included.
Representatives from the % national
social service organizations participat-
ing in the mobilization also will attend
the conference. These organizations
are: American Country Life Association,
American Hospital Association, Ameri-
can Public Welfare Association, Ameri-
can Social Hygiene Association, AsSocia-
tion Of Community Chests and Councils,
Boys Clubs of America, Inc; Boy Scouts
of America, Bureau of Jewish Social
Research, Campfire Girls, Inc; Child
Welfare League of America, Inc; Fam
lily Welfare Association Of America, the
Federal Council Of the Churches of
Christ in America, Girl Scouts, Inc;
Jewish Welfare Board, National Esso-
citation of Travellers Aid Societies, Ma
tional Board Y. w. G. A. of the U. S. A.,
National Catholic Welfare Conference,
National Child Labor Committee, Ma
tional Conference of Catholic Charities,
National Council Y. M. c. A., National
Organization for Public Health Nursing,
Inc; National Probation Association,
National Recreation Association, Ma
tional Society for the Prevention of
Blindness. National tuberculosis Asso-
citation. the Salvation Army, Inc; Social
Work Publicity Council, Welfare De-
partment of the Association of Junior
Leagues Of America.