Evening star., 1933-12-14
CONSUMERS ROLE
in RECOVERY TO Be
DEFINED At PARLEY
Distinction Between His Own
and PubIic's Interest to
Get Attention.
FIRST LADY HOSTESS
AT OPENING SESSION
Will Entertain Conference Leaders
at Lunceon After Address
to Group.

An effort Will be made tomorrow to
difterentiate for the first time between
the consumers interest" and the
public interest" at an informal con-
ference on the role of the consumer in
the recovery program.
The meeting was called jointly by
Mrs. Mary Hartman Rumsey, chair
man of the Consumers Advisory Board
Of of the N. r. A, and DR.. Fred c. Howe,
consumers counsel of the A. A. A.
The opening session will be held at
the White House, beginning at 10
O'Clock, and will be followed by luncheon
there with Mrs. Roosevelt. An after
noon session will be held in the Hall of
Nations of the Pan-American Building,
to be followed by two more sessions at
the latter place Saturday.
Purpose Is Explained.
DR.. Howe and Mrs. Rumsey said to-
day that the purpose of the conference
is to find, in definitive way, just what
the consumers interests and rights are,
and how consumers should be repre-
sented in the enforcement and interpre-
tation of codes set up by the recovery
organizations.
Mrs. Rumsey said there are three dis
tinct groups of interests under the
codes. each of which should be repre-
sented: Industry. labor and the con-
sumner. All of these she said should
work for the public good.
Gardiner Jackson of the A. A. A.
pointed out that in Boston last week
a representative Of the public was
named to take part in a hearing on a
milk code, and that after the hearing
got under way there was a demand for
a consumers representative in addition
to the spokesman for the public.
Just where to find a trained repre-
sentative for the consumer was de-
clared a problem that the conference
tomorrow will attempt to work out.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak.
The first session will be addressed by
Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace, Gen. Hugh S.. Johnson,
DR. Howe, w. H. Davis, national COM
pliance director of the N. r. A.. and
Col. Louis McHenry Howe. Mrs. Rum
sey will preside.
At the afternoon session. DR.. Howe
will preside and the program will in
clude the following addresses: THE
Consumer and the New Deal" DR..
Gardiner Means, economic adviser To
Secretary Wallace; The Activities Of
Dexter Keezer, executive director, and
THE Activities of the Consumers Coun-
sci Division" Dr. Thomas C. Blaisdell,
jr, assistant chief of the trade agree
ments section of the counsel.
On Saturday the program will include
addresses by DR.. Carolina F. Ware of
Vassar College, and DR.. Paul H.
Douglas, director of the Bureau of
Economic Education of the Consumers
Advisory Board and the Consumers
Counsel. DR.. Louise Stanley, chief of
the Bureau of Home Economics, will
preside at the closing session, which
will be devoted to suggestions.
NotabIes Will Attend.
- Among those who have accepted invi-
tations to be present are Mrs. Grace
Morrison Poole, president of the Gen.
eral Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
Gelina Macdonald Bowman of Rich
mond, president of the National Fed
Grafton of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs; Miss Belle Sherwin,
president of the League of Women
Voters; Walter N. Kirkman. president
of the National Association of Purchas-
Ing Agents; George A. Renard. secre-
tary-treasurer of the National ASSocia-
ton of Purchasing Agents; Miss Lena
NJ. Phillips, president of the New York
Federation of Business and Professional
WOmenS CLUBS. MIS-. George SnraOer OIL
Boston, of the New England Consumers
Counsel; Paul Kellogg, New York,
editor of Survey; Mrs. Charles w.
Sewell, Chicago, American Farm
Bureau Federation; Miss Eleanor B.
Davis, Philadelphia League of Women
Voters; Miss Frances Zuill Iowa City,
president of American Home Economics
Association; Bruno Lasker, editor of
Inquiry; Evans Clark, New York. di-
rector of the Twentieth Century Fund;
Alice L. Edwards, director, American
Home Economics Association; Mary
Anderson, director of the Women's Bu-
reau of the Labor Department, and
Mrs. Emily Newell Blair.
In commenting on the Importance Of
the conference. Mrs. RumSey and DR.
Howe issued the following joint state
ment:
las consumer representatives our of,
fees have a major task in focusing at
tention on consumer interests in the
development of codes and marketing
agreements and in keeping consumer:
advised of developments under the re-
covery program. In calling together
this group of consultants we will have
an opportunity to build up contacts
with those whom we represent, and tC
develop channels whereby their needs
may be known to us and our efforts ir
their behalf be made known to them
We hope this will be the first of a series
OF meetings on consumer problems"
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