Evening star., 1934-04-23
Business Matters Disposed
of Before First Joint
Session Tonight.
FIRST LADY TO SPEAK
TOMORROW MORNING
President of National League Re-
nominated-N. R. AS influence
on Profession Is Discussed.

NaClOIldl OTSdIllZdtlOIl lOT 1uDll
Health Nursing and the Nationa
League of Nursing Education opened
the National Biennial Nursing Con
vention here today.
OF chief interest was the first join
session to be held at the Washington
Auditorium tonight beginning at
O'Clock, but start was made earle.
to dispose Of many pressing business
matters of the three big organiza
tions.
Several of the meetings are closec
sessions. limited to the 1000 delegates
registered, but the joint session to-
night is open to the public.
Among the pressing matters to be
discussed by each of the three unit.
is "The Application of the Nationa
Recovery Act to the Nursing Profes.
sion," and more especially the estab'
lishment of an eight-hour day.
League Sessions Open.
First of the business sessions te
convene was that of the Nationa
League of Nursing Education in the
large ball room at the Willard Hotel
Opening at Oils this morning, the
entire forenoon was devoted to the
reports of standing committees ano
the officers.
The biennial battle for leadership
was begun with the report of the
Nominations Committee, which placed
two full tickets before the league
Miss Effie j. Taylor of New Haven
was renominated for another term as
president. She is to be opposed by
Miss Katharine Densford Of Min
neapolis, now a member Of the board
of directors.
No nominations were made for first
vice president. Others placed before
the league were for second vice pres
ident, Julie c. Teboe, New Orleans
and Esther Tinsley, Pittston, Pa; tor
treasurer, Marian Rottman, New
York, and Elizabeth Miller, Harris
burg; for directors, Elizabeth Bur.
CESS, New York; Blanche, Blackman
Springfield, Mass; Helen Denne
Madison, Wis; Elsie M. Lawler, Bal
timore; Edna Newman, Chicago; Dor
othy Rogers, Galveston; Olive Sewell
Lansing, Mich, and Victoria Smith
Englewood, N. j. The results of the
clCCtIOil WILL Oc dllIlOuuCco Elludy
the last day of the convention.
Guests at Luncheon.
At II O'Clock the National Organi-
zation for Public Health Nursing held
its opening session at the Auditorium
At noon two groups of the N. 0. P
H. N. were guests at luncheon meet
ings at the Washington Hotel. The
Joint Vocational Service Advisory
Council held closed session in Room
D at the washington, with Marion w
Sheahan Of Albany, N. Y, presiding
The second group met in the Hal
of Nations with Mrs. C.-E. A. Winslov
of New Haven presiding. The guests
were the members of the board of di-
rectors and the committee members
Mrs. Whitman Cross, chairman of the
Washington Biennial Lay Section
Committee and honorary president Of
the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety, extended greetings to the dele
gates. Mrs. Arch Trawick, Nash
vile, Tenn, discussed Lay Partici-
patton in State Program"
This afternoon three round table
meetings were on the program, also
at the Washington. For board men,
bers of organizations employing only
one nurse, the discussions were to be
led by Mrs. Olney Powers, Stafford
Va, and Mrs. H. S. Downing, Mill
brook, N. Y. The second group was
for board members of organizations
employing from Q to 10 nurses, with
Mrs. G. E. Huntoon, Moline, ILL.,, and
Mrs. Francis C. Stokes, Moorestown
N. j., as leaders. The third group
employing more than 10 nurses, had
Mrs. Gammell Cross, Providence, r. l.;
Mrs. Winslow and Mrs. George Car
penter, jr., st. Louis, as leaders.
Reports Are Heard.
At $50 this afternoon the directors
and committee members were to be
guests of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society at tea in room 80
Albee Building.
The American Nurses Association
had its first session at the auditorium
at 2:3o this afternoon and devoted
the entire meeting to reports OF Off
GERS and committees. Elnora E. Thom-
son, Portland, Oreg., president, was
in charge. Miss Thomson will also
preside tonight at the first joint ses-
sion.
Tonight the joint session will be
opened by concert by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra under
the direction of Capt. Taylor Bran
son. Bishop James E. Freeman will
say the invocation, after which j.
Beatrice Bowman, president of the
Graduate Nurses Association of the
District of Columbia will welcome the
delegates. Responses will be made by
the three presidents, Miss Thomson
Miss Taylor and Miss Nelson. Clara
d. Noyes, director of Red Cross Nurs-
ing Service, will also extend greetings
Two visitors from abroad will make
short addresses. Mile. Oder O.
Geneva, nursing member of the In.
ternational Red Cross, and Mile. Cor.
net-Auquier, a graduate of the Amer.
ican Nurses Memorial School at Bor.
deaux, will bring greetings from theil
organizations.
DR.. Nathaniel Wales Faxon. presi.
dent of the American Hospital As.
sociation, will present the Walter
Burns Saunders Memorial Medal tt
the member of the nursing profes.
sion whose work has been most out.
standing during the past two years
The winner will not be announced
until she is called to the stage fol
the presentation.
First Lady to Talk.
Tomorrow morning. beginning al
9:l5 o'clock there will be another
joint session, at which Mrs. Franklin
d. Roosevelt will speak. She will dis
cuss what Does the Public Expect
From Nursing?" Mrs. Roosevelt vii
be followed by c. Rufus Rorem, asso.
ciate for medical service of the .IlIliu,