Evening star., 1934-10-01
1000 REGISTERED
FOR RECREATION
CONFERENCE HERE
How Americans Are Using
Leisure Time Will Be
Studied in Survey.
HIGH u. S. OFFICIALS
TO GIVE ADDRESSES
Secretary Ickes and Mrs. Roose.
velt Are Among Speakers for
Five-Day Meeting.

Nearly 1000 delegates to the twen-
tieth National Recreation Congress
had registered today st Wardmar
Park Hotel for a five-day session, in
which a survey will be made to deter
mine what American children and
adults shall do with their spare time
The delegates have taken the atti-
tude that the shorter work week has
become permanent part OF Ameri-
can life, and with it the problem OF
play and recreation has become OF
major importance.
The largest single group at the con-
gress are superintendents of municipal
recreation. park directors and heads
of community centers. There also will
be present Federal. State, county and
municipal officials, who will enter the
discussions. In addition, the delegates
will include city planners, university
professors, school superintendents, So
cial workers, teachers and representa-
tives of semi-public recreational agen-
cies. More than 100 colored leaders
also are expected.
Ickes to Speak.
The business sessions will get under
way tonight. when Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, Undersecretary of
State Phillips and Aubrey Williams,
assistant administrator of the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Administra-
ton, will deliver addresses.
DR.. John H. Finley of the New
York Times, first vice president of
the National Recreation Association,
will preside. A. D. Zanig of the Ma
tional Recreation School will direct
the music and after the business ses-
sion the delegates-all adults-will
participate in a series of folk games
and dances under the direction of
Robert Murray. also of the National
Recreation School. The business ses-
sion will begin at 8:15 pm.
On Wednesday evening Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt will speak. Gov.
John G. Winant of New Hampshire
will be the principal speaker st the
closing session Friday evening.
DR.. Morgan on Program.
Other Government officials who
will take part include DR.. Arthur z.
Morgan, chairman Of the Board of
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority; Frank r. McNinch. chair
man Of the Federal Power Commits
sion: Jay N. Darling, chief of the
Biological Survey, and DR.. Fred J.
Kelley of the Office of Education.
Frederic A. Delano and Charles w.
Eliot II. of the National Resources
Board; Arno B. Cammerer, director of
the National Parks Service; DR.. c. B.
Smith Of the Extension Service Of the
Agriculture Department, Katherine
Lenroot, acting chief of the Children s
Bureau, and other leaders are also on
the program.
Beginning tomorrow at 9:15 am,
the sessions will be divided into four
group meetings, to end at 10:45 am,
followed by four more group meetings
in the morning and four in the after
noon. From to O'Clock, delegates
will be taken on tours of the city.
Staff Workers to Report.
The only general session of the day
will be held at 815 pm. when the
topic will be Recreation in the New
Deal" Staff workers of the National
Recreation Association will present re-
ports.
At the play session tonight, many
well-known personages are expected
to participate. Among them are Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison, Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
William Butterworth of Moline, ILL.,,
former president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce; DR.. Finley,
Judge Austin E. Griffiths of Seattle;
Judge Lee Of Boston, president of the
association: Robert Garrett OF Bal
timore and Mrs. Ogden L. MillS.