Evening star., 1934-12-16
SOCIAL SECURITY
FARLEY IS CALLED
79 Civic Leaders Will Con-
fer With Officials on
Legislation.

leaders have been asked to discuss
with District officials this week a pro-
posed program of social security"
legislation to be presented to Congress
ut the forthcoming session. The invi-
tation was made by Frederick w. NC
Reynolds, chairman of the Board of
Public Welfare.
Old-age pensions and sickness and
unemployment insurance are among
suggested measures to be considered,
at meeting at 4 pm. Wednesday in
the board room of the District Build
ing.
Those invited to appear are Mrs.
Charles Goldsmith, DR.. Worth B.
Daniels and Mrs. Spencer Gordon,
members of the Board of Public We'll
fare; George j. Cleary, president, st.
Vincent de Paul Society; Leifur Mag
nusson, chairman, Citizens Joint
Committee on Old Age Security;
Richard w. Hogue. secretary, Citizens
Committee on Old Age Security; DR..
A. A. Chenay, chairman, Subcommit-
tee on Health Insurance, Public Health
Committee, Board of Trade.
Religious Groups Represented.
Mrs. William Kittle, chairman, sub
committee on social legislation, Dis
trict League of Women Voters; Mrs.
Elizabeth T. Sullivan, delegate to
Federation of Citizens Associations;
George w. Beasley, president, Fedora
Of wiz
OGrady. director of Catholic Chari-
ties; Rev. w. L. Darby, executive sec
retary, Washington Federation of
Churches; Mrs. Harry Lewis, presi-
dent, Council of Jewish Women.
DR.. Harold G. Moulton, president,
Brookings Institution; E. D. Shaw,
secretary, Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association; DR.. Isadore Lu-
bin, director. Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics; DR.. w. w. Wyman. District
Dental Society: Arthur Clarendon
Smith, president, Federation of Busi-
ness Mems Associations and president
of Lions Club; Thomas P. Morgan,
president, Life Underwriters ASsocia-
ton, and William j. McManus, Amer
ican Business Mems Club
Arthur j. Richards, Civitan Club;
Col. William H. Mccarthy, Cosmopoli-
tan Club; L. T. Breuninger, Kiwanis
Club; L. H. Riggles, Monarch Club;
Joseph B. Murphy, Optimist Club;
Miss Alice Webster, Quota Club; Ches-
ter D. SWope, president, Rotary Club;
James E. Smith, Royal knights OF
the Round Table; Mrs. Edna knight
Gasch, SoroptimiSt Club Mrs. James
K. McChntock, Twentieth Century
Club; William H. Aitchison. president,
Exchange Club, and DR.. Mildred w.
Dickerson, Zonta Club.
Bates to Attend.
Mrs. Howard Nichols, president, As
sociation of University Women; Miss
Mae Murray, Business and Professional
Womens Club; Sanford Bates, presi-
dent, Washington Council of Social
Agencies; Mrs. w. A. Roberts, secre-
tary, Washington Council of Social
Agencies; Mrs. John S. Bennett, preSi-
dent, Women's City Club; DR.. Arnold
Bennett Hall, District Medical So
ciety, and Rev. Francis J. Haas, direc-
tor, National Catholic Service School.
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Washington Star; Mrs. Eleanor Pat
terson, publisher, Washington Her.
aid; George Marshall, publisher,
Washington Times; Eugene Meyer,
publisher, Washington Post: Lowell
Mellett, editor, Washington Daily
News; Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, District
Federation of Women's Clubs; Nor
man Kal, Advertising Club of Wash
ington; Frederick P. H. Siddons, Dis
trict Bankers Association; F. Regis
Noel, president, District Bar ASsocia-
tion: Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman.
Roberts Invited.
William A. Roberts, peoples coun-
sci; Mrs. c. S. Duncan, Mrs. Robert
Leonard, Miss Elizabeth Eastman,
Miss Selma Borchardt, Miss Elizabeth
Christman, Mrs. Laurence Todd, Mrs.
Ernest Gruening, Mrs. w. T. Banner
man, Miss Nora Atwood, Miss Edith
lockwood, National League of
Women Voters: Clarence Phelps
Dodge, president, Washington Com
munity Chest; Herbert L. Willett, jr.,
director of the Community Chest;
John H. Hanna, chairman, Budget
Committee, Community Chest; DR..
Anson Phelps Stokes, president, Asso-
ciated Charities; William H. Savin,
general secretary, Associated Chari-
ties; Walter S. Ufford, chairman,
Washington Chapter, American Asso-
citation of Social Workers.
Miss Katherine Lenroot, president,
Monday Evening Club; Miss M. Alice
Hill, District emergency relief direc-
tor; DR.. Leroy H. Halbert, District
relief research director; John Locher,
president, Washington Central Labor
Union; DR.. E. C. Virgins, District
Chirurgical Society: Maj. Campbell
c. johnson, Council of Colored Social
Workers; DR.. Adolphus Walton, presi-
dent, Robert T. Freeman Dental So
ciety; A. Nordholm, assistant to direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration; Miss Constance
Kiehl and Miss Olga Halsey of the
Presidents Committee on Social Sc
curity; Miss Margaret James, Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration,
and Miss Mary Anderson, director,
Women's Bureau, Department of
Labor.