Evening star., 1934-09-23
PARLEY ON NEEDS
HAS WIDE RANGE
Problems Outside Federal
Program to Be Heard at
White House.

Human needs of the Nation not
being met by the present govern
mental relief program will be con-
sidered at two-day session of the
1884 Mobilization for Human Needs
Conference opening here Friday.
At the invitation of President
Roosevelt, the conference will open at
the White House, where approx
mately 500 conferees whose names
stand for leadership in civic and well
fare activities in the States and COM
munities they represent, will be ad-
dressed by the President and Newton
D. Baker, chairman of the conference.
The group will then adjourn to the
Mayflower Hotel where sessions will
be continued through Saturday noon.
With criticisms piling up about
Federal relief, taxpayers disturbed
over the increase in taxes and local
communities struggling to keep going
their more -than-ever- needed volun-
tary social service agencies, the con-
ference called by Mr. Baker promises
to clear up much of the confusion
now existing in regard to relief" and
private social work.
Reports to Be Made.
Social work in the United States
will give an accounting of itself at this
meeting. The three major fields of
private social work represented by the
character building services, the health
services and social case work will re-
port the situation they are facing.
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services will be Mrs. Frederic M. Paist,
president of the National Board of
the Young Womens Christian ASso-
citation: for the health services, DR.
Livingston Farrand, president OF
Cornell University, and for social
case work, Porter Lee, director of the
New York School of Social Work.
WomenS cruSades in hundreds OF
American communities, which are now
in the process of organization under
the National Women's Committee of
the Mobilization headed by Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt, will have as
discussion leader at the Washington
conference Mrs Margaret Culkin Ban
ming, National Womens Committee
leader in Minnesota.
The necessary partnership Of public
and private welfare services will be
discussed by Harry L. Hopkins, direc-
tor of the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration.
Social Security Topic.
After reviewing the human needs Of
today and deciding how best they can
be met, the conference will debate the
important question of social security.
Miss Frances Perkins, United States
Secretary Of Labor and chairman of
the Presidents Committee on Social
Security. and Albert l.. Deane, presi-
dent of the General Motors Holding
Corp. are scheduled to speak on
this topic. The entire Committee .on
Social Security has been invited to
attend this meeting.
One Of the people most interested
in the conference is Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt AS chairman of the Ma
tional Women's Committee of the
Mobilization. Mrs. Roosevelt has in
vited the members of this committee
to confer with her at the White House
Immediately after the opening session.
On Friday evening Mrs. Roosevelt
and Gov. John G. Winant of New
Hampshire will speak at the mobiliza-
tion dinner, over which Newton D.
Baker will preside. Mrs. Roosevelt
will also be present as honor guest"
at the luncheon Saturday, at which
Miss Perkins and Mr.. Deane will dis
cuss the pros and cons of social
security.
Other Important Speakers.
Other important speakers at the
conference include John Stewart
Bryan, president of Community
Chests and Councils, Inc. and recent
ly elected president of William and
Mary College; William P. Witherow,
president of the Community Fund of
Pittsburgh, Pa; Sol LowenStein, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Federation
for the Support of Jewish Philan-
thropic Societies of New York City;
DR.. H. C. Russ. chairman of the
Budget Committee, Hartford Com
munity Chest, Inc, Hartford, Conn;
Leroy A. Ramsdell. executive secre-
| tary of Hartford Community Chest,
| Inc; Frederic R. Kellogg, first vice
president of Community Chests and
Councils, Inc, and Dr. George E. Vim
cent, president emeritus of the Rookie
feller Foundation and vice chairman
of the 1884 Mobilization for Human
Needs.