Evening star., 1935-06-11
HEALTH SESSIONS
HEAR MERIT PLEA
New Jersey Woman Urges
Continuance Of Civil
Service.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. June il.-Dr. Ellen @.
Potter Of Trenton, ", j.. medical di-
rector Of the State Department Of In
stitntions and Agencies, strongly In
dorsed the merit system IN filing pub
lie ofiices In report TO the National
Conference Of Social Welfare today.
81 am convinced she said, that
the civil service merit system in the
hands Of competent executive In
sures to the administration Of a gov
ernmental department greater pro-
lection from political pressure and
greater assurance Of continuing op-
portunity to develop q program Of
professional service than does any
other method Of personnel selection
yet devised"
Management Of low-rent housing
projects was described by Abraham
Goldfield. director, Of the Lavanburg
Foundation Of New York, as O new
profession, "an art" open to social
workers.
Service for Workers.
Sir Francis F1oud, British high
commissioner to Canada, describing
the British system for social welfare,
said free medical service is provided
to 1900, 900 workers under the health
insurance scheme TO which employers.
workers and the state contribute. He
described England's five year" plan
for construction Of 225, 900 homes. of
which $1,000 have been completed.
The problem OF providing homes for
tenants, whose dwellings are razed TO
make way for new housing projects,
was discussed by Paul L. Stannard OF
Cleveland.
Claudia Wannamaker, chief of
recreation Of the Institute for Juvenile
Research of Chicago, In discussing
recreation fields said: "The depression
has forced case workers to a realiza-
tton that satisfying interests have their
legitimate place in the treatment Of
individuals sorely beset with anxieties
Of one kind or another"
Scores Medical Group.
Charges the American Medical AS
soctation and certain of its State and
local societies were attempting to
thwart the adoption OF compulsory
health insurance in the United States
were made today by DR.. John A.
Kingsbury. former commissioner Of
charities In New York City and until
recently secretary Of the Milbank
Memorial Fund. addressing members
Of the National Federation Of Settle
ments.
DR.. Kingsbury laid before the mem
bers series Of charges Of misinforma-
ton and Of misdtreeted political In
fluence by what he described as the
merchants Of medicine in the United
States.
Miss Frances Perkins, United States
Secretary Of Labor, asserted last night
Supreme Court invalidation Of parts
Of the United States recovery program
has not discouraged the administrae
ton in its efforts toward rehabilitation
Of the economic organization.
Fair Plan Philosophy.
Addressing the second mass meeting
Of the National Conference of Social
Work. she declared the Supreme
Courts recent adverse N. r. A. de-
cision showed the philosophy Of fair
play and cooperation had not found
adequate legal expression, but afirmed
that the people Of the United States
would not give up that philosophy.
A resolution deploring the attitude
of Civilian Conservation Corps author
tiles In barring admission of boys
under probation. supervision. or honor
ably discharged from probation was
adopted by the National Probation
Associations
The association elected as new trus-
tees Newbold Noyes Of washington,
associate editor Of the Washington
District of Columbia) Star; Mrs. Jane
Deeter Rippin, director Of research for