Evening star., 1936-08-31
PARLEY ON NEEDS
TO OPEN SEPT. I
AT WHITE HOUSE
President Roosevelt Will
Greet Initial Session of
Mobilization.
TEN WASHINGTONIANS
committee MEMBERS
800 Communities in America to
Participate in Drives to Sus.
tain Agencies.

fTeSlQenC ROOSEVELT Will BIeeI tIlc
opening session of the 1886 mobiliza-
ton for human needs at the White
House September II, according to
word received by the Washington
Community Chest, one of $50 organ
izations represented, from Gerard
Swope, mobilization chairman.
Ten Washingtonians will be on the
National Citizens Committee Of l0l
national leaders directing the mobil-
ization, including Mrs. Roosevelt. the
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episco-
pal Bishop of Washington; Rear Ad-
miral Cary r. Grayson, Eugene Meyer,
william Green, president Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor; Miss Kath-
arine F. Lenroot, head of the United
States Children's Bureau; Secretary Of
Labor Perkins, Harry L. Hopkins,
Works Progress administrator; DR..
Thomas Parran, surgeon general,
Public Health Service, and John G..
Winant, chairman of the Social Sc
curity Board.
Drive in $50 Cities.
The committee, which will continue
its meeting through September l8, will
back campaigns for the support Of
voluntary welfare services in $50 Amer
ican communities this Fall. by raising
popular subscription funds for main
tenance of hospitals, visiting nursing,
child and family welfare agencies and
youth service examinations.
"It should be a source of deep graft
fication to all Americans" said Swope,
that our national leaders have rallied
in greater numbers than ever before
to the support of voluntary welfare
services. This Is the more significant
at time when many assume that
Government relief programs meet the
whole need. American life would lose
one of its richest assets if the in
dividual citizen did not feel a COM
peling responsibility to care for his
less fortunate neighbor. Today the
most practical way to discharge this
personal responsibility is to support
and participate in the work Of our
welfare agencies"
Others on Committee.
Vice chairmen of the committee
include D. F. Kelly of Chicago, Charles
Francis Adams of Boston and Nor
timer Fleischhacker of San Francisco.
Other committee members:
Chester I. Barnard and Edward
D. Dufield of Newark, N. j.; M. w.
Clement, Thomas s. Gates and Ed
ward Hopkinson, jr, all Of Phila-
delphia: Vance c. Mccormick of
Harrisburg, Pa; Mrs. Frederick NJ
Paist Of Wayne, Pa.
James B. Forgan and Fred K.
Hoehler Of Chicago, Alfred Bettman,
William j. SHREDDER and Charles P.
Taft of Cincinnati, M. j. Cleary and
Otto H. Falk of Milwaukee. Mrs.
Margaret Culkin Banning of Duluth.
John D. Biggers of Toledo, DR.. R. c.
Buerki of Madison, Wis; H. G. Dali
ton and Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of
Cleveland, H. w. Hoover of Canton,
Ohio; Robert Lazarus of Columbus,
Fred Hoke Of indianapolis.
Frank B. Kellogg Of st. Paul, Ge-
rard S: Nollen of Des Moines. Beatty
B. Williams of Mount Vernon, Ohio;
James McEvoy Of Detroit. A. w. Rob-
ertson and William P. Witherow of
Pittsburgh.
Tom K. Smith, Rev. Ivan Lee Holt,
Walter w. Head and Rev. John J..
Rlltler of ST I0lIis. ,Joseph F. Porter
of Kansas City, w. L. Clayton Of
Houston, William Allen White Of En-
poria, Kans.; Howard Bruce Of Balti-
more, James B. Black and William H.
Corcker Of San Francisco. Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, Robert G. Sproul Of Ber-
kelley, James r. Page and Harry j.
Bauer of Los Angeles. Frank T. Grif-
fifth and E. B. McNaughton of Port
land, Greg.