Evening star., 1937-01-24

4|NbdA va VAN AAe1A~S
Of Columbia, the American
Legion, has been awarded two
national conferences to be held
In this city during the coming week.
The first is the National Defense Con-
ference, which will be at the May
flower Hotel January 26 to %. Follow
ing this the Annual Area B Child
Welfare Conference will open at the
wardman Park Hotel January 20 and
will close on Saturday.
National Comdr. Harry Colmery will
address the Nation over the air from
the Mayfiower Hotel during the first
day Of the National Defense Confer
ence. This department will be repre-
sented at the conference by j. OCon-
nor Roberts Of this city, who Is the
Legion's national defense chairman.
The Legion during the coming child
welfare conference will put forth every
effort to devise ways and means to
bring material aid to the children OF
World War orphans.
The Child Welfare Conference will
open Friday at $50 with the roll call
OF department welfare chairman. The
States comprising the area and the
chairman representing them are: Dis
trict of Columbia, Mrs. Mary E.
Kolhos; Delaware, Howard T. Ennis;
Maryland, Rev. Father John Carroll
Moore; New Jersey, DR.. Samuel A..
Loveman; New York, William w.
Moore; Pennsylvania, Frederick H.
Bachman; Virginia, Mrs. Janet r.
English, and West Virginia, DR.. Rus
sell H. Paden. The presiding officer
for the conference will be DR.. Samuel
A. Loveman of Toms River, N. j., the
Area B Child Welfare chairman. The
roll call there will be round-table
discussion on several assigned subjects.
From noon to 1:45 pm. a closed in
formal luncheon will be held.
From to $50 pm. a session in the
hotel theater, open to the public. will
be held. The address of welcome will
be delivered by the department COM
mander of the District of Columbia,
Horace w. Lineburg, while national
officers who will participate in the
program include Roland B. Howell,
national child welfare chairman of
the Legion; Mrs. Elsie Diers, national
child welfare chairman Of the auxil-
larry: John D Crowley, national child
welfare chairman of the Forty and
Eight, and Mrs. Mollie Averill, le
chapeau national of the Eight and
Forty. The main speaker who will ad-
dress the gathering at this will be
Judge Richard Hartshorn, who is the
national chairman of the Legion's Law
and Order Committee. His subject
will be, Juvenile Delinquency and
Some Preventative Measures
The main meeting will be banquet
20 be held in the continental room OF
the hotel. Frank E. Samuel, national
adjutant, the American Legion. will
address the meeting on "The Amer
lean Legions Service to America" He
will be introduced by j. Fred johnson
Of this city, national vice commander
of the Legion. Another speaker at
this meeting will be Miss Katherine
Lenroot, chief Of the United States
Children's Bureau, whose subject will
be, Some Present-Day Problems OF
Child Welfare"
Saturday morning at $50 another
found-table discussion will be held,
with Roland Howell, national chair
man of the Legion's Child Welfare
Committee, as the presiding officer.
The conference will close with q
conference luncheon January 80, open
to the public. Frank Bane, executive
director, Social Security Board, will
be introduced by James A. Drain, past
national commander of the American
Legion, and will speak on "The Ma
tional Social Security Program"
Miss Emma c. Puschner, director,
and Margurite G. Seibert, assistant
director of the American Legion Ma
tional Child Welfare Division at In
dianapolis, Ind, will be present
throughout the entire conference and
will be available for consultation and
assistance.
The Department Ball Committee,
under the direction of James Kehoe,
general chairman, met at the May
flower Hotel Friday evening.
The Department World War Or
phans' Committee will meet Tuesday
at 1880 at the Army and Navy Club.
The Department Commander and
Department Vice Commander Ray
Zwinglas will accompany the Legions
bowling team when they journey to
Baltimore today to engage the team
representing that city at the Victoria
Alleys. A return match will be ar
ranged in this city. Total pinfall for
the two matches will decide the winner
The Legion was represented in the
inaugural ceremonies when eight
picked men from this department were
assigned to the Presidents guard of
honor and placed in front of the Presi-
dents reviewing stand at the White
House. Four were from the American
Legion guard Of honor and four were
from the Legion itself. They were Capt
Guy c. Nadeau. Lieut.. John j. Nc
Ginnis. Sergt. Thomas Murray and
sergt. Frank Waite from the guard OF
honor and department First Vice
Comdr. Ray Zwinglas. Joseph vallin
p. c., Second Division Post; Depart
ment Ceremonial Oficer Hayworth
Saunders and Samuel Goldberg, P. g,
Department of Kentucky.
Sergt Jasper.
Serpt. JASPER Post. at the Pythian