Evening star., 1938-01-08
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TO OPEN FRIDAY
A. F. Of l., c. |. 0. and
Workers. Alliance Amonu
Conference Sponsors.

The conference on unemployment
and taxation, which opens here next
Friday night AZ the Continental Ho.
tel under auspices Of the Joint Com.
pirtee on Unemployment and Taxa
ton, Is sponsored by leading members
OF such phtlosophically divergent labor
ORGANIZATIONS as the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, the Committee for In
dustrial Organization and the Workers'
Alliance OF America, it was announced
today.
The chief purpose of the conference.
which will continue through Saturday.
Is the consideration Of how Congress
can be moved during its current ses-
sion to adopt adequate" programs OF
direct relief, public works and housing
and taxation. The conferees will hear
members of the Senate and House
DISCUSS the organization of q congress.
sional bloc to push these programs,
the committee said.
Green Among Sponsors.
Ihe conference sponsors include
william Green, president Of the A. F.
OF L.; Lee Pressman, general counsel
OF the c. I. O.; Judge Henry Warrun,
general counsel of the United Mine
Workers; David LASER, president of
the Workers Alliance; Donald Hen.
oerson, president Of the Agricultural.
Cannery, Packing and Allied Workers
OF America; Jerome Davis. presi-
dent OF the American Federation OF
Teachers.
John H. Bosch, president of the
Farmers Holiday Association; j. r.
butier, president of the Southern Ten.
ant Farmers Union; DR.. Stephen S.
wise, president of the American Jew.
Sh Congress; Norman Thomas, How.
ard Kester, secretary of the Committee
on Economics and Racial Justice:
James Myers Of the Committee on In
dustrial Relations, Federal Council Of
Churches; DR.. D. w. Shoemaker and
Or. John H. Gray, former president of
tne American Economic Association.
Symposium on Relief.
The conference will open with a
symposium on unemployment and re-
lief. at which d. Gray will preside
while DR.. Eduard C. Lindeman of New
York discusses Federal aid to educa-
ton and DR.. Charlotte Hawkins
Brown Of Sedalia. N. c.; Howard Kes-
Ter, Rose Stein of the League for So
clal Justice, Pittsburgh, Pa, and Helen
Hall. president of the National Asso-
clation Of Settlements, offer reports
on the state Of unemployment In va
rlous parts Of the country.
The morning topic on SATURDAY. Is
The Crisis In Our Economic Oreaniza-
tion.' There will be three talks at
the luncheon meeting at 12:45 pm.
Saturday, which will be broadcast by
the National Broadcasting Co. to a
Nationwide audience.
Senator La Toilette. Progressive, Of
Wisconsin will be the chief speaker
at later meeting at 2:3o pm.
on How to Meet the Cost of Un-
employment and Relief" The general
topic OF a dinner at 8 pm. Saturday
will be THE Nation Must Face the
Facts"
The Executive Committee Of the
conference includes Dr. John Haynes
Holmes, Community Church, New
York City: DR.. Abraham Epstein, sec
retary OF the American Association for
Social Security; Bishop Francis j. Nc
Connel OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church; DR.. Harry w. Ladder, direc-
tor of the League for Industrial De.
mocracy; Msgr. John A. Ryan, direc-
tor OF the National Catholic Welfare
Conference; Mrs. Ethel Clyde, DR.. lie
Roy E. Bowman, Mrs. Harriet Stan.
ton Blatch and Darwin j. Meserole,
president of the National Unemploy-
ment League.