Evening star., 1939-04-26

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Jenifer, Walter c. Glover and Elijah
Thompson, assault with a danger
Gus weapon, and Ruth Mallory,
mayhem and assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Child Welfare
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him should he fall i'll: that at
school he will find the teachers
and tools needed for an education:
that when he grows up there will
be job for him and that he will
some day. establish his own home.
LAS we consider these essentials
OF happy childhood our hearts
are heavy with the knowledge that
.there are many children who cam
not make these assumptions.
Emphasizing that the conference
and its activities furnish IAN op-
portunity for us to test ourselves
and our institutions by the extent
to which they serve our children"
the President told the delegates.
Il look to you for comprehensive
review of the problems before us
and suggestions as to practical ways
in which we may advance toward
.our goal"
He warned that the conference
must not direct its attention to
T4l1
ton of the health. education and
well-being Of the Nations children,
because children receive benefits
not in Washington, but in the places
where they live"
Mrs. Roosevelt. who gave the
closing address at the morning ses-
sion, told the delegates that they
must disseminate the doctrine that
the Nation is no longer sectional,
that what happens anywhere in the
country is important to the rest OF
the country.
IF we don't know what goes on
all over the country" she asserted,
I'VE can't possibly tell what's going
to happen in our own community
few years from now"
She said that while she referred
to every element of countrys life,
she thought it particularly impor-
.tant to consider knowing" the Ma
ton in relation to children because
''our futures lie in their hands
Because the man who will be
President of the United States in
1880 is a child somewhere in the
country today whose name and ad-
dress is unknown. measures for the
protection, education and civic de-
velopment of all children must be
provided. Homer Folks, secretary of
the State Charities Aid Association
OF New York, told the conference.
First Conference Described.
Mr.. Folks, who was vice chairman
OF the first White House conference
on children, called by President
Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, de-
planned that since each of the three
previous White House sessions was
influenced by the trend of the times
sit is inevitable that this confer
ence should deal with children in
democracy"
With democracy under fire "by
men who now speak for some of
the most powerful nations of the
world" he said the time has come
to take fresh look at the practical
operations of democracy as it affects
the welfare of children and then
make the necessary re-adjustments
to prove that democracy is de-
veloping process capable of adjust
ment to varying social needs"
Secretary of Labor Perkins, who
as chairman of the conference pre-
sided at the session, said she appre
-clated Mr.. Folks discussion on "po-
litical patronages" but reminded the
audience that they must not lose
sight Of the advantages of the poll
tlclan to social work. She said it was
up to organizations like theirs to use
their pressure to elect men inter-
ested in social welfare.
Major Studies Outlined.
Before presenting the President,
Miss Perkins asserted nowhere are
the interests of children more deep,v
cherished than in America. She out
lined as major points for considera-
tion by the conference a study of
what the primary objectives of a
democratic society are in relation TO
children and to what extent these
objectives are being realized.
Discussing the responsibility of a
democratic society for the care of
children and youth, the Right Rev.
Msgr Robert F. Keegan, executive
director of Catholic Charities of the
Archdiocese of New York, said that
children today face Illustration, in
security, fear, despair, resentment,
confusion and lack of opportunity.
He cited as major responsibilities
the necessity to marshal every asset
Ito fortify our children against the
insidious forces which would regi-
ment them, deprive them of their
freedom, deny them equality OF op-
portunity and ruin them morally in
body and SOUL" and to teach the
fundamental concepts of our de-
mocracy.
I'VE must not let these difficult
years rob our young people of hope"
he said. "The totalitarian ideologies
lure youth to false havens of Sc
cufity. They force upon. youth q
spurious security in exchange for
freedom"