Evening star., 1950-05-21
1,10O 10 Attend
UCS Conference
Here Tomorrow
Senator SoItonstull
To Address Luncheon;
Eiqht Sessions Slated

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More than l,l00 persons have
registered for the all-day Health.
Welfare and Recreation Confer
ence to be sponsored by United
Community Services at the Shore
ham tomorrow.
Forty experts will speak at
eieht morning and afternoon ses-
sionS devoted 10 variety Of
topics. At 1880 pm. the annual
uCS luncheon meeting will elect
trustees and general assembly
members. Senator Saltonstall. Re
publican, Of Massachusetts. and
John j. CorSon. former official of
UNRRA will speak,
Additional registrations will be
accepted starting at Q am. to-
morrow N the hotel lobby, up 70
the limit Of capacity, officials an
nounced. The luncheon already
has been booked solid. however.
DIR. Gesell to Speak.
Nearly half of the conference
registrants have signed up for q
talk by DR., Arnold Gesell, noted
authority on child care. DR..
Gesell, director Of the Child De-
velopment Research Center at
Yale University, is scheduled TO
speak at $50 am. in the main
ballroom.
His topic will be the growth
and development of the normal
child in the family. and he will
show movies made in the Yale
clinic.
These other simultaneous ses-
sions also are scheduled for $50
am:
What can the community do to
help the emotionally disturbed
Eugene Meyer. chair
man: Hugh Smith. principal. JEFF
ferson Junior High School; DR..
Georges H. Lussier. director, Ar
thur Brisbane Child Treatment
Center, Allaire. N, j.; DR.. Mabel
Ross, director. Prince Georges
County Mental Health Center.
Medical Care Is Topic.
Can Washington afford good
medical care?-Dr. Herbert p.
Ramsey, chairman: DR.. George
Baehr, chief of medicine. Mount
Sinai Hospital, New York; DR..
George C. Rutland, executive d.
rector, District Division, American
Cancer Society; Dr. Frank D. Cos
tenbader. president. District Medi-
cal Service; DR.. Paul B. Cornely,
medical directors Freedoms Hos
pital; DR.. v. L. Ellicott. Mont
gomery County health officer.
Meeting the challenge of old
age-Miss Dorothea Sullivan,
chairman: Miss Ollie Randall,
Community Services Society, New
York; DR.. Edward J. Stieglitz.
consultant. Veterans Administra-
tion; Clark Tibbits, Public Health
Service: Evan Clague, commits
sioner. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Eugene Merritt.
Afternoon Sessions Listed.
These sessions are listed for
2:30 pm:
Youth and leisure time
whose ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS K.
Brightbill. chairman; DR.. Harold
D. Meyer. University of North
Carolina; DR.. Thomas A. Harris,
Navy Department; Miss Helen
Biren. Western High School; Al
Ian Milofsky. Roosevelt High
School; Milo F. christensen. su-
perintendent. District Recreation
Department; Miss Mabel r. Cook.
executive director, Young Wom-
ems Christian Association.
How can we assure our mental
health?-Dr. Robert H. Felix,
chairman; DR.. Curtis G. Southland,
Public Health Service; Miss Mar
garet Hagan. American Red
Cross: DR.. John w. Powell. direc-
tor. Group Education Service:
Allyn p. Robinson, director, Com
mission on Religious Organiza-
tions, National Conference Of
Christians and Jews; Miss Juanita
Luck. Mid-Century White House
Conference on Children and
Youth.
Other Meetings Slated.
How can we best rehabilitate
our convicted offenders?-G. Row.
land Shaw. chairman; DR.. Wal
ter C. Reckless. Ohio State Uni
versity; Austin MacCormick. Os-
borne Association. New York.
Growing up in the community
Ted F. Silvey. secretary, CIO
Community Services Committee:
Perry B. Hall, Family and Chill
dren's Service. Pittsburgh; Mrs.
Daniel Culhane. Preston B. Kav-
anagh, DR.. Gladys T. Peterson and
DR.. John W. Rustin. pastor. Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church.
Mrs. Harold H. Burton is chair
man of the program committee
for the conference.