East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-04-07

Building at the University Of
Maryland. The interest of those
present was manifested by their
silence and attention during all
the addresses as we'll as during
the Presidents speech. There
was a hearty applause when the
President expressed his unshake-
able faith in the Overwhelming
majority of fine, earnest, high
spirited youngsters who COM
prise this rising generation Of
Americans"
This opening session marked
the beginning of a week-long
assessment Of the good life for
children in rapidly changing
world. The main theme Of the
conference is: "To promote op-
portunities for children and
youth to realize their full poten-
tial for creative life in free
dom and dignity" The Youth
Conferences have been held
every 10 years since President
Theodore Roosevelt convened the
first White House Conference on
the Care of Dependent Children
in 1909. That conference was
partly responsible for the es-
tablishment of the U. S. Child
ren's Bureau in 1912, the enact
ment of child labor laws in a
number Of states, and the for
nation of the Child Welfare
League of America. 1t was good
to see President Theodore Roose-
velt's daughter (Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth) on the front row of |.
the platform.
Financed largely by private
funds, the organization of the
1860 Conference is under the l
direction of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare.
OF the three existing Committees
which provide the nucleus for
the Conference, only one is a
governmental committee - the |
lnterdepartmental Committee on
Children and Youth. The two
-governme n tai committees \
are the National Council of State
Committees on Children and
Youth and the Council of Ma
tional Organizations on Children
and Youth. The name "White
House Conference" is derived
from the fact that it was in
stigated at the Presidents re-
quest. The leaders are to be com
NEEDED for the highly efficien.
manner in which the weeks
proceedings have been organ
lied.
Memorial Honors
Mary Mcleod Bethune
On ednesday of this week
the House unanimously passed
my bill (H. j. Res. 502) to auth
orize the Secretary of Interior
to grant authority to the Ma
tional Council Of Negro Women
to erect a memorial in honor of
the late Mary Mcleod Bethune
and the commemoration of the
one hundredth anniversary of
the signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation. The memorial is
to be erected on public ground
in the District of Columbia at
no expense to the United States
government. Its design and To-
cation must be approved by the
Secretary Of Interior, the Com
mission of Fine Arts, and the
National Capital Planning Com
mission.
Among thhe Negro people
who have truly shared the
American dream of freedom
none stands higher than the
late Mary Mcleod Bethune =
educator, civic worker, and ad-
visor to Presidents. Rightly r
called the "First Woman of Her
Race" her life work stands as
a testimonial to selfless dedica-
ton in behalf of her people.
The National Council of Negro
Women hopes to be able to To-
cate the memorial in Lincoln
Park on East Capitol st. in the
District of Columbia. This is
the location of a dramatic statue
of President Lincoln and a freed
Negro slave, known as the
Emancipation Group. The Lin
coin statue was dedicated on
April ID, 1876, and was built
with funds contributed solely by
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