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SENATE OPPOSES SEA MAL AWARD Takes “Advisory” Action on Philadelphia Contract. Black Resolution Wins. B the Associated Press. | ‘The Senate today adopted the Black | fresolution directing the Postmaster Gen- | eral to postpone awarding an ocean | mail contract to the Philadelphia Mail | Bteamship Co. pending an investigation. | A short time before the vote—45 to | 28—two bids were ‘received at the Post- office Department—one from the Phila- delphia company and the other from | the Southgate Nelson Corporation of | Norfolk. Vote Not Mandatory. The vote on the resolution, mbrely ad- | visory and not mandatory on the Post- | master General, was taken after almost two days of debate. Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, New Faces in Next Congr JOHN H. BURKE WAS ONCE BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ARNING his way .in school by serving as a life guard at Long Beach, Calif., carrying a paper route and doing night clerk duty in a hotel, John H. Burke, a tyro in politics, will represent the eighteenth California district ih the Seventy-third Congress. - He is 38 years old, married and the father of five children. M. Burke was born in Excelsior, ‘Wis.; spent his early childhood in Min- nesota, lived in San Pedro, Calif., from 1900 to 1909, and since then in Long Beach, where he has practiced law for 15 years. He came from a typical American family of hard-working pcople. They enjoyed a few of the ordinary comforts 1usually found in the homes of even the poorer class of people. He was grad- uated| from the Polytechnic High Schoal of Long Beach in 1913. While in school he developed into a first-class swimmer, winning his school letters on both the swimming team and the water polo team. He attended the University of Southern California Law School and was atimitted to the bar in 1917. Burke is a natural lawyer, with a strong, clear voice; thinks fast and who introduced the resolution, charged | quite joften wins a case with the wit- ihe proposed contract was “tainted with inesses of the opposition. He seems to fraud and corruption” and that the!know intuitively when the tide turns administration was attempting to rush and is ready to take advantage of it. it through before the Democrats came | He is/a “Teddy” Roosevelt type of cam- Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, denied any wrongdoing in connection with th> proposed contract | and said there was “no secrecy burry” about its approval. A motion by Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, that the Senate notify immediately the President, the Post- ‘master Gezgral and the Shipping Board | of its action was approved. “ The Senate Vote. Thirty-seven Democrats and eight | Republican Independents voted for the | Black resolution Two Democrats— Bailey and Copeland—joined 26 Re- publicans in opposition. H Just before the vote, Senator Fess, | Republican, Ohio, who had defended | , Postmaster General Brown's participa- tion in the case, asked Reed if the reso- Jution would have any effect and the {Pennsylvanian said if he were the Post- master General he would “not pay the slightest attention to it.” ‘The Philadelphia company is backed by the Roosevelt steamship interests. ‘The proposed contract is for $5.000,000 or $10,000,000, depending upon the fre- quency of service, and runs for 10 years. | . RUM RING CONVICTED Jury Holds Ten Guilty on Nearly 100 Counts. PHILADELPHIA, March 1 (#).— Charged with participating in the oper- ation of an alleged $5,000,000 liquor syndicate, 10 men were convicisd on nearly 100 counts by a jury in_the United States District Cour erday. Fifty men were originally indicted for operating a syndicate including ships, offices and radio stations. Twenty-four men pleaded guilty, charges against two were dropped and the others have not been brought to trial. Among the latter 15 J. Frank Hilton, reputed leader of the ring, who is resisting extradition from Canada. into power. ‘L or | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, D. C. Public School Associa- tion, District Building, 8 p.m. Meeting, Argo Lodge, B'Nai B'rith, Jewish Community Center, 8:15 p.m. Dinner, National Capital Republican Club, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Banquet, St. David Welch Society, Mayflower Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Meeting, Chi Sigma Sorority, $lower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Hotel end Restaurant Em- ployes’ Alliance, 1412 I street, 3 p.m. May- | | TOMORROW. Luncheon, League of ‘Women of the District, M2yflower Hotel, | 32:30 pm. Luncheon, D. C, Bankers' Association, | willard Hotel, 12:45 pm. [ Luncheon, Church of the Epiphany, Parish Hall, 1317 G street, 12 noon. Luncheon, Phi Gamma Delta Frater- hity, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Club, University Luncheon, Cornell Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Theta Delta Chi Frater- | hity, University Club, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Department of State, Uni- | Wersity Club, 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon, “¥” Club, University Club, 22:30 pm, Luncheon, Kiwanis Club, Raleigh| Hotel, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, Washington _Chapter, Catholic University Alumni, Madrillon ‘Restaurant, 12 noon. { SPECIAL NOTICES. ax _work: experi- reas able highest refer- AN R. SILLING, National 0462 [C AND SPAN CLEANING AND 1t in branch rd. 14th and be sold for cleaning charges after March 1933. Those wishing to claim their articles may call at the Paramount Cleaners and e. n.w. ice does not include garments teft at_ Conn._ave. n.w.) _ g How I know I am going into Heaven! Hez Swen, Pastor, Sun. 8 pm. Ci Bap. Ch.. 7th & Eye ne. Free ga HAVE YOU A SMALL ELECTRICAL JOB? 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BURKE. |itics and is first an American. This is gi:; first experience as a political candi- ate. His secretary, Lorne D. Middough, and t through school together. He My office door will always be DET SEALING N CHEF RELEF HOP Bankiuptey Legislation Sig- nificant in View of Doubt- ful Inflation Outlook. BY MARK SULLIVAN. Passage by the Senate of the emgr- scaling down of debt, is important in itself and as a sign of fundamental trend. The basic condition underlying every- thing in business and polities is that present prices of goods cannot permit payment of debt created when prices were much higher. That is the fixed and inescapable dilemma from which one of two courses must be taken. For over three years, public policy and much private policy went on the assumption that prices of goods might rise naturally 1 and thus cure the situation. ‘What is new now and has grown gradually for about six months is con- victian on the part of Government agencies and others that no immediate rise in prices great enough to take care of debts is likely to occur naturally. With acceptance of this condition, the dilemma is being faced frankly. Choice is now being deliberately made between the two ways out of it. Each way has attracted many partisans. One way is to bring about by legis- lation an artificial rize in prices which will permit debts to be paid. Advocacy of this path takes the form of proposing to inflate the currency. It is about this method that most of the talk is cur- rent. The other path out of the dilemma is to scale down debts to a point where it is practicable to pay them at the present prices of goods. It is as a step along this path that the so-called emer- gency bankruptcy bill has been passed. 100 Inflation Bills. The significant thing is that whereas most of the talk is about inflation of the currency, the only legislation actually passed is one which makes a start along the line of scaling *down ebi. in Congress locking toward currency inflation. No one of them has made even faint progress toward enactment. On the other hand, the present bill for scaling down debt is the one meas- ure which in a mass of important and needed legislation of all kinds in this | dilatory Congress, has actually thrust itself forward with such vitality as to get itself passed. It is significant that the vote in the Senate was 44 to 8. In the House the vote expressing be- lief in this way out of fflcpresslofl was, equally heavy, 201 to 3 they proof ceems convincing that scaling down of debt and not currency inflation is the trend upon which the country has embarked. Not only that Scaling of debt can be accomplished, or at least many in Congress think it can be accomplished, in two ways: One is scaling down by fiat, by act of Con- gress. For this purpose scores of bills are pending. No one of them is going to be enacted. The other way of scal- ing down debt is by voluntary compro- mise between debtor and creditor. It is for facilitating this process that the present measure is passed. This is substantially the only measure dealing with the fundamental condition that has actually achieved passage. The sum of all is that scaling down of debt by mutual agreement between debtor and creditor seems the path by which the country is going to work out : | of this depression. Any carfeul distilla- tion of everything that is under way in Congress or out would reveal vol- untary, scaling down of debt as the fundamental trend. Provision of Bill Passed. ‘The bill passed this week by the Sen- ate an? already passed by the House provides a method whereby the debtor and his creditors may come to- gether under the supervision of the courts and work out either scaling down of principal, or scaling down of interest, or extension of time, or all three. Speaking loosely and without taking into account differing versions of the bill as passed by Senate and House, the measure sets up a process to be used by persons or corporations not neces- sarily insolvent, but who, as described in the careful words of the bill, are “unable to meet their debts as they mature.” ‘There is one process for farmers and other individuals, another for railroads and ancther for other cor- speaking roughly, a farmer ual “unable to meet his debts as they mature can go into court with a statement of his condition. The court will thereupon take action which amounts to a moratorium and which prevents any one creditor pressing his claim to the disadvantage of others. During the moratorium the debtor must work out a plan for compromise. If the plan is accepted by a majority of the creditors, even so small a ma- jority as 51 per cent, the court will Action by the court, of course, binds the remaining 49 per cent of the creditors. For railroads and other corporations the proportion of creditors whose assent is required is larger, “creditors holding two-thirds in amount.” ‘The House version of the bill provides for all three types of debtor, farmers and other individuals, railroads, and other corporations. The Senate version omitted provision for ordinary corpora- tions on the ground that Senators had not enough time to familiarize them- selves with this part of the bill. The two_versions, are now in a committee conference from House and.Senate. Out of this will emerge some one form of the bill which both chambers will adopt and President Hoover will sign. This measure, when it becomes law, will have significance far beyond what is ordinarily realized. It is a recognition that inability of a debtor to pay under present conditions is an utterly different thing from what under n tions is called bankruptoy. recognizes that present is the consequence of' it may be called an act of nature affecting the There are more than 100 bills| GREEH HTS CHDE O IS PERNS |Says “Labor Can Never Be- come Reconciled”—Women Praise Appointment. By the Associated Press. William Green, president of the | gency bankruptey bill, which may be | American Federation of Labor, said in a | | called an act to facilitate voluntary | statement today the officers and mem- bers of the federation were “keenly dis- | appointed over President-elect Roose- | velt's selection of a Secretary of Labor.” | The statement by Green came after |officials of the National League of | Women Voters, the Woman's Party and | other prominent women had joined in |praising the selection of Miss Frances Perkins for the labor post. Green said: “Labor has consistently [contended that the Department of [Labor should be what its name implies | L2f JFC8 CoHon “yith the renovizing | and that the Secretary of Labor should | be representative of labor, one who un- derstands labor, labor’s problems, labor’s | psychology, collective bargaining, indus- trial relations and one who enjoys the confidence of labor. | “Can Never Be Reconciled.” | “In the opinion of labor, the pewly | appointed Secretary of Labor does not | meet these qualifications. Labor can | never become reconciled to the selection | made.” | In a telegram to Mr. Roosevelt, Mrs. | Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the | Democratic party, said: | “This is a red letter day for women. | I 2m sure I voice the sentiment of mil- lions when I say we deeply appreciate your progressive action in appointing a woman to your cabinet. We rejoice that you have chosen Frances Perkins, one who possesses brilliant equipment to re< | flect credit on her party, her country | and womankind.” | “I am delighted to have a woman ap- | pointed on the basis of her fitness for the office and not merely because she is a woman,” said Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, a former vice chairman. “Both because it is a well deserved reccgnition of splendid public service end as further establishing political equality of women, the appointment of Miss Perkins to the cabinet is an im- pressive evidence of progressive states- manship,” said Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen. Mrs. Harriman Gratified. “I have never had anything gratifying me more!” said Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man. “It is a great appointment! I have been for it from the first. I know of no other woman better fiited to a special job.” Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, chair- man of the National Council of th Woman's Party, wrote both Mr. Roose- velt and Miss Perkins. The letter to the President-elect said: “I want to tell you of the very great pleasure you have given the members of this organization in your recognition of women, by giving a place in your cabinet to a woman. “We congratulate you, and we con- gratulate her; and wish you both every good wish for the days to come.” The League of Women Voters also praised the selection. Miss Belle Sher- win, its president, issued a statement saying: “The League of Women Voters is de- lighted that the first woman appointed to a cabinet office is so exceptionally qualified for the portfolio in question as Miss Perkins is. She has served her State with distinction in a similar office in a period making the most ex- acting demands on an administrator.” GOV. LEHMAN COMMUTES SENTENCES OF SLAYERS Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Simpson Get Life Imprisonment for Killin~ Child. By the Associated Pr . ALBANY, N. Y, March 1—The death sentences against Mary Fields Simpson, 22, and her husband, R. J. Simpson, 29, convicted of slaying her 1-year-old child, were commuted to life imprisonment yesterday by Gov. Leh- man, “It is perfectly apparent to me,” Gov. Lehman said, “from the record, the public hearing and the close study I have given to the case that these two defendants are mentally defective.” The couple would have been electro- cuted at Sing Sing Prison tomorrow night. Mrs. Simpson would have then become the fourth woman executed in New York State. The child, a boy, was born to Mrs. Simpson before her marriage. mentous days: 811 E St. N.W. | to be lccated on a site in front of the, | Depertment of Commerce Building at| March’s Bluster Like that of some people, may not amount to anything, but again it may. Be pre- pared with a few tons of Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite and don’t worry. Then you will have more time to see and hear what’s going on these mo- RENOVIZERS TO USE EVERY AD MEDIUM Opening Date for Movement Will Be Announced at Meeting Tuesday. 1 ) 1] Ld . ‘The foundation for an aggressive ad- veruah‘:funnd publicity program for the “Reno ‘Washington” campaign was laid yesterday when the Committee of Thirteen of the Washington Advefl.l.ll& Club met in the Raleigh Hotel. Designed to reach everybody in the Capital through every medium, the com- mittee’s campaign will be participated in by leaders in every form of adver- tising, according to James W. Hardey, chairman of the Special Committee. The actual “Renovize Washington”} campaign, Arthur B. Heaton, general| chairman of the movement pointed out, has not yet started. The activities at present, he said, are merely preliminary to the campaign. The entire commit- tee will meet Tuesday in the headquar- ters of the Washington Board of Trade, Mr. Heaton announced, at which time the opening date for the movement will be made known. Will Report on Survey. | The cempaign chairman, who with | Claude W. Owen, vice president of the Board of Trade; Col. Leroy W. Herron, Mr. Hardey and Charles J. Columbus, flew to Philadelphia Monday to make a study of the similar mcvement in that city, which ceveloped $22,000.000 worth of additional business, announced ; a report on this urvey would be made &t the meeting Tuesday. The committee yesterday decided that its program “would run the gamut of all legitimate forms of advertising.” It was decided that the program wculd be free from sensationalism and “sob sister” appeal. Much favorable com- ment was made on the Philadeiphia | slogan, “Renovize—It is gcod busme&sl for you and good for busines.” 1t was emphasized by Mr. Heaton that the movement was in no wise a money- raising campaign and no solicitors would have authority to make such representations. The Pederaticn of Citizens' Ascocla- tions has been asked to co-operate through its constituent bodies in the | search for a dilapidated house to be used for demonstration purposes in connection with the renovizing cam- | paign, Prancis P. Sullivan, president of | the District Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and chairman of | | the committee in charge of this feature, | announced today. The house is to be an old one-story frame structure and is Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Memorandum Issued. Indicative of the Nation-wide atten- tion being focused on the National Cap- effort, the United States Department of Commerce Home Modernizing Commit- tee yesterday issued a press memoran- dum to be distributed throughout the country, describing the Washington campaign. ‘The bulletin stated: “A carefully planned home repair and remodeling campaign is now under way in Washington, through the enhstsd‘ support of leading business, civic and | other interested local organizations. The main objectives are the increase of employment among building trades workers, stimulation of business and stabilization of home property values. “The active participation of the Dis- trict of Columbia Bankers' Association, which has created a $500,000 credit pool for the granting of small loans to home owners for desirable home improvements and repairs, should greatly assist in de- veloping effective results. It is hoped to liberalize loan regulations so that the worthy small property owner may more easily finance home repairs and remodeling work. “Another constructive feature of the campaign is the plan of placing a dilap- | idated small house on a prominent downtown site, where it is to be com- pletely remodeled and equipped under the supervision of local architects, in plain public view from day to day. Fig- ures showing actual cost of the work as it progresses will be made public as a guide to homeowners, and a public information Booth, where details on re- modeling and home repairs may be se- cured, will be erected near this house. Campaigns in 144 Cities. “Reports received by the Department | of Commerce Home Modernizing Com- mittee show that during 1932 144 cities conducted organized home improve- ment and repair work campaigns of va- rious types. Of this group 81 reported expenditures by property owners for labor and materials of approximately 70 million dollars. “The value of conducting educational home improvement campaigns has im- pressed local leaders in many cities and towns over the country. A number of business leaders predict that replace- ment business, including the smaller projects involving home repairs and modernizing, will form an important part of the business program for 1933. “A careful study of successful com- munity home improvement campaigns has been made during the past two years by the Home Modernizing Com- mittee, chiefly to make available the best methods which have been em- ployed in various cities, to other in- terested communities. This commit- tee, which is composed of a voluntary membership of 17 representative hous- ing experts, functions as an advisory committee of the division of building and housing of the Bureau of Stand- ards, and has available on request de- tails of methods which have been used in these various home repair and re- modeling campaigns, as well as in- formation of interest to individual home owners.” F. M. FEIKER SPEAKS Bureau Director Addresses Tele- phone Company Employes. Prederick M. Feiker, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-~ merce, addressed a “get-together” meet- ing of Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. employes last night at Mc- Kinley High School. He discussed various features of modern merchan- dizing. John A. Remon, general .manager of the tciephone company, also spoke, giv- ing a brief resume of progress during | the past year. A musical program in- cluded a band concert by the Tall Cedars Military Band, under the direc- tion of Charles R. Brill and a song recital by the telephone complny‘;' glee club, directed by Robert Davidson. Marlow Coal Co. NAtional 0311 Dependable Coal Service Since fiS8 INUTE YSTERY Can .‘5'01!/}{70;.‘7¢ Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at 8 famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities when confronted with particularly baffiing cases. This problem has been teken {rom his case- | k covering hundreds of criminal investi- sations. s Ty our wits on it. It takes buy ONE MIN ' clus to read.’ Every fact and eve necessary to its’ sol story itself—and there is only one answer. How ©00d & detettive are you? Class Day. BY H. A. RIPLEY. N passing I stopped to read the corner stone inscripiion ‘AND MOSEC SAID FOR TODAY IS A SABBATH UNTO THE LORD AD. 1901, and my thoughts flew back to the day i, was laid. You were there, Jim, but you wouldn't remember,” smiled Prof. Fordney turning to one of his students ution are in the [ WOMEN APPROVE SOCIAL WORK PLAN Five Objectives Adopted by White House Group for Problems Here. Plans for a progressive program of soclal work in the Capital were laid at a meeting of the Washington division of the Women's Committee of the Na- tional Citizens' Committee for Mobili- zation of Welfare and Relief at the White House yesterday at the invitation of Mrs. Herbert Hoover. The gathering was presided over by Mrs. John Jay O’Connor, and a gen- eral outline of the situation to be faced was given by Newbold Noyes, associate editor of The Star and chairman of the last Community Chest campaign. Mrs. Hoover, welcoming the group, explained that the organization, orig- inally planned as a “body of inspira- tion,” has found so much work to do in the class room. “Ycu were a tot- tering tot of 2, clinging to Kelley's neck, who in those that it would not disband at this time, as scheduled, but would be continued for at least another two months. “I am very much pleased to be here nd to see what an inspirational com- o days was just a| flatfoot and con-| stantly chided me | about wanting to be a criminologist! “Samuel Rosen- mann was with us; we three had been / pals since grade school. How little did any of us re- alize that day what our futures weuld be! Kelly, inspector | of police; Rosenmann, rabbi of that very temple, which, by the way, is still considered one of the finest in the city, and me—a criminologist, teaching you young fellows the science of crime de- tection! “It has been several years since I| heard Rosenmann speak. I must at-| tend one of his services in the near| future. But, reminfscing will not get on with our day’s work. | “Jim, I want you to briefly sum up | \ last lecture on bullet identification.” | “Why . .. why . .. Ihaven't had a chance to study my notes, professor. I thought vou'd give us a few more days on that. However, you didn't catch me | off guard with vour reminiscence. I've learned your storles always carry a point.” boy,” responded Fordney | LET" 'S HAVE mittee does,” she said. “I am sure that there is room here for just such an or- ganization.” - Conditions Grow Worse. Mr. Noyes, painting a gloomy ple- ture of the relief situation in Washing- ton, declared the situation is getting worse and will continue to be increas- ingly worse throughout the year. He attributed the condition to the fact that additional employers have been com- pelled to let their employes go and to the fact that there are more and more people who, having weathered the de- pression of the past three years, are finding themselves at the end of their last poesible resources and must now ;p}:\]y to welfare and relief agencies for elp. “The picture in Washingtcn,” he said, “is not a happy one, and we must look forward to facing worse conditions than ever before.” He urged the group to use its in- fluence n persuading Congress to per- | the important facts of Col. Goddard's | mit the expenditure of more municipal funds to meet the situation. “It is unfair,” he declared, “to unload upon the shoulders of half dozen men and women the task of always appearing beforz Coagress in behalf of this reliet need. It is just as much ycur responsi- bility as that of these few who are always being asked to shoulder it.” He declared that while relief is the outstanding problem just now, it shonld ood | heartily. “All'right . . . " | not be permitted to overshadow to too The above problem was sent to the 8reat an extent the need for morale- professor by Clive Nelson, Melbourne, | ustaining and character-building or- Aniteaa’ | ganizations, which are supplying some- Perhaps you have one you would like to have Fordney try on His class. If so, | send it in care of this paper. He will be delighted to do so. (For solution, see page A-12) | FOUR DISTRICT BILLS- | TO COME UP TODAY Chairman Norton Awaits Suspen- sion of Rules to Seek House Vote. Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Committee is on the floor of the House today waiting an opportunity to call up four District bills under sus- pension of the rules. She has been promised the co-operation of House leaders in bringing up these measures. The bill which passed the Senate and | which previously has passed the House twice to regulate the business of pro- fessional bondsmen is the most impor- tant of the four measures. It is be- | lieved to be a most important step towards improving the administration of justice in the District. Representative Gilbert, Democrat of Kentucky, who has sponsored this leg- islation for the past six years, conferred with Speaker Garner today and received assurance an opportunity would be given to call up the bill. | Mrs. Norton expects to get action to- day upon the McLeod bill authorizing | an appropriation of $40,000 for free lunches to undernourished school chil- | dren in the District, to be administered through the Board of Education. | _She also plans to call up the bill to | license electricians, which also requires that electrical equipment shall meet standards fixed by the District Commis- | sioners, and the bill which authorizes the Commissioners to issue a permit for an oil and gas pipe line under First street northeast between L and M. BURNS PROVE FATAL T0 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL Murray Child Sets Clothing Afire While Playing With Match. Five-year-old Mary Virgini died today at Children's !g{os:icnfi( ufx;rot;y: burns suffered yesterday when she found ?‘Eng’: whfl: at play in her home, irmont street, he{‘ clothing. T ary Virginia's mother, Mrs. Virginia Murray, an employe of the telex:}l‘one company, was at work, and the child was playing alone. She had been warned against matches, and the boxes were stored out of her reach, but the child found a loose match in some manner. Mary Virginia's cries brought Mrs. Dora Queen and James Wheatley to her assistance. They wrapped the child in a rug, extinguished the flames and E;Irfled her to the hospital in a taxi- Novena for St. Francis' Xavier. A novena in honor of St. PFrancis Xavier will be held in St. Aloysius Church, North Capitol and I streets, beginning Saturday and continuing through March 12. There will be a special mass each day at 7 a.m, and 8:30 p.m. Do You Want thing just as greatly needed as food. Pledged to Objectives. Mrs. Dwight Clark offered a list of objectives to which the committee vot>d to pledze itself. Mrs. Charies A. Gold- smith, a member of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, pointed out that the emerg- ency relief division of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare now has 8,000 families under its care. Miss Mabel Boardman, an- other speaker, suggested that jobs be created by taking advantage of the offer of contractors {o supervise work in the homes, in order to give employment to unemploved men. . Mrs. Henry Flather’s resolution tha the committee pledge itself to go before Congress when needed was adopted. Another resolution offered by Mrs. Frederick H, Brooke, that the committee indorse the ideas of Mr. Noyes was adopted and a third resolution was adopted commending the work of Mrs. Nicholas Brady. national chairman of the women's division. Mrs. Hoover, who had an appoint- ment which forced her to leave early, held an informal reception, shaking hands with her many friends in the group before departing from what was probably the last mceting on social work she will attend as First Lady. Mrs. O'Connor paid tribute to the wonderful interest displayed by Mrs. Hoover in social work problems, dating frem the time of her appearance here as a ceabinet lady and extending throughout her term as chatelaine of the White House. Committee’'s Objectives. The objectives to which the enlarged | committee pledged itself are as follows: 1. Through groups to which the members of this ecmmittee belong and through their personal associations to stimulate on the part of the whole community an appreciation of the whole program of public and private social service, in the realization that the com- ity’s humanitarian endeavar is a fabric in which all threads must be strong if the fabric itself is to support those who are in various kinds of need. 2. To stimulate in the community an appreciation of the value of adequate skilled, professional and volunteer serv- ice in the administration of relief to that end that relief as given to those in need may be part of a constructive plan of treatment for the needy persons rather pauperizes and enervates. 3. To interpret the human need of the community to those in the com- munity who are in a position to do something about ameliorating the con- |} dition of those in need and preventing the continuance and recurrence of this need. 4. 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