Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1933, Page 10

"A—10 WELFARE GROUPS UNITE FOR SESSION Maryland State Conference and Washington Council Meet Next Week. The Joint Conference of the Mary- land State Conference of Social Wel- fare and the Washington Council of Social Agencies, will be held next Fri- day and Saturday in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. A clear understanding of “the respec- tive duties of Government and private g:lhn'.hropy is of particular and timely portance to civic leaders in the Dis- trict of Columbia,” Dr. Frederic W. Perkins, president of the Council of So- cial Agencies, said in connection with the conference. “The continuing rise in relief needs makes it essential that adequate governmental funds be made available for meeting them. Otherwise the entire year-round social welfare work of Washington * * * is in danger of being starved through financial mal- nutrition. We welcome, therefore, the opportunity for gaining a better knowl- edge of basic principles afforded by this social-welfare forum.” Soclal workers from Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware have been in- vited to attend the conference. Regis- tration books will 'n next Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock in rooms G and H at the Chamber of Commerce. New- bold Noyes will preside at the first ses- sion, Priday morning from 10:30 to 12:30 o'clock. Dr. Lubin to Speak. “Our Responsibility in the New Eco- nomic Order” will be discussed by Dr. Isador Lubin of Brookings Institution. Prof. William M. Leiserson of Antioch College will speak on “Social Changes and Shifting Responsibilities.” At the luncheon meeting there will be a round-table conference on “State Residence Laws,” with Miss Marie C. Judge, Baltimore Travelers’ Aid So- ciety, presiding. This meeting will be under auspices of the Transient Com- mittee of the Baltimore Council of So- cial Agencies. At 2:30 o'clock there will be a session devoted to “Control FPinancing and Service of a Community Social Work Program.” William Moses, president of -the Baltimore Community Fund, will preside. William Hodson, New York ‘Welfare Council, will speak on “Gov- ernment Responsibility” and Rev. John O'Grady, National Conference of Catholic Charities, will have as his topic. “Responsibilities and Opportuni- ties for Private Initiative.” ‘The annual dinner of the Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare ‘Workers will be held at 6:30 o'clock in the evening at the Powhatan Hotel. ‘This will be followed by an 8 o'clock session of the joint conference, the topic being, “Facing Responsibilities.” Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, member of the board of the Washington Council of Social Agencies, will preside. Dr. John A. Ryan, director of the National Catholic Welfare Council, will speak on “A New Social Economic Order.” Lin- ton S. Swift, Family Welfare Assocm-l tion of America, will speak on, “How Shall We Meet the Human Problems of the Future?” Program for Saturday. Saturday’s program is as_follows: 9:30 am. to 12:30 p.m.—Two round tables. “Ways and Means of Meeting Community Problems.” Room I—Miss Lavinia Engle, di- rector, Maryland League of Women Voters, member Maryland House of Delegates, presiding. ~Speakers, Roy Smith Wallace, National Recreation Association, on “Education for Leisure”; Michael M. Davis, Julius Rosenwald Fund, on “The Comunity Health Pro- gram”; Miss Mary Lucas, Family Wel- fare Association of America, on “The Family Agency in the Present Emer- gen Assembly Hall—Robert E. Bondy, di- rector of Disaster Relief, American Red Cross, presiding. Speakers, Miss Bertha McCall, National Travelers’ Aid Society, on “Treatment of the Transient a Com- munity Responsibility”; Walter Pettit, | New York School of Social Work, on | “What About the Jobless”; Austin Mac- Cormick, United States Department of Justice, 'on “The Community and the Prison. : —Luncheon, Y. W. C. A, W. Prank Persons, American Public Wel- fare Officlals’ Association, presiding. | Speakers, Paul T. Beisser, president, | Maryland_State Conference of Bocial | Welfare, “Presidential Address”: C. C. Carstens, executive director, Chiid Wel- | fare League of America, on “The Social | Workers' Task Today. Newcomb Alumnae to Meet. ‘The Washington Alumnae of Sophie Newcomb College, Louisiana, will meet Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at 3409 | Ordway street. l USE OF WOOD SAVES $2,000 ON FUEL BILL Catholic Charities’ Report Reveals Economy Practiced in ‘Winter. Use of wood prepared by its own cli- ents instead of coal saved more than $2,000 in the fuel bill of those clients, a to a report“made public yes- terday by the Rev. Laurence J. She- han, assistant director of the Catholic Charities. ‘The fuel bill of the Winter just past, according to the report, was $115.25, as compared with an expendi- ture of $2,667 the previous Winter for coal. The bill of the past Winter also included the food of the men who pre- | pared the wood. The fuel was obtained from the monastery grounds in Brookland, and many men considered ineligible for re- lief from the Emergency Relief Com- mittee of the Board of Public Welfare because of inability to work were in clearing the wooded section. $12.509 15 NEEDED BY CHARITY GROUP Minimum Sum Required for May, Estimated by Asso- ciated Charities. ! The A: ed Charities will need a | minimum o $12,549.58 to carry on re- | liet work for May, according to a re- port of the visitors of the organization | to be submitted to the Board of Man- agers at their meeting on Wednesday. | . Because of the necessity of conserv- | ing every dollar, the estimates were | called for so the board will know what the future icy of tI organization will be in the face of present condi- tions. Figures submitted by the visitors showed minimum needs as follows: | _ Rentals in whole or in part for 216 | families, most of whom would other- wise be evicted, $3,621.52; food for 495 families, $6,489.47; milk for 173 fami- | les in which there are young children, 1$1,133.73; other relief including shoes and_clothing, regular allowances, etc., for 127 families, $1,304.89. This makes a total, excluding duplicates, of 622 families who, according to the visitors, will need a minimum of $12,549.58. Figures Subject to Change. Walker S. Ufford, general secretary, | in submitting these figures, explained | that the estimates do not contemplate any expenditures for unexpected emer- |gencies that may arise or for ald for | any new families that may apply dur- | ing the month. He also adds that the | estimates for food are based on pres- | ent prices and will be subject to change according to what is going to happen | ;mder inflation or reflation of the dol- | lar. The Associated Charities has a de- | cidedly favorable standing in compara- tive figures of 62 agencies which report regularly to the statistical department | of the Russell Sage Foundation, accord- | ing to figures received from the foun- | dation by Mr. Ufford. His figures com- | pare favorably with the median figures | of the other 61 agencies notwithstand- | ing the fact that the case work staff | of the local agency in 1932 was carry- | Ing_nearly 20 per cent more direct | service familie§ per number than the | median of other agencies. \ Case Workers Burdened. | In the relief case per hundred active | direct service cases per month, the median figure for the 62 agencies was 71 while Washington's figure was 66. In the average amount of relief for | relief case per month in all relief | cases, the median figure for the 62 | agencies was $18.83, while that of the ‘Washington agency was $17.71. In the | allowance cases the average amount | for relief case per month was $26.22 | for the Washington agency while the median figure for the 62 agencies was $31.04. In other under-care cases, the me- dian figure for the 62 agencies was $16.29 per month while the Washing- ton " agency spent only $14.86, and for the incidental service it spent $5.57 per relief case which was the median figure of the entire 62 agencies. The figures on active direct service cases per paid worker of case Work staff per month showed Washington - | carrying almost 20 per cent more cases per worker than the median figure for the 62 agencies, which was 59.5 cases per worker, while Washington workers carried 65 cases. This, according to Mr. Ufford, shows the extent to which the case workers of the Associated Chari- ties have been overburdened, a situa- tion which, it is hoped, will be miti- gated to some extent by asistance ren- dered by volunteers. WRECKING BARGAINS Frame Wa * Two Solid ® Temporary r Building City Blocks War Building A Partial List of the Many Bargains: Framing Lumber Pine Flooring Maple Flooring Doors Complete Sash . 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