Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 8

A—8 EDUGATON CROUP APSCRINE WAR National Commission Named at White House Session. Work Outlined. BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. The most important resolution adopted by the Conference on Social Education, which met at the White House yesterday, was the appointment of a National Commission on Social Education. | The work of this national com- ! mission, which is now composed of the sponsors of the conference, with the understanding that the number | shall be increased, will be: | 1. To compile from data now avail- | able, educational materials for study and discussion groups, for neighbor- hood and community forums and for speeches. These materials will be sent | to the local units from the national | agency. 2. To provide simple, technical guides for inquiring into community social conditions, especially those which are known to predispose to de- linquency and crime. Will Be Clearing House. Aided by Howe WOMAN WRITING BOOK AT AGE OF 97, Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 3. To serve as a clearing house and ' f distributing center for the experiments of groups and communities. 4. To counsel with national agen- eles in order to make the program as effective as possible. 5. To devise ways of developing the work of local units, so as to bring sbout co-ordinated action. ‘The object of this conference on social education, acting through the commission, is to prevent crime by striking at unfavorable social condi- tions. Bad housing, undernourishment and lack of vocational training were the points especially stressed by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt when she opened the conference yesterday morning. Judge Florence E. Allen of Cincinnati, Ohio, demanded a centralization of the administration of the courts, when she addressed the conferees. Dr. George Kirchway, once warden of Sing Sing and dean of the Yale Law | Bchool, now retired, said in his speech: “The cause of crime is bad company. | The' cause of habitual crime is bad habit, kept alive by bad col The remedy is good compan; 150 Attend Session. More than 150 persons gathered in the east room of the White House for | the meeting, which lasted from 10 em. to 4 pm, | Besides the 36 sponsors, whose “Washington members were Mrs. Anne Archbold. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, Willard E. Givens, Miss Katherine F. | Lenroot, Dr. John A. Ryan, Dr. An- son Phelps Stokes, Dr. John Ward MRS. J. C. McCONNELL Of Turner, Kans., is happy over a promise by Ed Howe, the “sage” of Atchison, Kans., that he would prepare a foreword for a book she plans to write. Mrs. McConnell, now 97, bustled into a train in Kansas City to obtain the pledge from Howe as he departed for, Baltimore for an eye operation. SET. C. L. STROHM, BANDSMAN, DIES Was Member of Fort Myer and U. S. Army Groups. 49 Years 0ld. Sergt. Charles Leon Strohm, 48, 629 G street northeast, for many years a member of the Fort Myer Band and United States Army Bands, died yes- terday at Walter Reed Hospital after a lingering {llness. He was bandmaster at the Uni- versity of Maryland. and also served Studebaker and Dr. William A. White, | as master of a band in Lebanon, Pa. there were repregntauves from many | He was well known as a composer and churches and missions, parent-teach- | arranger of music, his compositions er associations, clubs. educational bu- |including the “United States Dental Teaus and associations of social work- ers, adult education, public health, mental hygiene, recreation and pro- bation agencies. Charles P. Taft of 'Cincinnati, | ©Ohio. son of the late President, acted | &s chairman of the conference, When | 1t came time to elect a chairman of | the newly created commission he was asked to serve, but refused on the | grounds of having too much work. | | delphia, Pa.; Miss Lucille Strohm of However, he agreed to continue as presiding officer until he could ap- point an Executive Committee of not more than nine members which will elect a chairman of the national com- tnission. The commission hopes to raise $30,- 000 for the expenses of the first year., This will come from individuals, foundations and, in some part, it is hoped, from the Federal Government. Church Co-operation. In a statement after the confer- ence, Dr. John C. McDowell of New York City, moderator of the Presby- terian Church in the United States and secretary of the Board of Na- | tional Missions of the Presbyterian Church, said the church should stand | for effective social action to prevent tnjustice and destroy its sources. “The church should co-operate with all movements that prevent physical, moral, mental, economic and civic weakness,” the clergyman declared. “The church cares for man in all of his essential integrity, and therefore it cannot be indifferent to the environing institutions and con- Corps March.” Born March 25, 1886, in Predericks- burg Pa., the son of Dr. James E. and Kathryn Strohm, he was educated at the Michigan Military Academy, and studied music at a bandmasters’ school in New York City. Sergt. Strohm is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eva V. Strohm; three daughters, Mrs. Roy Lingle of Hershey, Pa.; Miss Melba Strohm of Phila- Laurel, Md.; a son, Carroll of Laurel; his mother and a brother, Dr. Lloyd Strohm of Philadelphia. He was a member of Columbia Lodge No. 5, A. F. and A. M, of Clarendon, Va., whose members will officiate at funeral services in Ives’ undertaking establishment, Clarendon, tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. D. C. M. Holders Ask More. The Distinguished Conduct Medal League of England is demanding a pension of 12 cents a day to all hold- ers of the D. C. M. ditions which control his life and endanger it. “The church should be a primary factor in programs of prevention and rehabilitation, especially in those agencies which establish character and prevent decay in morals and morale. There should never be any doubt where the church stands when the issue is between dollars and men.” = EISEMAN’S SEVENTH & F STS. Bargain Days Are Here $30 SUITS Reduced to 521 These Suits at $21 smartly solve the problem of the man who must have good clothes and keep within a limited b Every new style is here...the fabric range is complete. We sold these suits for $30. Now you can buy them for $21. DON'T HESITATE TO CHARGE IT! NOTHING DOWN--JUST PAY $7 IN JUNE $7 IN JULY $7 IN AUGUST get. | $100,000,000 Federal THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, LAFOLLETE SCRP PLAN 15 SPEEDED Wisconsin Governor Takes Fight on Unemployment to Lawmakers Soon. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., May 18.—Philip P. | La Follette, Wisconsin’s youthful Gov- ernor, worked today to put the finish- ing touches to his plan to banish un- employment from' the State by using grant and augmenting it with an issue of re- deemable State scrip. Republican criticism from the Leg- islature was indicated, but Gov. La Follette was determined to seek the approval of the legislators next Tues- di The State Senate is controlled by & combination of Democrats and Republicans. La Follette is a Pro- gressive. Two weeks ago he laid before Presi- dent Roosevelt and the Federal work- relief chiefs a program whereby he could take $100,000,000 of Federal money and multiply it into a $206,000,- 000 fund. With this he hopes to wipe out the Government-supported relief list and give employment in public and private enterprises to every one will- ing and able to work. Construction of needed municipal and State improvements, blocking ero- sion of the rich Western Wisconsin agricultural lands, improvement of the condition of the, State’s forest lands and repair of neglected farms and city homes, are also contemplated. Upward of 125,000 persons would be given jobs, eliminating a current relief list of better than 500,000 persons who now subsist on grocery orders and extending employment to the border- line relief cases, the Governor esti- mated, VETERANS PLAN TRIP | 8panish War Group Will Go to [ Mt. Vernon Wednesday. Approximately 300 disabled Span- ish-American War Veterans of the District will celebrate National Mari- | time day Wednesday with a boat trip ‘down the Potomac River to Mount Vernon. The excursion is being spon- sored jointly by the Wilson line and the United Spanish-American War | Veterans, under supervision of George V. MacAlear, senior vice department commander, The boat, City of Washington, will leave the Seventh street wharves at |2 p.m,, returning about 5:30 pm. 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By the Associated Pres Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff, yesterday reiterated that the War Department was in “hearty accord” with the McSwain provision in the West Point cadet bill to appoint regular officers from Army Reserves as well as from Military Academy graduates. In a statement denying there was a conflict of view between the depart- ment and Chairman McSwain of the House Military Committee over his amendment authorizing yearly train- ing of 1,200 Reserve officers and ap- pointing 75 to the Regular Army, Gen. | MacArthur said he advocated such legislation before congressional committees. Opposition of McSwain to the in- | crease from two to three cadets for | each member of Congress, and the commissioning as officers of more than half of the West Point gradu- MAY 19, 1935—PART ONE. ates, MacArthur said, was “now with- drawn.” He added that the War Department *supports the bill in the form re- ported,” without reservation. 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