National Social Work
Conference; Montreal
The sixty-second annual meeting
of the National Conference of So
cial Work was held in Montreal,
Can. The conference headquarters
was located on the third floor of the
Sunlight 'Insurance Building.
Some idee, of the size of the con
ference and the different interests
covered by those participating in its
program may be suggested by stat
ing that -there were 512 speakers, j
Ono can see that there were enough
participants to have a convention ‘f
there were no one else present. Of
the Five Thousand delegates in at
tendance, between seventy-five and
one hundred were Negroes.
Some of the high points in the con
ference was the opening meeting in
tho Forum Sunday night, June 9,
which was presided over by Honor- j
able C. F. Beaub'en, K. C., Senator,
President, Canadian Committee, Na- i
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tlonal Conference of Social Work.
An address was given by His Excel
lency the Right Honorable the Earl
ox Boss borough, P. C., G.! C. M. G.,
Governor General of Canada, and the
annual address was given by Miss
Katherine F. Lenroot, Ch'ef Chil- j
dren’s Bureau, United States Depart
ment. of Labor, who was the retiring
President, of the Conference. This
Forum, with a seating capacity of
upwards of twenty-five thousands
with two galleries, was well filled.
The amplifier made tt easily possible j
for those farthest removed from the
speaker to hear without difficulty. !
Tho subject for the Monday night
ceeting in the same auditorilm was
“The Outlook for Econom‘c and So
cial Soaurity in Great Br.tan, and
America.” Sir Francis Floud, High
Commissioner for the United King
dom and former Minister of Labor
ox England, d‘scussed the outlook for i
econonic and social security in Great
Britain. Honorable Frances Perkins, j
Secretary of U. S. Department of
Labs.*, discussed the outlook for eco
nomic and social security in Ameri- |
ca.
There was this ma!n difference in I
in the subject matter of the two ad
dresses: The major part of JVKss
Perkins' address may be character
ized as prophecy, in that she was
outlining arid describing various and
sundry measures which were then
before the different legislative bodies
at Washington and their effect upon
economic security, if and when en
acted into law by the United States
Congress. On the contrary Sir Fran
cis devoted rpost of his ti.me to giv
ing concrete illustrations as to the
measures already employed in Great
Britain providing greater social and
economic security for the people. For
example: He said, Two and a half
million new homes had been built in
Great Britain through the govern
ment’s housing program, since the
War, that 25 percent of the total
population of Great Britain has been
rehoused since 1918, in addition, he
said, over a million houses have been
bii.lt by private capitaly during the
that the smallest number of days lost
same length of tirpe. He said in 1934
by wage earners on account of
strikes in the history of organized
labor in that country., He told of the
benefits given to the unemployed
through old age pensions and unem
ployment insurance. A million seven
hundred thousand people were bene
ficiaries of some phases of economic
and social security ip Great Britain
during 1934. For example: everyone
insured under the unemployment in
surance provision is entitled to 26
weeks of free medical service during
the calendar year.
The subject of the meeting Tues
day night in the same main auditori
um was “Social Work in the Econom
ic Crisis” which was discussed by
Miss Mary Van Kleeck, President of
Second International Conference of
Social Foundation, of New York. On
the same program, Prof. Paul H.
Douglas, Professor of Economics,
University of Chicago, gave a review
of the prospects and accomplish
ments for socal justice in the United
States. Miss Van Kleeck gave a criti
cal and scientific analysis of the
weak points in the proposed econom
ic and social security legislation now
being considered at Washington and
put the responsibility squarely upon
the shoulders of social workers to
become in fact the representative of
their clients ip an attempt to build a
new economic and social order rather
than palliating tools manipulating
under captalistic control.
Monday afternoon a memorial
meeting was held in memory of the
late Jane Adams in the St. James
Presbyterian Church. Among the
speakers were Miss Frances Perkins
and Mr. Eugene Kinckle Jones. The
meeting was well attended and the
addresses were timely- The enthusi
asm registered the appreciation and
esteem that represented the attitude
and sense of gratitude that the social
workers etnertained in loving mem
ory of the woman that was a pioneer
in the field of Social Work and who
immortalized herself by identifying
herself with the welfare fortune of
those of lowly estate.
The Sixty-third meeting of the
National Conference of Social Work
will be held in Washington, D, C., in
1936.
This brief summary has been lim
ited to what took place at evening
sessions. Subsequently I may give
some of the high points of some of
the day sessions in the main subdi
vision.
Annual Meeting of
Colored Teachers at
Florida A. & M.
The thirty-second annual meeting
of the National Association of Teach
ers in Colored schools will be held at
Florida A. & M. College beginning
July 30 and ending August 2. Exten
sive preparations have been made to
make this the most outstanding ses
sion in the history of the Associa
tion.
Teachers from all section of the
country are expected to be m attend
ance at this im(portant meeting. Prob
lems of vital importance to the Ne
gro teacher will be discussed at this
meeting. This is the only national
organization which devotes all of its
time to the interest and advancement
of the Negro teachers*
The State-wide Committee on Ar
rangements for this meeting an
nounced by President Polk of the
Florida State Teachers Association
are: A J. Polk, Orlando (Ex-officio
Chairman); Cy S. Long, Jr., Presi
dent, Edward Water's College, Jack
sonville; Mary McLeod Bethune,
President, Bethune-Cookman College,
Daytona Beach. N. W. Collier, Presi
dent, Florida Normal and Colleg ate
Institute, St. Augustine; R. L. Hol
ley, President, Florida Memorial Col
lege, Live Oak; J. R. E. Lee, Presi
dent, Florida Agricultural and Me
chanical College, Tallahassee, T. D.
Dansby, Ocala; James A- Espy, Mi
ami; W. E. Harris, Hastings. A. J.
Ferrell, Tampa; W. V. N.xon, Fer
nandna; Q. J. Adderley, Apalachiola;
W. M. Raines, Jacksonville. J. B. Wil
liams, St. Augustine; C. C. Walker,
West Palm Beach; W. E. Gardner,
Arcadia; Mrs. Geneva Thomas, Day
ton". Beach; Mrs. Leola Nixon, Or
lando. Mrs. Marie Pierce, St. Peters
burg; Mrs. Alice Williams, Pensa
cola; and C. C. Walker, Jr., West
Palm Beach, Florida.
The Executives of the National
Association are: Garnet C. Wilkin
son, President, Franklin Administra
tion Building, Washington; J. S.
Clark, Chairman Trustee Board,
Southern University, Baton Rouge,
La<; J. W. Scott, Chairman General
Council, Cincinnati, Ohio; W. W.
Sanders, Executive Secretary, Editor,
The Bulletin, Charleston, W. Pa., and
W. D. Miller, Treasurer, Bluefield
W. Va.
WHO WILL MAKE
UP THE LOSS?
There is one phase of govern
ment ownership of industry that
has received less notice than it
deserves: If states, cities or the
federal government take over such
enterprises as the railroads and
the public utilities, who is going
to make up the vast taxes that
these concerns now pay to all
units of government?
An advertisement of the Ala
bama Power Company focuses at
tention on this. According to the
ad, the power company pays to
county and city governments in
Jefferson county alone (whieh in
cludes the city of Birmingham),
the handsome sum of $604,000 a
year in taxes. Of this amount,
about $175,000 goes directly to the
public schools, and represents a
substantial part of their total
revenue.
At present, it is being advocat
ed that the Tennessee Valley Au
thority take ovr all operations in
the state of Alabama, supplanting j
the existing private power con-■
•erns. The TVA would pay no I
county taxes whatsoever, and no |
other taxes in which the counties
and their residents would share.
As a result ,the taxpayers of Ala-1
bama would have to make up the
tax loss, and accept heavy in
creases in all forms of taxes now
paid by them—or cut school, road
or other governmental budgets
And what would the taxpayers
receive in return ? They would re
ceive—possibly—good and inex
pensive electric, which is precise
ly what they are receiving now
from the heavily taxed private
utility. But, where the private
utility is stringently regulated by
the state, in the light of local
needs and conditions, the TVA
would be subjected to no local
control—and would be responsive
only to the whims of Washington
—appointed office-holders
Loss of tax revenue inevitably
follows government acquisition of
industries—whether they be ac
quired by the TVA, by states, by
cities or by any other public body.
In the long run, only the politi
cians benefit—while the struggl
ing taxpayer foots the bill.
For the Negroes of Montreal, the
outstanding event was a formal re
ception tendered by the Canadian
Negroes and their white friends to
the American Negroes. For them
this was an experience never to be
forgotten.
FIRE TRAPS CALLED
SCHOOLS
Some of the most tragic fires
in American history have oc
curred in schools. Thousands of
children have been cremated, and
thousands more have carried the
marks of disfiguring burns
through life—because school
houses were improperly con
structed, inefficiently protected,
or inadequately equipped with
fire escapes, stair cases and fire
doors.
The lessons of the past have
had relatively little effect on the
present. Survey after survey,
conducted by responsible ex
perts, have demonstrated that
hundreds of schools are fire traps.
And these schools are not all in
the “little red school house"
classification—some of our hand
somest and most superficially
modern institutions of learning
contain great and unnecessary
dangers.
The National Board of Fire Un
erwriters, representative organ
ization of the nation's principal
stock fire insurance companies,
carries on an aggressive cam
paign in the interest of safer
schools. jWhen possible, it makes
inspections of school buildings,
and offers suggestions for
changes and additions—often Na
tional Board experts have pointed
to serious and unnecessary haz
ards which have been- overlooked
for years. And, beginning last l
year, it widened its field of action
by issuing self-inspection blanks
for schools, whereby any cap
able school offical can systemati
cally check the buildings and
equipment involved, discover
dangers and inadequacies, and
make or suggest the necessary
corrections- The blank, which has
been adopted and officially ap
proved by the National Associa
tion of Public School Business
Officials, is to be sent this year
to 1,700 secretaries and presi
dents of boards of education and
fire chiefs in cities of 5,000 and
over. Officials in smaller towns
can doubtless obtain the blanks
from the National Board on re
quest.
The school building which
houses your child may be a men
ace to his life and health. In
spect it—and make it safe. No
communal activity could be more
important.
Guide to Publish
Emancipation Edition
W atch for the big edition on Sep
tember 22nd, The Omaha Guide, will
put out its annual Emancipation edi
tion. We expect to cover Omaha’s
residential district with this ediion,
like the morning dew covers the
fields. Omahans are invited to par
ticipate in this edition by writing
essays about the Emancipation for
which a prize will be awarded by the
judges on the best three essays. We
are also soliciting true stories from
ex-slaves, and Civil War veterans,
both white and colored. We want
this edition to be an interesting pa
per to read to ALL Omaha.
Have your copy in our office, 2418
20 Grant Street, no later than Sep
tember 19, 5 P. M. In this edition i
wo will carry the photographs of all
Negroes that have served in Con
gress since the Civil War.
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THE DECLINING YEARS
Nothing is more tragie than
poverty-stricken old age.
And nothing—especially in
these times—is more prevalent.
Something like 70% of men,
once they reach the age of retire
ment, find themselves without
money sufficient to provide for
the needs of life. To subsist, they
must accept public charity — or
become burdens to their relatives
and friends.
Many such men were once
wealthy. Many more earned
comfortable incomes during their
working years. Some managed
to create sizable estates only to
lose them. Most of them made
some kind of an attempt to guard
against the exigencies of the fu
ture, and failed. They can look
back now and see the mistakes
they made — and feel the bitter
ness of futility. In most cases,
it is too late to mend.
Those d i s a s trous examples
should bepondered upon by men
in the young and middle years.
They have a chance to avoid the
pitfalls that caused the downfall
of so many of their elders. Today,
ways are open to them whereby
they can create an estate, on the
“easy installment” plan—an es
tate that will exist when they
need it most, and that will not
have been wiped out by a calam
ity they could not forsee.
Through life insurance, annu
ities, trust funds and similar
methods thousands of men are
preparing for a self-sustaining,
independent old age. They can
look forward to the declining
years without fear.
ABIDE BY SOUND
PRINCIPLES
A call to all farm cooperatives
to abide by sound cooperative
principles and not to rely upon
governmental assistance, lias been
issued by the National Coopera
tive Council of Washington,
D. C- The Council represents co
operatives with 1,260,000 mem
bers, doing an annual business in
excess of $1,000,000,000.
In its resolution, the Council
laid down a number of guiding
principles essential to the success
of co-ops. It pointed out that
business cooperatives tare called
upon to meet the competition of
keen, well-financed organizations
—and that to function properly
under such conditions the cooper
atives must be equally well fi
nanced and established. A sub
stantial bank balance ,and first
class executives to carry on the
management, are vital. And to
keep the co-op going, an aggres
sive, continuous membership cam
paign should be carried on, with
the purpose not only of increas
ing the membership, but of keep
ing members informed and inter
ested in the work of their organ
ization.
The Council .speaks with the
voice of experience, breeder of
wisdom. Political aid to an agri
cultural or any other group is
necessarily transitory — dictated
as it is by partisan interests, it
cannot have stability and perm
anence. The co-ops wihch are
making progress are depending j
I
upon their own efforts—not on
outside aid, and they are follow
ing such simple, yet essential
principles as those laid down by
the Council.
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SAFEGUARDING THE
INVESTOR
Government regulation of
stock sales in the United States
| is said to have driven many high
pressure salesmen of “phony”
stocks out of the country. Such
“salesmen” too often specialize
in. mining shares.
Before the days of blue-sky
laws, mining securities were re
garded withsuspieion—the best
and most honestly operated
properties often had difficulty in
raising capital because of the
machinations o f unscrupulous
and crooked promoters. The few
damaged the many—and every
one involved, save the crook, was
the loser.
Of the myriad new federal
laws and restrictions, securitv
regulation sems to be one of the
few that is of real benefit to the
people. The investor has assur
ance that securities offered him
are based on legitimate activities
and that the prospectus tells the
truth. If an issue is speculative,
it must be so labeled, which is
certainly fair enough. Both
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