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4.-2198 FEDERAL v'JORKS AGENCY '.rl GRK PRCJ:-jCTS ADLDJISTL.ATI OW For Release to 1;-e v,suauer s Sur1day , J·am1ary 19 , · 1941. \ , JAN 2?" 1947·_, .. hlsJi' I t' 4RY ~----·---·..;;;:;;__... Ap--oroxirna.tely 100 r ey., resentatj ves of eauc o.ti on and recreation departme n ts of ci tie s in all parts of t he country will assemble in ·washingt on tfo n day at the i n vita tion of the Work l:-'r oject s Administration to di Rcuss proble~s rela t ing to t he se activities in the li d1 t of the national defen se program . Highli gh t of t he gatl1ering will be a joint sesd on of the t wo g r oun s Tuescay afternoon at whi ch Mrs . Fnrnklin D. Roosevel t will sneak. The co nferences have been calle d , acco rd ing to Lrs . Florence Kerr, Assi s tant Commissioner 5.n charge of professi onal an d s ervice projects, at the sugge sti on of r)U·bli c school and r e crea ti on leader s . Similar meeting-s were he l d h!O year s a e;,o, she said, for t he u urpose of wo rking o .J.t Dlans for closer collabo rati on betwe en ;v?A ancl loca l educational and r ec reationa l off ic i als. '.i'he pre sent confe r ence will cover the same ground but in the li gh t of nev.• p roble ms arising out of the defense nrogrem . 'I'he r ec r eati on grou"!) ,,,111 h ol d its fi re t ses s ion a t 4 : 30 o I clock }·;onda y afternoon, co r.v e ning i n the c onference room of the Socia l Security building , 815 Connecticut Avenue . Members of the education conference will corrvene a t 9 : 30 o 'clo ck 'i'uesaay morning at t he Washington Hotel. Remaining se ssions of both t~rou·os will be held a.t the hot el, with adjournment se t f:)r ·.iednes day aft e rnoon. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2198 - 2 11 1;ew prublems are arising daily over the adjustment of education a nd recreation programs to the fast-moving needs of national defense, 11 Mrs . Kerr said. "There is a tr P.mendous demand for the training of industrial workers, for reorienting school and adult educatLm '., rograms and. for guic.ance in lei sure ti me ecti vi ties both in the nei ghh orhood. of military camps and expa11d ing industrial areas. "In each of these fields the WPA is in position to render considerable as s istance to established authorities in e xpanding their "9rograms to me et the need.. There are approximately 60 , 000 workers in our education a.nd r e cr ea tion p rograms and their activities extend into every city and practically all of the 3,100 c0unties in the country. 11 ·:::hese conferences were requeste d by many ~,ulilic officials who wanted to develo-p means for further co or d.in.-3_tint; their own activities with those of t he WPA. The WPA , in turn, is pl eased to take any st ens that will result in the wider usefulness of its -p ro g ra'!l, 11 It i s significant of the urgency of t hes e } rcble ms that ~ rs. Rooseve lt ha s agreed to devote most of an e ntire afternoon to taking ? art in the discussions ." Invitations to attend the co Y1ferences were sent education and recreat ion officials in a ll cit i es of 100,000 po~ ulation and over, Mrs. Kerr expl a i ~ed . As of the end. of the we ek 51 re ure s entati ·res of uublic r e cr ps.ti on a ge ncies and 38 r ep r e senta tiv es of "0ublic school b oar<Js from as f a r a,1ay as the Pacific Coast had acce '.l te d . Later acceu tances may inc1·ea ::;e the attend.a.nee to more than 100, she ac',dec.. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-2198 - 3 - Those attending the conferenc es do s o at their own e JQ)ense . No set agenda has be en prepa re d for either conference, Mr s . Kerr explai ned , with the id.ea that the meet i ngs will best serve their :rnrpose as open forums. It i s expected, however, that the discussions in both cases wil l be confined to t he two major probl ems of gearing t he res-oective progr;:,,ms to defense needs and the TJart to be ?layed in those ~rograrns ◊oening by t he WPA. sessions wi ll be preside:love r by t r. L. R. Alderman, Dire ct or of the WPA Educat i on Program, and G. Ott Romney, Di r e ct or of the WPA Re creation Program, res1Jective.ly. Pe r manent cha irmen will be el e ct ed f rom among the members of the two gr ou ,, s . Renr esentat i ve s of several othe r government agencies direct ly or indirectly concerned with education and re creation are exuected to attend some of the sess i ons. Among these are the United States Hou sing Authority , Nat i onal Defe nse Advisory Cou.nci l , the Army and the :Navy. Publ i c scho0l offi cials who have stated they will attend the educati on conf ur ence are as follows: Vierling Kersey, Los Angeles ; Paul Zssert , Denver ; Stouffer , Wilmington, Del. ; Dr . F. s. H. w. Bal l ou , iiashingt on, D, C.; Dr. William A. Sutt on , Atlanta; Dr . Wi lliam H. Johnson , Chicago; Dr . Ralph Irons, Evansville, Ind.; Dr . Herbert S. Jones, Ganr , Ind.; Dr. Zenos E. Scott, LouisYille , Ky .; Dr • . David E. Weglein, Thomas A. Van Sant , Baltimo re, Md.; Hector L. Belisl e , Fall River , Mas s.; Edward },: . Lane , Detroit , ~iich.; Miss Katherine M. Kohler , a,nd two men.be rs of Board of Education, Minneapolis, Minn.; F , J, Jeffrey, St . Louis , Mo .; Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4- 2198 - 4 - Dr. Leon N. Neulen and 8 met;1bers of Board of Education , Camden , H. J.; Ray E. Cheney, Elizabeth , N. J,; Janes A. Nugent , Jersey City, N. J,; Louis Herbert, New York City; Dr. W. W. Ahkenbrand, Yonkers , N. Y.; Ral-ph H. Waterhouse, Akron, O,j J, H. Mason, Canton , O.; h r. Earl 'I: , Gold, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. Charl es H. Lake , Cl eve land, 0, i B. H. Landis, Dayton , O.; Dr . E , 1 . Bowsher, Toledo , O.; Pliny H. Powers , Youngstown , 0.; Dr. A. ,T , Sto ddard, Dr . Albert A. Owens , Fhilade l -ohia , Pa .; Dr . Thomas H. Ford, Read.ing , Pa .; Dr . James L. Hanle:r , Providence , R. I.; Clyde Richards , Nashv·ille, Tenn.; A. H. Hughey, El Paso, Tex .; Dr . E . E . Oberholtzer , Houston , Tex. ; and F.alph Backman , Salt Lake City , Utah . Public recreation offi cials who have stated they will attend the recreation conference are as follows : Lewis R. Barret t, Washingt on, D. C,; P. lJ. Binford, Richmond, Va.; E. R. Bowman , El F'aso , 'lex .; Howard. Braucher, Executive Secretary, National :ii.ecreat ion Asf'ociation , New York , lJ . Y. ; C, :i!: , Bre we r, Detroit, i'~ich.; v. K. Brown, Chicago , Ill.; H. S, Callowhill, Balti.nore, Md .; Alfred P. Ca~pio , Paterson , New Jersey; James H. Dillon , Hartford , Conn. ; '.'i'illis H. "Edmund., Akron , O.; Dorothy C. :S:nderis, 1-iilwaukee , Wis.; Charles H, English , Philadelphia, Pa .; r<r . Paul L. Essert, Denve r, Colo.; Thomas C. Ferguson , Baltimore, Md. ; G. B. :B'i tz ge rald, Presidetl t, Minn . Public Recreation Association , ~iinneapolis, hinn.; Corrine Fond.e , Heaston , Tex.; Samuel Fulton, Camden , N. J,; E. C. Goranson , Chicago, Ill.; !"'. rs. George Gorton, Kansas City, Mo .; ,J , Edward Hargraves, Chattanooga , Tenn. ; Nash Higgins, Tam~a , Fla. ; George Hjelte , President , Society of Recreation Workers of America and Supt . of Recreation, Los Angeles, Calif.; Charles L. Howells , Cleveland, O.; Gordon Jeffrey, Toledo,0.; Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-21 93 - 5 - Ernest w. Johnson, St. Paul, Minn.; ~homas w. La ntz, f:eacing, Pa.; William P. Long, Boston, Mass.; Mark McCloskey, New York; Claire McCarthy, Richmond, Va.; Francis J. Mahoney, Somerville, Ma ss.: R. s. Marshall, Birmingham, Ala.; John H. Morris, Sixth Deputy Police Commissioner, Hew Jork; Robert K. Murray, Dayton, O.; J. R. Newcom, Evansville, Ind.; Martin E. Noonan, Providence R. I.; Ar thur T. Noren, Elizabeth,1T . J,; Marvin Ray, Charlotte, N. C.; K. B. Raymond, }~inneapolis, Minn.; Ed1•'ard J. Ronsheim, Anderson, Ind.; W. A. Ross, Exe cu ti ve Secretary, Future Farmers of America, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.; Floyd. A. Rowe, Cleveland, o.; Carl Schmitt, f!edi a, Pa.; C. W. Schnake, Ca nton, 0.; John F, Scully, St . Louis, Ho,; Dr. Philip L. Seman, Chicago, Ill.; John Sieke r, Acting Chief , Division of Recreation and Lands, Forest Service, De-pt . of Agriculture, Washington, D, C.; John V. Smith, Philadelnhia, Pa.; Fre d C. Ste wart, Norf olk, Va.; Krs. J?. H. Valentine, EYecutive Director, Smith Memorial Playgrounds & Playhouses, Philadelphia, Pa.; A. H. Wyrr.an, St . Louis, lfo.; and Col. H. H. Pfeil, Anjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, . D. C. 0000 0 0 0 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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