Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-23 | Page 2 | Abolish Poverty is Social Workers' Aim

I ABOliSH POVERTY IS SOCIAl WORKERS AIM By Associated Press CITY Ma May 22 Thc Z Tho ultimate ulti tilt mate purpose of or tho the social worker must be ha the abolition of ot Involuntary poverty Lawson Purdy of oC New York president of oC the toe National Municipal League told the tho national conference of social work at Its Us final session here hero toda today To that end one thing thinS Is Inevitably necessary he said You must heal to the roots of or poverty as wen well as at Its Us outward expression The Tho aims alms of 0 social effort are arc with the alms aims of government o W bur C C. Purdy of ot Cincinnati Tx executor of or the tho national social unit organization I told the conference Charles H. H Johnson 8 secretary of 0 the New York state board of 0 charities and Miss Edith M. M r. r of or New York statistician lan of oC the national committee for or mental al also o spoke