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Show STATE UNIT FOR SOCIAL WORK ASKED Relief Society of L. D. S. Church In Session ' SALT LAKE CITY, April 5 A move for the creation of a state welfare department to coordinate all relief, charitable chari-table and social welfare efforts, ef-forts, was started at ' the opening session of the L. D. S. Relief Society conference, Tuesday. The general conference will open Thursday morning at 30 a. m. in the tabernacle, by President Hebef J. Grant. General sessions yill be held morning and afternoon after-noon on Thursday, Friday and Sunday, with a general priesthood: session Saturday night. ' Need Trained .People The suggestion of a state welfare wel-fare department- was made by Hugo B. Anderson, executive secretary sec-retary of the Salt Lake Community Commun-ity Chest. . i ., Other speakers at the meetings were Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Mrs. Louise Y. Robison, president; Dr. Joseph A- Geddes.of the U. S. A. C. Department sessions were held during the day, the general sessions being planned for today. In making the plea for a state welfare department, Mr. Anderson pointed out that Utah has expended ex-pended in relief funds since September, Sep-tember, $2,560,299, as much as the state general fund, and. yet the state has no welfare department to supervise the distribution. Only one state Illinois has distributed more per capita than Utah, said Mr. Anderson. "The distribution of relief requires re-quires specialized ability," he said. "The bes;t minds we can find should be trained for this duty." ' ! |
