Show I I DIVIDED WEALTH DECLARED VITAL VIT AL Leadership Audience Hears Maw Plead for Fair Distribution S Special to The PROVO Feb I The I-The The greatest problem lem in the nation today is redistribution tion Uon of or wealth in a way that will be fair Cair to both rich and poor President Herbert B. B Maw of ot the senate of ot the Utah legislature today told delegates to the fourteenth annual leadership week here President Maws Maw's address on social legislation sla lion problems was the principal pal feature of the final afternoon o os s session fon of ol th the th conference c More than persons persona from Irom 85 stakes of oC the L. L D. D S. S church registered regis for the final day Three foreign countries were represented am among ng the delegates as well as middle western west em ern and Pacific coast states Proper distribution of ot wealth can be done through continuation of the present policy of a free tree expenditure of money Senator Maw of Salt Lake City told an audience that jammed the room where he spoke It is for lor the benefit of ot the needy he said that thal would result in a heavier burden of future taxation being placed upon those who are more able to pay Such a policy forces those who are able to do so o to indirectly rend render r Continued on Page PUI Two DIVIDED WEALTH DECLARED VITAL VirAL Continued from Put Pate One Ond assistance to those who because of ot economic conditions are placed in position a where th they cannot serve themselves Save San Industries Yet in accomplishing this the Utah solon continued industries must not be destroyed nor individual enterprise discouraged We must guard against rad The growth of or Industry b has created cre- cre ted many of ot the present day problems probe lems and past policies have resulted in n concentration of at wealth in hands ot of f a small percentage of the population Lion tion on Senator Maw said Former Juvenile Judge Joseph E. E Nelson of ot Salt Lake City pictured juvenile courts as instruments of combined justice and science ic ence for tor the purpose of building character in the erring child and making society more secure as result during the morning economic and serial section The juvenile court treats cases without prejudice vindictiveness or vengeance Its purpose is not to conict convict convict con- con vict but to rebuild The court should have lave full lull jurisdiction over the child chUd Judge Nelson NeIson declared Social Security Public schools particularly high schools must turn out people prepared prepared pre- pre pared ared to achieve social security Dr L. L s. s John Nut Nuttall ll Jr superintendent of S Salt t Lake City schools told dele- dele gates ales We must expect schools to equip students with ability to live JIve together to 0 control modern mechanisms in n short hort to be able to make a living in ina a 1 manner suitable to society The trend rend of public education has been toward oward this goal for tor the past several years ears Dr Nuttall said uld Value of international organizations lions ions in promoting bet better r relations between nations w wa was discussed during dur duro ing Eng the morning session Sessions of ot the Utah state coI conference confer confer- ler ence of social work featured the morning program in addition to th the general 3 assembly embly at 2 p. p m. m which was as also a part of at the conference C. C H. H state slate superintendent dent of ot public instruction speaking at one of ol the social work sessions told old delegates delegates' that the school with Its ts proper care and influence for tor the child should be one of the major processes of combating crime in the United States Grave Problem Crime is one of our gravest social problems he declared We must combat it through a grea greater r program of education beginning in the home and administering to our youth the most competent of ol guidance and character char acter building throughout the years I of ot immaturity We must pa pay more attention to the young child who is neglected or maltreated in m the home homey by y paren parents parent and guardians unable through Ignorance or unwilling to rear their children to be worthy citizens Mr Skidmore said We have in our state penitentiary 88 prisoners he sta stated ed There are persons in the Salt Lake county jail Reports show that of this number 90 per cent had received re reo no parental care and nd 49 percent percent per percent cent had received no education beyond be yond the eighth grade Speaking at the same session Dean Milton Bennion of at the University of ol Utah stated slated that our fight tight against crime must involve the selection oJ ot more competent teachers and superVisors super super- visors for tor the guidance of or our youth and efforts to improve the early so so- cial dat environment of or young oung people Punish Crime We must carry carryon on a campaign not to o punish crime but to prevent it H and this means education in Its broadest sense declared Dean Bennion Ben Ben- nEon nion It is generally accepted b by students of or char character education that the social environment is the mos most powerful factor actor in determining the character of or the immature The social environment includes family amily neighborhood church school civic organizations gangs ganes clubs etc All of ot these are influential factors positive or negative in character for lor mation There is need of ot cooperative e coordinated action to care for every ever phase of at the problem Including elim elim- L nation atlon of ot Und every undesirable phase ot of community life me he stated For this purpose there Is on foot foo a movement ment to organize community councils In every ery city and school ft These councils will cooperate and wIth T the state slate council in enriching uplifting the life of ot the com corn Dean Bennion said |