Show I New YWCA Executive Sees U. U S. S Facing acing Race Creed Barriers The United States and China neither engaged in a declared war but both striving to maintain democracies against the threat of ot totalitarianism face many similar problems according to a woman woman who vho has As seen social service in both countries She is Miss Florence Pierce new executive secretary of the Young Women's Tomen's Christian association association tion ion in Salt Lake City who with Miss Dorothy Thompson new busi- busi less girls' girls secretary of ot the association asso asso- dation recently arrived to direct activities of ot the Y YWCA W C A. A One problem facing lacing both countries countries countries coun coun- tries is the race tace and creed barriers which have grown up between groups and tend to keep the countries countries coun- coun tries rles from working as smoothly and vigorously as they might Miss Pierce said Miss Pierce who spent 12 years in n the orient before returning to the United States four years ago believes the Japanese Chinese-Japanese conflict con con- filet has reached a point of stale stale- mate That however will work in favor of the Chinese in the the end for they are more adept at guerilla warfare while the Japanese show to best advantage in a big campaign cam cam- The situation she believes cannot cannot cannot can can- not be solved until the Japanese change their domineering methods in the areas they have conquered Since her return from the orient Miss Pierce has been enga engaged ed InY in inY Y YWCA W C A work in Beloit Wis Nis Miss Thompson who assumes direction of the five business girls' girls clubs of the association here was transferred from Gary Ind One of her first is to plan a conference of delegates from each group to be held September September Sep- Sep 21 at Pinecrest inn in Emigration Emigration Emigration Emi Emi- gration canyon to draft a program f for r the fall and nd winter seasons |