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Show SOCIAL WORKER MEET TOLD OF -BIG-PROBLEMS Dr. W.F. Ogburn Sees Next World War Already Here Avoiding war and restoring prosperity pros-perity by development of new la duatrla art major among tba tasks confronting America's leader. Dr. William Fielding Ogburn. famed sociologist, told mora than WO aocial workers at tha Univrlty of Utah Saturday. -Tha next World war la alraady raging on two front and It appaar likely it will be In full awing by 1M0," Dr. Ogburn predicted. 'Our problem ia to keep in the clear New invention! and technologies, uch aa air conditioning, television, alloys, plastics, auto trailers and the electron tube bold tha key to the solution of unemployment, be maintained. Conference Ends Dr. Ogburn's address featured ' close of the thirteenth annual Utah state conference of social work. Mrs. Ada Griswold. executive secretary sec-retary of the Children's Aid at Or-den, Or-den, was elected president at tha conference at the annual business meeting Saturday. She succeed D. A. Skeen, Salt Lake City. Others elected were Howard L. Oee. Salt Lake City, first vie president; presi-dent; Miss Hsxel Peterson, Salt Lake City, second vie president; Dr. H. H. Ramsey, American Fork, third vie president; Miss Ruth Lohmoelder. Salt Lake City, sacra-tary-treaurer; Mia Katharine Hel-sey, Hel-sey, M. C Barlow, John C Kid-neigh. Kid-neigh. all of Salt Lake pty, and I Prominent in Sociologists' Conference Here Dr. C. L. Anderson. Logan, new member of th executive committee. com-mittee. Th conference officially commended com-mended tha atat legislature for it adoption of social security laws, but urged revision ts clarify provision provi-sion relating to old age assistance and to eliminate oonfuslon la administration ad-ministration of th measure. State Board Praised Other resolutions commanded tha tat board of public welfare for It merit system method of selecting employes and praised Governor Henry H. Blood for his work enabling en-abling Utah participation in federal fed-eral soelsi security benefits and antiorlna compact, y for seeking change la the slate prison sit and for launching tha state probation and parola board. Self-help cooperatives coop-eratives were approved as aa experiment. ex-periment. Appointment of a special committee com-mittee to study mean of saving children from delinquency when their parents are divorced ar one of them ia cent to prlaon also waa authorised. Policies and procedures la public pub-lic assistance were outlined In th opening morning address by Mia Ruth O. Blakaslee. chief of th social so-cial security board' division of policies pol-icies and procedure at Washington. i at "Th most fundamental thing in our attempts to be of assistance must be a recognition that tha Individual In-dividual problems of each client have a real meaning to him," Miss Blalsesle said. "Our problem ia to make available, facilities by which ha can aolv hi problem." She urged that each stat develop a social security program bast fitted to Its own needs rather than copy a etandardlsed program. J. W. Gillman, director of Utah' department of public welfare), described de-scribed tha relationship of that organisation or-ganisation to th federal, local and private welfare programs. N Data Intended "On of our most Important duties." he contended, "ia to help recreate a sens of self-responsibility. We must insist that people able to work must work when they are given an opportunity. Wa must make tha atat welfare program a " Utah Sfafe - HEAD STATE CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK I Mr. Ada Griswold, new president, and Howard L. Gee WmmMm- -.r yi lsBwssssa. - TELL OF SECURITY WORK AT WELFARE MEET J. W. Gillman and Misa Ruth O. Blaheslee view exhibit progressive, constructive force, not merely a dole dealing agency." Two general misconception In Utah, he explained, seem to be that th public welfare department get and spends all sales tax returna and that the federal government pays hslf the expenses. Of the (7.000.000 in sales tax collections col-lections expected during this bien-nium. bien-nium. the public welfare department will net $5,461,000, Mr. Gillman said. September expenditure of the board included $221.28 in stat fund and $66,205 in county moneys, while th federal contribution of $155,190 represented only 84 par cent of the total, he added, Prcdietloe) Mad Dr. Ogburn. professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and holder of one of 10 existing distinguished distin-guished service professorships, predicted pre-dicted thet country will recover lata in th spring from the business recession re-cession whicb begsn In August. "Economic recovery depends much on a low rate of Interest, but the government will not get a low rat until the budget 1 balanced." b aaid. "We will have greater prosperity within a few years, but unemployment unemploy-ment will still be with us unless new Industrie are built up." In line with hi comment that , -th next world war "I already under way."-Dr. Ogburn asserted that ia j Italy. Germany. Franca and England En-gland the war psychology la a prominent the average citisea is ' neriencing everything Americans did in 1917 except th actual -- . ' jualtiee of war. |