Show HOBOES MEET IN CONVENTION Free Employment Agen Agencies cies Praised Raise for Supper ByThe SACRAMENTO May 1 By The Associated A A smallish of group of oC toll puzzled men calling themselves hoboes met at labor temple hero here her Friday night and opened the western conference conference ot of M tary Casual and Unemployed Workers widely heralded as the hoboes convention I Between 25 and 30 20 persons were wert werton on hand when Ma Mar HirschberG na- na national na national president of ot the tho International Welfare association called the he convention to order These Included representative o Sacramento labor unions unions a n Salva Salva- Salvation Salvation tion Lion Army chaplain foul fou newspaper newspapermen newspapermen newspapermen men and 1 12 hobo delegates Governor Richardson and Lieu Lieu- Lieutenant Lieu Lieutenant tenant Governor G C C Young Youn had been Invited to attend but both were absent a tact fact which drew v I comm comment nt from some somo of ot the speak speak- peak peak-er ers en but apparently caused no a- a as astonishment among amont the th delegates E AGI AGENCIES Introduced briefly ly by President the severaL speakers speaker of the evening devoted dented much of their time tinte to dispassionate criticism of organized chArlt and private em- em employment em employment agencies Organized charity thc they y argued consumes consume In palliative relief relict measures enough money to finance a national unemployment unemployment Insurance fund that would do more than mere charity Co- Co Co Co mingled with Ith their criticism of o private vale vate employment agencies fees and methods was waa warm praise of oC o the free froe employment agen agencies les operated operated operated ed by the state stille In several Califor Califor- California California nia cities s Here Is la a n step tcp In the tho right direction they they- agreed The diction and delivery of oC thc these se speakers was WIlS for the tho most part more scholarly than that of oC cham cham- ber her chamber of commerce luncheon orator but not so exuberant The Word agenda was WIlS wa used In In- referring to the convention program and the problem of oC the migratory workers were closely linked closely linked d In the th words of oC the speakers with national bud bud- budgets bud budget gets geta get and w world r d economics MIGRATORY WORKER B C Anderson a n delegate from San Francisco declared the th con con- convention con convention will have hav achieved some some- thing something thine If It It but calls the publIcs publIc's at- at attention at attention tb the th plight of oC the migra- migra tory migratory worker whom the th circumstances circumstances circum- circum stances of ot seasonal employment drIve from place to place and who subsequently Is confused In the mind It with It the loafer and tramp The opening session began early and closed early In order to make mako room for an Informal supper toward whIch contributions contribution aggregating 42 had been hen made adjourned Among Amone the th delegates as a they ad- ad ad to a nearby restaurant was Sante Eads Ead How the th millionaire hobo of ot Los Lo Angeles His HI smile and presence pretence somehow dIssipated all doubt as to the sufficiency of that 24 today Another session will be b held h ld to- to to o 1211 day In a one s story one hou house houe Officially designated as a hobo convention con headquarters Thc There re will be a 11 night session also and Sund Sunda night the convention will 11 close clos with an en entertainment |