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The Gary American
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
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Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune announced leaders for discussion groups at the National Conference on Problems of the Negro and Negro Youth, to be held in Washington, D.C., on January 6-8. Leaders include A. Arnold Hill, John W. Davis, Dr. M. O. Bousfield, and Walter White, focusing on employment, education, health, housing, and legal protection. The conference aims to formulate recommendations for federal government agencies.
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WASHINGTON-(Special)--A. Arnold Hill, director of the department of industrial relations of the Urban league; John W. Davis, president of West Virginia State college; Dr. M. O. Bousfield, associate director of the medical service of the Julius Rosenwald fund; and Walter White, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, were named this week to lead discussion groups at the National Conference on Problems of the Negro and Negro Youth by Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, director of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration. The conference will be held in the new Department of Labor building here Jan. 6, 7 and 8.
Mr. Hill, Mrs. Bethune said, will guide the discussion of the problem of increased opportunity for employment and economic security; Mr. Davis, the problem of adequate educational and recreational opportunity; Dr. Bousfield, the problem of improved health and housing conditions; and Mr. White, the problem of security and equal protection under the law.
The purpose of the conference, as defined last week by a committee of local sponsoring officials, will be to draw up a set of definite recommendations, including both long time policies and immediate requested measures, for presentation to the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. The conference will be limited in scope to the formulation of objectives which can be accomplished in whole or in part by these agencies.
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Washington
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Jan. 6, 7 And 8
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the conference will draw up definite recommendations, including long-term policies and immediate measures, for presentation to the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, limited to objectives accomplishable by these agencies.
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Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune named A. Arnold Hill, John W. Davis, Dr. M. O. Bousfield, and Walter White to lead discussion groups at the National Conference on Problems of the Negro and Negro Youth, to be held in the new Department of Labor building in Washington on Jan. 6, 7 and 8. Hill will guide employment and economic security; Davis, educational and recreational opportunities; Bousfield, health and housing conditions; White, security and equal protection under the law.