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CHURCHMEN DISCUSS SOCIAL WELFARE

CLEVELAND -- MORE THAN 1,500 CHURCH-RELATED SOCIAL

WELFARE LEADERS ASSEMBLED AT CLEVELAND'S PUBLIC

AUDITORIUM FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

THE CHURCHES AND SOCIAL WELFARE. A TOTAL OF 151

PLENARY AND SUB-SESSIONS WERE HELD DURING THE

FOUR-DAY MEETING SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES. HERE THE DELEGATES LISTEN TO A PANEL

DISCUSSION ON "THE CHURCH AS A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE."

PANELISTS WERE MISS THELMA STEVENS, EXECUTIVE

SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL

RELATIONS OF THE METHODIST BOARD OF MISSIONS,

WOMEN'S DIVISION; THE REV. JAMES H. ROBINSON,

MINISTER OF THE CHURCH OF THE MASTER, NEW YORK

CITY; AND JOSEPH P. ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS.

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