Handbook of National Organizations with Delegate Status at the White House Conference on Aging: With Plans, Programs, Services, in the Field of Aging |
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activities adult education AFL-CIO agencies Aging Issued Including American assistance Board Catholic centers Christian Education clubs Committee on Aging Conference on Aging congregations Council of Churches Department develop established executive director executive officer Federal field of aging film Future Programs ganization grams health and welfare hospital Illustrations of Cooperation improve Including Audio-Visual Materials institutions Issued Including Audio-Visual Jewish legislation Lutheran Church Materials on Aging meet Membership and Affiliates ment mental munity National Association National Committee National Council needs nursing homes Official Policy Positions older adults older persons participate Plans for Future Positions in Behalf president problems professional Programs and Services projects promote Public and Private public health public welfare Purpose of Organization recreation regional affiliates rehabilitation retirement senior citizens serve social security Social Welfare society sponsored Street tion tional tive union United voluntary volunteer Washington White House Conference women York
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Page 14 - War; to inculcate a sense of Individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation...
Page 83 - To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States.
Page 14 - For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes: "To Uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism...
Page 17 - To continue and carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and to apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same.
Page 9 - To protect the labor movement from any and all corrupt influences and from the undermining efforts of communist agencies and all others who are opposed to the basic principles of our democracy and free and democratic unionism.
Page 9 - The objects and principles of this Federation are: 1. To aid workers in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions with due regard for the autonomy, integrity and jurisdiction of affiliated unions. 2. To aid and assist affiliated unions in extending the benefits of mutual assistance and collective bargaining to workers and to promote the organization of the unorganized into unions of their own choosing...
Page 9 - While preserving the independence of the labor movement from political control, to encourage workers to register and vote, to exercise their full rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and to perform their rightful part in the political life of the local, state and national communities.
Page 45 - to promote the development of sound programs of social work education in the United States, its territories and possessions, and Canada, through accreditation, consultation, interpretation, research, publications and through such other special services as may be necessary.
Page 17 - August 22, 1864) . . . to act in matters of voluntary relief and in accord with the military and naval authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the United States of America and their Army and Navy...
Page 60 - ... to secure adequate pay for our work; to furnish aid in cases of death or permanent disability, and by legal and proper means to elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of all our members, and to improve the trade.