Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-18
DR.. ROSA LtEBiG FILES REPORT
ON FINDINGS WITH TRADES
AND LABOR ASSEMBLY.
SLEEPING QUARTERS
CLEAN AND SANITARY
Or. Liebis Visits Building and Is Shown
Over Entire PIant-Takes Meal With
Girls and Likes It-Describes Inter-
Tor of Telephone Office Who're Girls
Are Employed.

Upon the request Of the grievance
committee of the Marshalltown Trades
and Labor Assembly, to investigate and
report on the sanitary conditions of the
Marshall Telephone Company's build
ing, where operators on duty are fed
and housed during the strike. DR.. Lie
big made the investigation and filed
her report with the central labor body.
While the visit was not made in any
official capacity as humane officer, DR..
Liebig made the inspection a thorough
one, and was shown thruout the entire
plant. She declares the conditions
most satisfactory and that the sleeping
and eating quarters are clean and san
itary. DR.. Liebig took a meal with the
girls, and was surprised to find that
such nice and well cooked food was
being served. The doctors report to
the central labor body is in full as fol-
lows:
ITO the Trades and Labor Assembly
of Marshalltown, Iowa-Gentlemen: At
the request of your committee who
waited upon me last evening, l today
visited the telephone plant to invests
gate the sanitary conditions, it having
been reported that the employees were
being fed and lodged in the building.
The management received me very COR
daily, and l was shown every part of
the building unreservedly, notwith-
standing 1, informed them that 1 was
not there officially, but in the interest
of the striking girls, and lat your re-
quest.
l found that the only girls sleeping in
the building were those who We're re-
quired to begin work early in the
morning, and that the greatest number
who have slept there at any one time
since the strike, was six, and these
were chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowe. OF the thirty-three operators, all
but eight are residents of this city.
The sleeping room for these girls is
large room, which was planned when
the building wasfrenoyated, for an en-
ergency room,1 where sick girls could
be cared for until they could be taken
to their homes. This room is provided
with sanitary COTS hot and cold water,
and toilet: ventilated by large outside
windows, and doors opening into two
| halls. At the present meals are served
in the rest room, which is large
room. with FIVE large windows. Many
of the girls Informed me that, while
| they slept at home, they took their
noon meal in the building, from choice.
| / had purposely chosen the hour of II
a. m. for my visit, with the idea in
view of seeing how and where they
fed. the girls, and was invited to eat
| with them, which did. The meal
was excellent. Today being wednes-
day, in Lent, no meat was served,
but plenty of oyster soup, fresh rolls.
bread and butter, pickles, and lemon
pie, were good enough, for anybody. A
kitchen was built when the rooms were
planned, and is equipped with a gas
stove and every convenience of a first
class kitchen. Here the night girls
have been accustomed to prepare their
lunch. A cloak room is provided with
sanitary, ventilated lockers for the
street clothes. The toilet room has hot
and cold water, stationery porcelain
bath tub Ono roller towel as in many
places), but individual towels. A dis
| infectant is used in all cuspidors and
closets. Disinfectant is used on every
mouthpiece and head gear, on shift Of
operators, to prevent spread of any dis
ease. Every room, even to the base
ment, is we'll lighted and ventilated.
The operating room, in addition to win
dows on both sides, has roof ventila-
| tors.
! The provision for the men. while
not so elaborate as for the girls, is
good, the toilet rooms and shower bath
having been provided.
| Il must say I found nothing which
could pronounce unsanitary.
| Il want to thank you for the honor
you have conferred upon me, and the
confidence you have reposed in me by
sending me on this :errand. Many of
you are my old friends and patrons in
whose homes I have stood by the sick,
or death bed, in years ago, and do not
forget. ~
II am glad to know that you are
| interesting yourselves in sanitary con-
ditions, and if YOU can assist me in
cleaning up some OF the unsanitary
homes in this city we can do a world OF
good. 81
II am yours to command.
ROSA LIEBIG"
Feb. 1e, 1910.
ID