Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-03
NAME COMMITTEE HEADS
FOR MOTHERS CONGRESS
Organizers for ThirteenStates
Also Are Appointed by
Board of Managers.

Activities Of the fifteenth annual session
of the National Congress of Mothers were
concluded this afternoon with the ap-
pointment of chairnen Of the national
departments by the national board of
lady managers and the execution of other
administrative matters.
Senator and Mrs Fred T Dubois of
Idaho. former Senator julius c. Burrows
of Michigan and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A.
Birney of this city were appointed a com
mittee to look after congressional legis-
lation regarding a national child welfare
bureau. and the Gallinger mea sure for the
assumption of control by the government
of the Straus milk Ia laboratory in Wash
ngton.
Organization work in several states was
designated 10 the following members:
Mrs. Orville T. Bright of Chicago. Ne
braska and Michigan: Mrs. Ray Rushton
Of Atlanta, Okla homa, Mississippi and
Louisiana: Mrs. L. r. Weeks of kansas
City. Missouri. Kansas and Arkansas:
Mrs. Fred T. Du Bots of Idaho Nevada
Montana and Wyoming; Mrs. Randall,
Florida and Mrs. Harmon. Vermont.
Chairmen of Departments.
Chairmen of national departments were
named as follows: Mrs. Orville T Bright
of Chicago. education treappointedD: Miss
Margaret {. Worcester of Philadelphia,
cllIdren's literature treappointedD; Mrs.
Walter S. Brown of Des Moncs, child
hygiene treappointedp; Judge Ben +. Lind
sey of Denver, juvenile court and proba
ton ,reappointed); Mrs. L. j. Mctiovern
of Atlanta, child labor trea ppnint ed: Mrs.
n. w. Lppincott of Philadelphia maya
of Florence, n. j., home economics ire
appointed); Mrs. e. c. Noble of Los An
geles. membership Teappointedp; Mrs.
Walter LIE Roy Smith of Maiden, Mass.
parent-teacher organizations for child
study; Miss Mary :. Garrett of Phiia-
delphia. child welfare. legislation reap-
pointed; Mrs. Edgar a. Hall of Chicago,
press and publicity reappointedp; Mrs.
Frank De Garmo of st. Louis good roads
and school improvement TeappointedD.
Mrs. Warwick Downing of Denver, PLAY
grounds reappointed); Mrs. Roger r.
McMullen of Chicago, committee 10
range for international meetings reap
pointed: Mrs. E. r. Weeks of Kansas
City, loan papers (resppointed).
Mrs. Clarence f. Allen of Salt Lake City,
marriage sanctity (reappointed)
Local Committee Thanked.
Yesterday evening and this morning Wit
messed the exodus of a large number of
the delegates to the congress. which has
been in session in Washington for more
than week. and 1t is expected that by
tonight all the visitors who have been de-
tanned by the final meeting today VIII
have started for their homes. The hearty
thanks of the congress were extended to
the local committee on arrangements,
consisting of Mrs. Arthur A. Birney,
chairman: Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. Miss
Edith Westcott. A. T. Stuart and William
H. De Lacy.
Resolutions condemning the Mormon
Church. ring that wherever the sect
Is in power it exercises complete political
power. marked the closing of the conven-
ton of the congress last night at the Ar
.ingtOn Hotel. Congressional le2isla ton TO
eliminate polygamy and constitutional
amendment giving the government the
power to deal with polySamy was urged.
The acceptance by the batteship Utah
of the silver service inscribed with the
representation of Brigham Young also
was protested against.
Resolutions urging laws prohibiting the