Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-12

I'm New Jersey a bill has been in
troduced in the legislature proposing
q working day of thirteen hours for
found impossible to abolish night work
because of the munitions industry.
Even the eight-hour day for children,
where it has been established for some
years. is now attacked. and the pro-
posal made to extend their working
day to ten hours. Mr.. Hurley. chair
man of the new federal trade commits
sion. has sent out a circular recon-
mending that, where night shifts have
not existed in the past, they should be
generally introduced.
Because of this general movement
it seems desirable that the Consum-
ers' League should protest at once,
through all it's branches, against the
proposed frightening of the working
day in the government offices and the
District of Columbia"
Officers Of National Body.
The following are the officers Of the
National Consumers League:
Honorary president. John Graham
Brooks, Cambridge. Mass; president,
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War;
honorary vice presidents, DR.. John A.
Ryan. Catholic University of America;
President Arthur T. Hadley. Yale Uni
versity; Prof F. W. Taussig, Harvard
University; Prof W. ]. Ashley. Biz
mngham. England; Prof. E. R. A.
Seligman. Columbia University; Prof.
J. w. jerks. New York University;
Prof. H c. Adams. University of Mich
igan; Prof James A. Field. University
Columbia University; Prof. Richard T.
Ely University of Wisconsin; President
Mary E. Woolley, Mount Holyoke Col
lege. and DR.. Jessica B. Peixotto, Uni
versity of California.
Vice presidents-Mrs: Frederick Ma
than, New York city: Mrs. NJ r. Trum-
bull. Portland. Ore; Miss Myrta L.
Jones, Cleveland; Mrs. B. c. Gudden.
1 sl,l.n;tia Wis; Mrs Mrs 3; P: aalIssk
Philadelphia, Pa. and Miss Maud
Younger. San Francisco. Cal; treasurer.
Mr.. G. Hermann Kinnicutt, New York
city; recording secretary, Mrs. Percy
Jackson. New York city; general sec
rotary, Mrs. Florence Kelley. New York
city; office secretary. Miss Sidney Cole
stock. New York city; publicity secre-
tary. Miss Josephine Goldmark, New
York city; research secretary, Miss
label secretary. Miss Louise Cornell,
New York city.
District Organization.
The officers of the Consumers League
of the District are:
Executive secretary. Miss Zip S. Falk;
advisory board, Herman La Rue Brown,
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. DR.. Henry ].
Harris. Prof. William J>Kerby. Charles
r. Kern. Judge Martin A. Knapp, Judge
j: Wilmer Latimer. Miss Julia c. La
throp, Mrs: Ellen Spencer Mussey, Sec
r se5y William G. Redfeld. Judge F. L.
slddons, Rev. John Van Schaick, jr,
and Secretary William B. Wilson.
T. Honorary vice presidents-Mrs. Milton
w u; Alies' Miss Cornelia Adds. Mrs
w h1tman Cross, Mrs. Ernest w. Rob
erts. Mrs: Richard Wainwright and Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley.
Executive committee-Presiden Mrs.
La urence Todd; vice presidents, Mrs.
waiter S: Ufford. Miss Dorothy NJ
Mueller, Mrs Lloyd B. Wright, Miss
Edith j. Goode. Dr. Charles P Neill and
Mr.: A. J. McKelway: treasurer. Mrs
merrill r.. Gates; recording secretary
MISS Elizabeth E. Bryan: assistant re-
cording secretary. Mrs. d. F.. Hewett:
chairman label committee, Mrs. Wilbur
e. Phillips; chairman cost of living
committee. DR.. Frank OHara