Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05
Bills for Social Welfare
Ready for Congress
in The Survey,

than $2,OO0,OO was spent in the entire pre-
ventive campaign. They cite the success
of DIR. Gorgas in Graduating yellow fever
in Cuba and urge that If tuberculosis is
attacked similarly by the federal gov
eminent the next decade will see as
marked reduction in the mortality from
tuberculosis as we have already seen in
smallpox and yellow fever. The plan is
for a commission of eminent specialists
vested with authority and financial sup
port to make an intensive investigation
into the ethnology of tuberculosis.
The care of tuberculosis patients who
| come from other regions of the country
has long concerned certain western states,
and congress will he asked to recognize
that the care of such consumptives is an
Interstate problem. The California as
ISOLATION for the study and prevention of
tuberculosis is promoting d bill designed
to provide federal subsidies to local hos
pitfalls which care for such patients.
Would Stop Labor WARS"
Industrial measures are expected to in
clude those before the last congress and
several new ones. Among the recommen-
dations of the commission on Industrial
relations. those which will be pushed are
probably Indicated in the announcement
! made by Chairman Frank I. Walsh, who
laid emphasis on the need for a federal
law or. if necessary, a constitutional
IIiiGAlI6 SiG lOWCI vi VIC
courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
for an act prohibiting interstate shipment
of armed guards, machine guns and other
similar a except when consigned
to the military authorities of the state or
nation, and for an act requiring, the fed
eral trade commission to consider as I'M
fair competition the exploitation of labor
through long hours, low wages, unsafe or
~!nsanitary conditions. The bill providing
adequate compensation to all civilians en-
ployes of the government for occupational
diseases as well as injuries. will be intro
duced again, drawn on the same lines as
the Observation-Disclosures bill last year. The
American association for labor legislation
plans to make II special campaign on it's
behalf.
Federal regulation of employment agen-
cies will be proposed again to do away
with interstate abuses. particularly in the
case of immigrant workers sent by en-
ployment agencies to work In other states.
A federal license is proposed for employ
ment agencies doing an Interstate business
and federal control through a commissions
err of labor exchanges. The committee for
immigrants in America is interested in
securing legislation. Another bill for the
protection of immigrants would enable
federal authorities to enforce the treaty
rights of foreign subjects and give federal
courts power to act in all cases of treaty
violations.
Stronger immigration Laws.
Several other oils modifying the inn
migration law are expected to come
up. Some OF these deal with a situation
created by the war and provide for letting
down the bars to Belgian and other ref
ugees who come to America because of
! military conquest of their countries. An
other effort is expected to extend to all
Asiatics the present exclusion laws against
Chinese laborers.
Effort will again be made to secure the
adoption of the Smitl-Hughes vocational
education bill. Its two large aims are TO
extend federal help to the states in pro-
vidfng vocational education and training
teachers in this field, by grants Of money
and by establishing a federal board for
vocational education to work with state
boards. The proposed appropriations
range from $500, 900 the first year to 5000, 600
the eighth year thereafter. Favorable ac-
ton Is to be sought for the Abercrombie
bill requiring the commissioner of educa-
ton to promote plans to eliminate litter
ecy. The campaign for the safety of pas
sengers on steamships. in which the Con-
sumers' league has been interested. will
be further pushed and at it's meeting in
November the league voted TO take the
initiative in obtaining an investigation OF
] the Eastland disaster.