Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-08
SOLDIERS CHILD
NEEDS ATTENTION
Canada Pays $40 z Month tc
Wife and Children Of Her
Men In Service.
BILL PENDING IN SENATE
United States Should Follow
Lead Of Other Nations by
Adopting Measure.

wAEE1NGTON. Oc- How other
countries prplds from government
funds .or wives Ind cnlorsn o: Ihe-r
syiets-E II active servlce. while The
Iitsd States makes n such allow
ezlcss it oescrit-.o II the latest rsDo-1
~ -ns Crildrer's s bureau q ne Unrs5
States department pf labor
- s@D&rs-or allowances are gran-et
no, Only az Europes1 countries where
u. pay o. -ss pr4gEte soicisr q the
low es- rsCrlE runs ron IS cents TO
$3.50 E month. but II Canada and
ADs--Ei-G winch pay hin .3J and
sstb 90 while ne is engaged in foreign
sers1cs- IN addition 70 the soldiers
pay ne VIE and children q the "a
t.s-14Gn soldier receive from the gov
s-ruasui :2O month: and the allow
sr.cs % me family q the Austrahan
solder vErsss according % ths number
nearly stD month.
TIE pensions Ell0wsd by law 20
vlvss and children q soldiers killed
N service are SHOWN 70 be consicey-
ably higher also IN Great Britain and
the British 9c0ninl0ns than In the
United States And the report oe-
S.rlcss various ways IN which foreign
governments are making an effort TO
tneet ne special needs Q: individual
iS-.llest
Child Welfare.
u presenting this report 20 the sec
retsry % iabOr. the chez q the Chl-
orens bureau E2saks % the general
stDcy Of child welfare n the varr1ng
countries which e being conducted by
the Chl6Asu's bureau. and gays:
The relation Of AL these questions
% child welfare - the living coDdi-
tons behind the lines is clear il !s
mH. H.
IN large measure depend upon the
provisions made by the respective gov
ernmenLs for soldiers and their de-
IsndsntS. And since the withdrawal
q men from the ordinary walks Of
lfs 70 form . large army must create
similar pro Dleus here. the question
% what countries offer important sug-
gesriOns for system % soldiers
DenSstlOn in this country becomes
~ once basic 70 The consideration OF
child welfare IN war rrue.
TIE material contained IN the ac-
CON pauy1ng report. together with the
earlier report upon the care % de-
psnderts u enlisted men In Canada.
has been already utilized In drafting
proposed measure for sOloierg com
psnsation IN the United States by the
hon Julian W Mack. chairman of Z
special committee appointed by the
committee on labor Of the Council Of
National Defense for that purpose"
The American measure 70 which
this refers has been endorsed by the
president and by Secretary NeAdoo.
u has already passed the house o.,
Fspresen tatibes and is now pending
IN The senate.
Provides Re-educatiOn.
This bill would provide separation
allowances TO families Of men in sc-
tive service and would revise the scale
Of coInpe nsation 20 disabled men and
their families and 20 the widows and
children Of men killed in service. II
cOntenp plates the organization Of an
effective system Of re-educatiOn under
ROgernmeni direction based upon the
experiences Of Canada and Of Europe.
IL also includes q provision, sug-
gested by the Canadian municipal in
sUrance, whereby the government
would sell life insurance at rates based
on the cost Of insurance in time Of
peace the government itself carrying
the added cost of the war hazard.
The maximum amount of Insurance
which could be purchased by one per-
son would be $4,000 and the privi-
leges Of the insurance would be open
on the Bame terms 10 officers, enlisted
men, and members Of the female
nurse corps. II is expected that the
rate for maximum policy VIII te
such that any enlisted man could cas-
ily meet the premiums from his mill
tary pay.