The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-07
ALABAMA CHILD
LABOR LAWS BEST
IN UNITED STATES
Mrs. c. B. Spencer Chosen
President of the Associa-
ton of Social Workers
in Birmingham at
Monthly Meeting

Officers for the Association OF Social
Workers of Birmingham were elected
yesterday at the regular monthly meet
ing of the association. Mrs. C. B.
Spencer was chosen president, Mrs.
Scion Jacobs vice president, Miss Irene
Shields, secretary, Floyd Tillery. treas
urer, and Mrs. Ophelia Amigh, Miss
Dorothy Grim and DR.. Robert N. Simp-
son members of the executive commit
tee
The meeting was held at the Southern
club and an interesting talk was made
by Mrs. Lorana B. Bush, federal child
labor inspector. Mrs. Bush made the
statement that Alabama now has one
OF the very best child labor laws in the
United States. The recent legislature
created special department for child
welfare, taking this work out of the
hands of the prison department.
CHILD WELFARE BOARD
The present child welfare board of
the state is composed of the governor,
superintendent of education, and super
intendent of the department of health
together with Mrs w. L. Murdoch and
Judge S. D. Murphy of Birmingham,
Judge w. r. Murphree of Gadsden,
Lawrence Lee of Montgomery, Miss
Elizabeth Fondee, of Mobile and T. ].
BEDSIDE of Grove Hill. This board is
to elect state director and under his
supervision every county in the state
will be organized and all child welfare
agencies correlated.
In addition to the child labor laws
already on the statute books before
the meeting OF the legislature, Mrs
Bush called attention to these impor-
tant changes: No child can go out into
the world to work unless he is IA
years old, and has completed the fourth
grade grammar school work, and is
physically fit for the position which
he is called to fill The only excep-
lions being that a child IL years old
may sell papers and also work at GER
tain trades and occupations in the sum-
mer time. provided his school record
and health are satisfactory. In addi-
ton to the state inspectors, the local
truant and probation officers may make
arrests and bring prosecutions when
violations of these laws are made,
Judge Murphree, of the state board,
made talk following Mrs Bush.
HEALTH OF STATE
In speaking of recent legislation af-
fecting social welfare of the state DR..
George Eaves told of the bill that was
recently passed having to do with the
health of the state, particularly deal
ing with the diseases of tuberculosis
and measures for its cure and proven
ton. The state law passed provides
that state director shall be employed
whose business it will be to organize
anti-tuberculosis work in every county
of the state. And the present campaign
Of Red Cross seals will attempt to raise
$500, 900 to assist in the county work
throughout the entire state of Alabama.
he ~ f1a ioJ
ers the executive board of the state
Sociological society. all members ex-
cept DR.. George Denny of the Univer-
sity. being present met to plan the
programme for the state meeting OF
this society to be held in Birmingham
January 1920 when speakers of ma
tional Importance will be brought to
ABirmingham to discuss health, prison
reform child welfare, and work for the
weaw minded.