Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-16
FACTORS IN CHILD
LABORPROBLEMS
Salary Redistribution and
Legislation Discussed Be-
fore Monday Evening Club.

l. One of the greatest factors in the
| solution of the child labor problem in
| the District will be the result OF the
| work of the joint congressional commits
sion on recla ssifica ton of salaries in CIV
ing better wages to parents. Miss Julla
| I,athrop, chief of the children's bureau,
told the Monday Evening Club, at
I, meeting held in the Assembly Hall of
| the Cosmos Club last night.
Miss Lathrop, discussing the proposed
| child labor bill for the District. pointed
/ to other factors which peculiarly affect
the National Capital in this respect. She
! declared that the bill. which is now be-
| ing drawn up for presentation to Con-
gress. has got to be accompanied 'by
! some sort of safeguard against pinching
! poverty" Lack of a mothers pension
| law is felt. Miss Lathrop told OF child
| abor conditions in Chicago. and de-
| ing the half million mark in population,
will find that it. too, is approaching
| the same problems"
Others Discuss Proposed Law.
Miss Pauline Goldmark, director of
the women'S service section, United
States Railroad Administration. and
Miss E. Natalie Mathews, of the chill
! dren's bureau. told of various features
of the proposed new child labor law
here. Miss Goldmark declared the bill
| needs the warm, public opinion behind
it' The big educational job. she de-
clared. is to get widespread knowledge
of the need of the new child labor law,
and get everybody behind the move
ment The speaker complimentcd the
District on it's eight-hour law for wom-
en- and the minimum wage law.
Child labor here is in no way so strik-
ing or heartrending as in large CONNER
cial cities, Miss Goldmark declared, in
! stancing conditions she had found in
f! New York. In that state. she said, the
| age of child who works must be based
| on documentary evidence.
/ Miss Mathews said that only seven
| pulsory school attendance age as the
District. Laws in eighteen states.
she declared. provide for compulsory
continuation schools" for employed
children. Provisions of the new law
| for the District should require the
issuance of new permits to children
| for each new job they take. she urged.
DR.. Meeker Elected President.
; Mrs. Louis Brownlow presided over
chief of the bureau of labor statistics,
| was elected president of the Monday
| Evening Club. following the resigna-
| ton of DR.. John Van Schaick, jr.
In the Monday Evening Club Dr.
| Meeker declared. on taking the chair.
| we can at least go through the mo-
i tons of citizenship. and with such
vigor that we are. before long. going
to have all the rights of real citizen
| ship in the District
The club approved the Dillingham;
Tinkham bill making the rate of in
terest per cent on loans instead of
per cent. The question of securing
press committee to handle pub
| licity for the club was referred to
the executive committee.
New members elected to the Mon
day Evening Club last night included
l.. Miss Martha G. Armstrong, Miss A.
Patricia Morss. Mrs. Olive Clapper,
Miss Rhea /. Fulghum. DR.. Frank Abb
bott. Miss Jessie Collision, Mrs r. W.
Nanderwerker Capt. and Mrs. Eugene
Smith. w. E. Hewson Miss Mary
Newell. Miss Mary NJ Wootton, Mrs.
w A. Saunders. George l.. Price. jr;
Mrs Copley Amory, Mrs: Mary White
| field. Miss Virginia Farnsworth, DR.. l..
NJ. Powers, Miss Alice Pollock and
Mrs. lisa bella Smith.