Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-29
Women's Clubs.
Discuss Bills
/. Before Congress
General Federation President
Explains Needs of National
Legislation for Women
And Children.
By a staff Correspondent.

fremont, NED, OCt. Lc.7\SpeC1di
Telegram. Mrs. Thomas G. VIM
ter of Minnesota, president of the
general federation of women's clubs,
was the principal speaker at to-
nights session of the Nebraska
Federation of Women's clubs. She
presented the five federal bills which
she says will have the support of
100000 women in the next con-
gress.
The bills which the women hope
to have become laws are:
/. Smith -Towner bill creating a
federal department of education.
In discussing this bill Mrs. Winter
protecting reindeer in Alaska than
was spent for the children in the
United States.
2. Shepherd -Towner bill, better
known as the maternity and infancy
bill.
Nonproducers Produce.
g. Fess bill, providing for instruc-
ton in home economics.
a. Liberty extension bill, provid-
ing that the government will go
fifty fifty" in equiping libraries.
5. Independent citizenship for
married women.
Mrs. Winters made the startling
statement that women in the United
States, classed by the government as
unproductive, if allowed $40 year
for their services would produce
$10,000,000,000 year. She stated
that $40 a year was ultra-conserva-
tive and supported her statement by
asking if a loaf of bread baked in the
home was not worth as much as that
produced in factory. All house,
wives, she explained, are classed as
non-produetive.
Mrs. Max Orberndorfer Of Chica-
go spoke on art.
Mrs. Anna r. Morey of Hastings,
who tainted at the meeting Wednes-
day night, recovered sufficiently to
take part in today's meeting.
War on bad" Movies.
War on undesirable motion pic
lures in Nebraska was declared
Mrs. Bertha Millar popped the
IHSt gun tHlS morning.
She has a legislative bill already
prepared which she presented for ap-
proval of the convention.
4 approved, this measure will be
presented the next session of the
state legislature
Mrs. Millar recently conducted an
investigation of 130 films inspected
at random over the state at a given
time.N
81 Per Cent Bad.
OF these. SIZE reported 63 per cent
good. 81 per cent bad.
on the ''bad" films. Mrs. Millar
declared 50 per cent depicted i'm
morality. 80 per cent contributed to
delinquency, and 20 per cent to con-
tempt of court.
Her report was received with in
terest by the convention amid ex- !
carnations of surprise.
The proposed bill, presented by |
Mrs. Millar. is titled, "a bill for an
act to provide for the inspection of |
motion picture films, creating a
board for the purpose of making
such inspection and providing that
no motion pictures shall be shown |
until they have been endorsed by !
said board and to provide penalties
for the violation of this act"
Board Of Endorsers.
The body of the bill provides that
the governor shall appoint an en-
dorsers' board Of five, not less than
two of whom shall be men.
"The proposed bill will not pro-
vide censorship" said Mrs. Millar.
1T will be an endorsers' board. No
films rejected by the board could
be shown in the state. There
would be no publicity given unde-
sirable pictures"
Mrs. Sarah Linkewiescz, of FIRE.
mont, Polish Jewess who has been
in America less than a year. inter
preted by her daughter. Mrs. H,
kavich, told the convention of the
prosecutions and hardships suffered
when the Russians overran Poland.
Omahans Meet.
Other program numbers of the
included reports of depart
:nent chairmen and special activities.
Delegates and visitors from Oma-
liza met for luncheon and "get-to-
eethef session in the Hotel Path
finder at noon. Among the guests
were Mesdames c. l.. Hemple, o. Y.
Kring, William Berry. Isaac Doug
las, R. L. Frantz, S. c. Shrigley, D.
S. Clark, Bruce Mccullough, F. H.
Cole, Harriet MacMurphy, w. A.
Wilcox, ]. w Gill, L. M. Lord, Edgar
Allen, w. T: Johnson, M. D. Cam