Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-02
NEARLY ALL LAWS DEMANDED BY
new MExICO'S CLUBWOMEN we're
PASSED BY LAST LEGISLATURE
Committees Report Read AT First Annual
Meeting of Second District of Federation of
Women's Clubs Shows Concrete Accomp-
lishments of States Organized Womanhood

Inc 1lrSl annual meeting OF tle
Second district Of the New Mexico
Federation of Women's clubs was
held in Albuquerque, April %.
At 10 a. m, the morning session
was called to order by the district
president, Mrs. Emily r. LaBelle-
The state president, Mrs. X. +.
Donohoo, was present. Mrs. W. Is,
Cantrell of Gallup, was appointed
secretary pro tenn. Minutes OF the
previous meeting. were read ana ap-
proved. The resolutions commit
tee was appointed, as follows: Mrs.
A. B. Stroup and Mrs. j. G. Could,
of Albuquerque, and Mrs. A. II, De-
Long, of Gallup.
Reports of the annual meetings
of the First, and Third districts,
held in Santa Fe on April o. and in
Artesia on April 20, proved very in
spiring. There followed reports
from the clubs of the district, some
personally presented, others for
warded, and all showing the vigor-
GUS life and wonderful accomplish
ments of the clubs. The woman
Improvement association OF Las
Cruces. and the Dona Ana county
federation were represented by Mrs.
o. H. Brown, of Las Cruces, and
the Woman's club of Gallup, by
Mrs. A, II. DeLong, president, and
Mrs. w. b. Cantrell. while reports
ports were read from the Woman
Literary club Of Las Cruces, and
the Aladdin club of La Union. Tine
achievements Of the Woman's club
of Albuquerque were told by Mrs,
j. G. Gould, the president, while
Mrs. George valiant spoke for the
Tuesday Literary club.
The morning session closed with
the reading of a comprehensive and
gratifying report of the legislative
Committee of the state federation
by it's chairman, Mrs. Maud Han
cock Prichard. of such vital i'm
portance to all the women of our
state that it is given in full.
No better proof of the paramount
importance and value of federation
in state district, county and city
is needed, for these laws were
passed ir response to a demand
from the united organized club wo-
men of our state. OF all the laws
asked for specifically by the wn-
men, but two failed of passage
that requesting an additional $4,000
added to the university appropria-
ton, for an assistant librarian, to
administer the travelling library
furnished by the state federation,
and a movie censorship law. The
report follows;
Text of Report.
"At the annual convention of the
New Mexico Federation of Women's
clubs held in Tucumcari last Octo-
Der. one of the resolutions was that
endorsing all legislation proposed by
the state federation legislative com
mittee Early in the session of the
legislature, Woman's legislative
committee was formed, with Mrs.
q. w. Prichard as chairman, the
personnel of this committee includ-
ing the president of the New Mex
leo Federation of Woman's clubs,
chairman legislation of state w. G..
II. u. chairman girls welfare board,
state director vocational education,
director child welfare service,
president Santa Fe w. C. II. IT,,
chairman state department of
health, the legislative committees
of the Santa Fe Woman's club and
board of trade, art chairman and
corresponding secretary, N. M. r.
w. c., and legislative chairman, N.
M. II. w. c., elected chairman OF
this joint committee.
For Child Welfare Board.
Legislation necessary to me IT
provisions of the Sheppard-Towner
bill, necessary appropriations, and
that it remain under department of
education. This point was the only
one that caused real work with the
legislators. Because of the word
ing Of the Sheppard Towner bill,
the department OF health insisted
that they were entitled to the funds
to be received from the provisions
of this bill. AS it was the work OF
the women over the country that
had brought about such a bill be-
fore congress, and the women OF
New Mexico had done their full
share in urging it's passage, and the
public health department of the
nation and Of the state mad taken
no interest in its preparation nor
in its passage until just at the very
last, after the work seemed to be
over and the money was in sight,
this committee did all possible 20
give the women of the state fair
deal. A bill was prepared which
would have made this child welfare
board the receiver and disburser
of the funds provided by the Shep-
pard- Towner bill. but this was
fought bitterly by the health de-
nartment, and politics brought to
bear in such "a manner that We
finally Decided on the plan of the
public welfare board with the CO.
ordinate division Of child welfare