Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-23
Mrs. G. W. IegIer Talks on Feder-
alton News, as Main Feature of
Program
CLUB WOMEN HAVE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
FOR MANY YEARS STATED
Pageantry Is One Of Topics Con-
sidered and Discussed-Out OF
Door Performance

The Twentieth Century club met
Thursday afternoon at the home Oh
Mrs. H. J. Bohn on Sixth street. The
main feature of the program was a
talk on "Federation News" by MRS
George w. Ziegler.
The Twentieth Century club belongs
not only to the Wisconsin State Fed
Grafton, but also the General Fed
GRAFTON Of WOmen's clubs, which IN
cludes clubs from every state in the
U. S. The banding and working to-
gether Of over 100000 club women
make the General Federation the
strongest organization Of women III
the world. In every state they work
for citizenship, education, >good IN
stitutions, conservation, home life,
art, music and literature. In every
state they have assisted in writing
in the statute books lows for com
pulsory education, for medical, ~
spection, amending marriage condl-
tions, creating community farms,
touching. upon every phase of child
welfare, creating mothers pensions,
and limiting hours Of labor.
At a meeting of the board OF dir
ectors of the General Federation be-
fore the beginning of the present
club year, resolutions were adopted
which represent the policy of the Cen
eral Federation. They were:
I. Urging women to work for i'm
proved kindergarten legislation.
2. Re-affirming our support of the
Fess Bill which would give the Home
Economics education a sum equal to
that expended for agricultural edu-
cation in said Bill.
1. Endorsing the iTownsends BTl
(S. 1850 providing for federal high
Way commission and a unification OF
federal highways.
S. Re-afirming our support Of the
intertpark highway plan trefers to
National Parks).
6. Re-endorsing the plan for a com
prehensfve development in inland wa
teT-ways.
7. Asking manufacturers to give in
formation as to the wearing qualities
of fabrics.
s. Approving again the national
forestry policy as set forth in the
Smell Bill, with reservations referring
to the National Parks.
8. Endorsing the plan Of the com
mittee on Motion Pictures to secure
more educational and scientific pic
lures and to secure wider distribu
tion Of them.
TO- Affirming our support of the
Fess-Capper Bill which provides Fed
eral aid for states adopting a sys
tenn Of physical education in schools
II. Endorsing the work of the inter
departmental Board of Social Hygiene
and urging Congress to continue ap
preparations for this work.
IL. Re-affirming our support OF the
Towner-Sterling Bill which would
create a separate department of edu
cation, with the secretary in the Ca
binet
13. Expressing the hope that some
way may be found to insure the safe
ty and welfare of the women and chill
dren of the Near East, and sending
such communication to the President
the Secretary of State, and to the
Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate.
IA. Recommending that the Boar(
appoint committee on Indian Wei
fare under the Division of Social an(
Industrial Conditions.
15. Asking the Secretary of Agri
culture to request two million dollar
supplementary budget for Home Econ
omics work, the money to be used Il
urban as well as rural communities
If he does not regard this as feasible
to ask for more equitable distribution
of the Smith-Lever funds.
The Board also adopted the follow
ing resolutions.
Resolved, that the appointment
of women to positions of trust or t
Office should be made on the basis G
fitness, as determined by training
experience, and character"
Resolutions urging support Of th
dye industry in America, and askin
women to support American indu
tries and American products