The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-26
WOMEN TO HEAR
 REPORT IF LABOR ' INVEST |GAT ION
League to Learn Facts Gath cred in Survey of All h. dustries of the Ala
 bama Districts

F Don't think that because there was ss. meeting of the League of Women ss Voters last Tuesday there won't be one on the regular meeting day x Tuesday of this week. It will con- s4.- vene at the Hillman hotel a o'clock. - a This is the call that has gone out V. from headquarters, stressing the fact ss that the last meeting was a post \ se poned one. and urging that a full at ssss tendance be had this Tuesday, since lss Miss Mollie Dowd is to give a full
 report of the investigation of work
 ing conditions for women of Alabama. a.. This survey looks toward better
 legislation for women in industry Ssa throughout the state.
 ~ ''oSThe Investigation was conducted
 by. the woman's bureau at Washing tx tdn at the request of the Alabama a2 League of. Women. Voters and the laAs Federation of women's clubs few g4<smonths ago.
 zsss.s New President Presiding tssls The meeting will be presided over fS@by the newly elected president, Mrs. ss1. d., M Hankins.
 Sses.. A part of the work of the league w this season will be a study of the
 
 women. There are eight of them and sa they will occupy one afternoon ses- @.sss ..si6n each Besides this, the league is Eas to hear arguments soon concerning e.E the three forms of government pro- ssssSx r6sed for Brmingham-mayor and fsS5 alderman plan, commission form of " goyernment and council manager Yres plain.
 - The latest thing agitating the
 members is the announcement that ,s4 the next annual convention Of the Vt National League of Women Voters is to be held at Des Moines, la, April Mo-i4. The place and date were de- HNeciaed upon by the governing board of EZtae big organization held In Chicago
 after special messages from the Iowa
 League of Women Voters, the gover-
 Dor of that sstate, the Des Moines
 sCshamber of Commerce and other
 lbpdies. sstses #AR
 - Details of Convention
 nsspeaking of this assembling, Mrs
 Splpn Jacobs said yesterday:
 sIowa declared she wanted to be
 hostess to the first league convention ,Ssheld west of the Mississippi, and lSg Governor Kendall promised our mem
 hers over the United States welcome : .ask broad as Iowas cornfields, deep + r. asher coal mines. and as high as the Fass@beffeficient heavens which canopy her
 generous citizenship So can you
 blame us A1abamians for fancying we are going 10 nave a Boou tifHei
 "We cannot be sure yet how many Alabama women will attend but there are always number who go, and to those the work is indeed
 revelation. It is inspiring to see so
 many women representing every sec- lion of the country, all working in the interest of woman's advancement and protection.
 Large Delegations ! AasThe national convention will nave no special feature like the great 4 Rap- -AmeEjearha a sonfsFfpce of women held in conpeetion with the last an nual conTsntfon~at Ba1tfmore butt the { growth Of the league. whose mem | bership now includes millions of women, has been so great during the E year that every state in the union will send considerable delegation. 4 The governing board has some un- ' usual plans for the political educa- ton of women and a number of new N ideas will be presented to the con vention.
 Nj ssThe usual mass meeting called at r every convention will this year dis cuss International Cooperation to Prevent War Miss Ruth Morgan of \ New York, chairman of the commit
 tee on international cooperation 10 prevent war. will preside. She IS widely known among women all over the United States"