The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-30
KANSAS WOMEN IN
PRIMARY MOVES.
Adopt Program of Laws
and Force Views of
Candidates
WORK IN FLOOD TIDE
Urge Maternal and Marriage
Safeguards and Care of
the INDECENT

TOPEKA, Kan. July 20. - The
Kansas women have a big program
worked out for the coming legis-
latlre and have started their cam
pa gn to got the votes necessary 70
complete the program. The women
are making an aggressive primary
campalgn and expect to be even
moro active In the general election
10 Get members OF the legislature
lined UP behind their proposals.
necantiy there was held at wichita
ihe annual meeting OF the league
ot women voters, and at the close
OF that meeting representatives of
the legislative committees OF every
woman's organizations in the state
went into conference to work out
the details OF the legislative pro-
fram for all women. This program
carries l3 separate Items. They
follow:
state acceptance OF the Sheppard
Towner maternity and infancy act
Of congress and meeting all federal
appropriations.
Enlarging Of state training school
AZ Winfield to provide facilities for
vocational training OF high-grade
detectives and colony for custodial
patents.
state appropriation for care OF
1 dependent children under years;
! also appropriations for maternity
home for INDECENT women.
Child Research Bureau.
Increased appropriation for child
research bureau TO enable II to
make mental and physical tests OF
child wards OF the state.
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treatment OF INDECENT crippled chill
dren.
Requiring publication OF mar
riage bans 10 days before license
can be Issued.
Extending Jurisdiction OF Juvenile
court to include children up to IS
years Of age instead OF 16 years. as
az present.
bring into coordination present
erhool attendance and child labor
laws.
state supervision OF the adoption
OF children.
Recurring health certificates be-
fore marriage licenses can be Is
sued.
Authority TO counties to provide
one years maintenance or family
OF deceased person under guardian
ship OF probate court. The present
law now provides sl25 for widow
and each minor heir only.
Repeal of provision of inheri-
tance tax OF widows on community
property OF husband. =.
Authorizing the establishment or
county departments OF public well
fare.
Cause OF Prior Failures.
While the women In Kansas have
been able to accomplish quite a bit
Of constructive work in past iegis-
laures. they have always been
handicapped by working out their
program late In the fall and never
getting It before the. members, OF
the legislature until about the time
the session began. Then there
wasn't sufficient time to 60 care
fully into the details OF the pur.-
poses and plans OF the proposed
Hesitation, and the result was tina.
the women failed on many items ot
their program.
This year, for the first time. all
the women's organizations got to-
gether early and worked out their
complete program before the prl-
maries. 4 statement has been is'
sued covering every Item OF the
program, setting out in detail why
the women want this legislation
enacted and what II will do for the
women and children OF the state
The candidates OF all parties are
being asked for an expression or
their views on each OF the items be-
fore the primary. The women 90
not contemplate any political ac-
tlon in the primary. except In some
Isolated cases where strong oppo-
) nents OF the program are known 10
be cand dates, and there are also
active candidates in favor OF the
plans OF the women.