Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-08
CARE FOR NATIONS BABIES,
WARNS SECRETARY OF LABOR
James J. Davis Says They Should Be Made Sturdy,
Stanch Truly American, and Fit to Carry
Country Forward.

which should govern juvenile court
organizations and methods OF work
In addition To its reports OF special
studies and the proceedings OF the
conference. tn" bureau Is publishing
a series of brief bulletins written
by leading authorities.
The plan OF mothers pensions.
with it's recognition OF the principle
that. in ease OF the fathers death
or disability. children should not b"
taken from their mothers because or
poverty alone has been adopted IN
forty states. Tho states. however.
ana SECTIONS within the States, adj
minister the plan In widely varying
ways. and conceptions differ AZ TO
what the amounts of the pensions
should be. Tho Childrcn'a bureau
made compilations of state and
foreign laws: 1t began in Illinois
The first OF the States to pass AN
aid mothers lava series OF iirst-
hand studies. and nj present Is carry
ing on these studies or methods and
standards In several parts OF the
country.
The strength OF the Childrcn's Blu
rcau has lain from the beginning in
the cooperation of the nations
women. The assistance Of organi-
cations which could be relied upon
to mobilize their membership for
NJ,
the arranging or infant-hcalth con
tcrcnccs such as the stan OF tn.
child's Welfare Special conducts, !ot
the securing Of community under
standing ana aid in The bureaus spc-
Ciai studies. or for the Glssrrninatint,
OF information TO individual mothers.
has enabled the bureau TO extend
its activities beyond measure.
Assistance Asked.
a.. nj ~
rc"u. In cooperation Win tho Bu-
rehu Of the Census. carried on a cam
paign for IN" better registration ~
births assisted In this by various
womcn's ORGANIZATIONS, notably Ia"
General Federation Of Women.
clubs. Fifteen hundred women aid
Ing this campaign were in corrcS-
pondcnce with the bureau In CO.
operation with the Genera! Fedora
ton with It's more than 1000. OUp
members, the bureau organized tn.
national observance OF "Bahy Vice."
IN 1915. and 20s3 communities re
ported joining in this observance.
The campaign OF chiid~cu's Year.
however. carried on during ia" 500
ond year OF the war, in to-opcratson
with the WOmcUs Committee. Of the
Council OF National Defense, was tho
bureaus largest adventure IA co.
operative effort with voluntary or
tees were organized In every Stat.
but two. aud 1900 local commuters
included 100000 women.
Through the Childrcn's Bureau ,hr
Fedora! government has undertaken
the task Of preserving tho Ivos of
the nations mothers aud habics
Under tn" Sheppard -Towncr Nct
elective this year. "A FUND ot Sl.@iu.
GOO has been provided FOR allottn"i.,.
among III. states which undertake
seriously the conservation ot Infant
and maternal l!fc Ih!rty-th-.,
states have already accepted par.
t!cipation In the :und ANA havc hal
! their place for saving mothers amt
bhe!cs approved hy the Federal a,r.
thortt!cs. Each year in the United
states from 10000 to $4,000 babi,s
die In the nrst year OF NE and
about $4,000 mothers die IN bringing
children into the world The ChlI
hren's Bureau has made extensive
studies OF the causes Of this NOR
tally. In various cities. women as
ISOLATED wiki the Bureau have taken
up the problem. In human WAY.
seeking real causes These invcsti-
gators have reached the conclusion
That II all children were well born
and well cared for the mortality
among infants Hnd mothers would
hc negligible
Care Of the nations mothers and
care for the nations new born babes
is conceded TO be the rcn! solution
Of the problem. 1t is TO provide that
| car" that the plans OF the various
Staicr seeking to participate in the
FcySral funds are framed These
plau' must have the approval OF III"
Fcdc raj authorities. and the latter
Insist upon constructive and ciIcc-
tive work. In the prosecution and
extension OF this work under the
sheppard -Towncr bill lies the saving
:" the nation OF many future citi-
zcns.