Evening star., 1922-11-10
CONSUMERS Want
: ADKINS RENAMED.
Resolutions Approve Chair
manship of D. C. Minimum
Wage Board.

Resolutions asking the District
Commissioners to reappoint Jesse c.
Adkins as chairman of the minimum
wage board Of the District of Colum-
bia were adopted at today's session
Of the twenty-third annual meeting
Of the National Consumers League. at
the New National Museum.
The resolutions expressed approval
Of the craftsmanship Of Mr.. Adkins.
Other resolutions adopted today call
ed for an inquiry into conditions in
furious to workers in dry cleaning
establishments and also into danger
Gus conditions in potteries.
The league again adopted reso:
lutions approving the Rogers bill
to prevent and punish the misbrand-
ing of goods. Resolutions were
adopted asking the cooperation Of
all local branches of the league In
promoting the enactment of the
Mccormick bill. which would enable
tionai. The hague approved the
Dyer anti-lynching bill.
AT the morning session the league
set forth two proposed acts, which
sasss w Eas nsteaa 10 get of asSeea aSe ea
blanket equality" bill Of the Nation,
al Woman's Party. One proposed
act concerns the earnings OF married
women, and the other concerns the
guardianship of the persons and
property of minor children and the
right to their services and earnings
Married WOman's Earnings.
The act concerning the earnings of
married women was phrased as fol-
lows: "A married woman may carry
on any trade on her sole and sep
arate account. The earnings and
profits Of any married woman accru-
ing from her trade. business. serv-
ices or labor, other than labor for her
husband or children, whether such
trade, business. services or labor be
conducted without the home or with
in the home and in connection with
her domestic duties. shall be her sole
and separate property
The other proposed act declares: IN
all cases not otherwise provided for by
law the father and mother, with equal
powers. rights and duties. while living.
and in case Of the death Of either
parent the survivor. or when there
shall be no lawful father, then the
mother. II living, shall be the natural
guardian of their children and have
the custody and care OF their persons,
education and estates; and when such
estate is not derived from the parents
acting as guardian. such parents shall
give security and account as other
guardians. and IL such parents shall
refuse or neglect to give such bond the
proper court. or judge in vacation. shall
appoint some competent person to take
charge of and manage such property.
THE parents Of such minor child
or children, acting as such natural
guardian. shall be entitled to receive
and collect the earnings of such
minors until they reach their ma
jority, and be. liable for their sup
port to the extent of such earnings:
provided. that this act shall not be
construed as to exempt the father OF
such minors from liability for the
support OF his children"
To BE Jointly Urged.
These state equalizing bills age to
be jointly urged by organizations of
women. Following their presentation
TO the league today, Mrs. Alice q,
Baldridge of New York discussed
them in detail. featuring the equal
Of children, the wife's
right to her earnings, and the equal
right to earnings of .childrent and to
sue for damages to children.
The value of such laws were dis
cussed by Judge Kathryn Sellers Of
the Juvenile Court of the District.
Miss Julia C. Lathrop. formally in
vited all women and their organiza-
tions to help pass the bills.
This afternoon the women are hold
ing a conference on why they oppose
the blanket legislation, with Mrs.
Charles H. Sabin Of the Consumers
League committee to oppose blanket
bills presiding. The meeting will end
tonight with a banquet at Rauscher's.
when speakers will discuss the fed
eral child labor amendment.