The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-29
LEAGUE DISCUSSES
 INDUSTRY SURVEY
Women Propose New Laws Governing All Working
 Conditions

The Birmingham League of Women Voters held It's initial meeting Tues day afternoon in the club rooms or the Ht1lman hotel, with Mrs. J. NJ. Hankins. the newly elected president, presiding.
 In outlining the program for the years work. the president spoke on World Wide Peace" and urged that the league through the peace and disarmament committee distribute propaganda for world peace during the coming year. Mrs. Hankins stressed the importance of not teach ing militarism in the public schools, because she said, That only teaches our youth that war Is glory and war Is certainly not. It brings untold aSonies to the human race, destruc- tion to our country: In fact, war Is as Sherman said. 'Ie1l'
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs. chairman of the legislative committee for the Ala bama League of Women Voters and the local league, explained the sur vey recently completed by national experts who came from Washington, D. C.. at the request of the Alabama League of Women Voters and the State Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Jacobs said:
 The survey shows that there arc 225,000 women engaged in industrial work and we as Alabamians are in terested in the women of our state, and under what conditions they have to labor. Every day more and moro women enter the industrial world and we must not let them go without some protective laws on our statute books. At present Alabama Is one oi the five states which has no legis- lative law on the industry of women. but We expect to present bill to the next session of the legislature asking that they restrict the work Ing hours of women to the standard hour day, that of eight hours per day. This bill V Ill apply to certain kinds of labor, not all of the trades. The bill Is not an attack upon the employers of women In Alabama. but we are only seeking to give them protection by having such laws on the statute books of the state. The highest average wage of woman in industry is in the printing busi- ness and is SIT a week. while the lowest average wage is paid In the hosiery manufacture aud is S7 per week, according 10 the recent survey.
 The bill will be introduced at the state legislature in January and will be sponsored by the League of Wom- en Voters, the business and profes- sional women's league and other women's organizations, We expect 1t to be hard fought battle for a few measures ever go through the legis- lture without opposition, but we ex- pect to fight 1t openly and insidi- ously. We. the Alabama League Of Women Voters, promise to put forth a great fight for the protection of it's womaphood."
 Mrs. Blyan. chairman of tho Red Cross association, was next intro- duced and gave a brief outline of the conditions of tho women in industry In Illinois and compared IL with the conditions in Alabama. Mrs. Miller, of the city welfare department, was also present and made a short talk on tho wor kbeing done in this city. This talk was followed by 9 round table discussion.
 Miss Mollie Dowd, who was to make an address on the subject of women in industry, was not able to appear on account of illness.
 pr. Lola Taylor gave brief out line of the survey made in Birming ham by the national experts.