The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-08-17

Bureau Of the Department Of Labor tle
spending Of this money rests Win t1e
individual states. which accept the ben
efts Of the law, 70 Be used directly in
service and Instructions for mothers
and babies. The state plans for mater
and infant aid are submitted TO the
Federal Board Of Maternity and Infant
Hygiene, and the approval Of the board
clears the way for the allotment OF
funds and the immediate beginning OF
the work Of saving lives.
Plans Are Made.
The plans for this work drawn BY the
states show a broad appreciation Of the
problem. They differ widely because
many Of the states have been backward
in the development Of this line Of gov
eminent activity. As fundamental steps,
these states propose 70 insure accurate
birth registration, improved milk sup
plies, and state surveys of medical and
nursing facilities for maternal and IN
FAINT care. In states with well organized
child hygiene services where the pioneer
stage Of the work has been passed, In
creased numbers of country and com
munity public health nurses who Will
make accurate surveys Of facilities for
maternal care and provide instructions
for mothers both in classes and at home
are to be provided. So far but three
| states have declined to cooperate with
a. EzI1-o1 C-arrnnanf in thIa WORK
and they are at work on the problem as
a state measure. The experience Of the
workers in the campaign for saving ba-
| bies has demonstrated that the fathers
and mothers of the country are eager to
help.
The Children's Bureau Of the Depart
ment Of Labor is at work on the whole
child welfare problem in a big way. Ii
is finding the facts upon which intelli-
gent and effective means for solving the
problem can be based. Not alone the
infant but the growing child must be
~safeguarded and ~fostered, and the Chill
dren's Bureau is delving into all matters
pertaining to the welfare of the children
and the child life among all classes Of
our people. The field is wide and the
task is vast. Cooperation by all the
people is vital to the success Of the un'
dertaking.
Children at Work.
Children in industry are one OF oul
greatest problems. Once more the Su
preme Court Of the United States hai
found a federal law designed to bar i'm
mature children from factory employ
ment unconstitutional. Criticism Of thu
courts will solve the problem. am con
WINGED that the American people vii
find a way to promptly make effectiv'
their will so often expressed. Through
state legislation, or other means we vii
be able to balk the conscienceless EN-
ployer who would build his profit on tn
labor of little children.
But fundamental in our movement 10
building up a better next generation i
the problem of education. America ha
developed a great educational system
probably the greatest in the world. Blu
a short time ago the man who could rea
and write was looked upon as educated
Today there are few homes in the coun
try where Shakespeare and some of tn
other classic writers of English are no
studied and appreciated. Our hig
schools of today in many cases offe
|, curricula that compare favorably wit
: those of the colleges of a generation o
two ago. We have made tremendou
strides in education, but they have a
2 been in the same direction. Our edr
Gators have been imbued with the elias;
t ical to the exclusion of the ~practica
D We are today making one hundred pc
cent Of our children accept in their ed'
cation learning designed to fit them f
the professions and the s~ocalled whit
e collar" occupations. More than 80 p'
: cent of our people gain their hvlihoe
= through agriculture and industr
+ through work with their hands, but '
|. have built up an educational system d
S signed to perfect all of our children
= fields which will accommodate only 10 p'
: cent of them. We harness together
t the educational shafts the future plum
Der and the future lawyer, the youi
e who designs to follow his fathers foo
: steps as a surgeon and the girl who
=. sole ambition is to become as good
S wife and housekeeper as her mother. v