The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-11

Women Voters and the State Fedora tion of Women's clubs will base what ever legislation they will ask for women from the next session of the legislature.
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs at the luncheon brought out the fact that this survey women in industry in Alabama, and being compiled by government ex- perts, 1t will be authentic.
 Il was the league and the state federation which requested this sur vey work from the bureau some months ago.
 Concerns Many Things
 The report will incorporate facts concerning wages paid Alabama women. conditions under which they work, their hours, lunch or rest room facilities, and such details. It is possible that the report will carry some recommendations and will also tell what other sates are doing for their women laborerss
 Miss Anderson made a great im- pression on the executive board of the league when she declared unbiasly:
 Our women everywhere should have more leisure. The reason is that their work is heavier. of neces  go home in the evenings there is al ways some responsibility of house. keeping-some burden upon their shoulders. Men can quit al night fall or do what they choose-but women must face the family responsibilities. Also they carry on the race as well AS the home, and when we talk of shorter hours our first consideration should be from that standpoint of race.
 Also, if women are not given more leisure, 1t will handicap their initia- tive and creative ability along all lines"
 Wants to Help in Country
 The distinguished woman, under whose jurisdiction industrial condi- tions, so far as they concern women, have been made in or 10 states, hopes that shortly the bureau can make investigation and do some good work along the line of women on the farms and in the country She be- lieves that many interesting facts will be revealed so far as gathering of crops and canning is concerned and the picking of fruits along the coast.
 She feels that certain community things for them could be started with probable state aid.
 We do things from municipal standpoint for our people Why is our responsibility to the country sec tions less?'
 Miss Anderson. previous to coming here, has heen to Mobile and Mont- gomery. She will return to Wash ington today. The Woman's bureau, she set forth, has two objects:
 Thanks League
 'It formulates standards and po1i- cies for women in industry. It's other function is to make Investigations and publish reports of them"
 She thanked the league for it's in- terest in getting better legislation and more appropriation for the Wom- ans Bureau. She was delighted that women all over the country came to the rescue of the bureau.
 Following her speech Mrs. Richard Johnston, president of the league, in- troduced Miss Agnes Peterson, the assistant director, who explained how the investigators went about their work. what lines of industry they yisited-and was delighted that.
 We have received the greatest CO., operation from manufacturers"
 Her talk included an interesting discussion about high heels worn by women in which 1t developed that s"elderly women these days seem to be greater offenders about wearing high heels than the young girls"
 It was brought out that Miss An derson favored a Woman's Bureau