The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11

are Mesdames Lillian Riley, Grace Hudson, Florence Lee, Willie Mae Lindon, Lizzie Levy. Ada Borough Breland, Lula Mitchell, Patsy Kipp, Annie L. Lewis, Fannie Cooper, Pat tie Lawrence, Maude Lee Miller
 Mrs. E. J. Burns, who is in charge of county organizations for the league, Is arranging for a branch or ganlzation in very beat in Jefferson county.
 Dr. Baker Speaks At Fairfield.
 The Fairfield League of Women Voters had a meeting last week at which pr. N R. Baker, county super intendent of education, spoke on the subject of the Sheppard Townsend bill, providing for a separate depart ment of education, headed by cabi- net officer, in the federal govern ment. pr. Baker was very well up on his subject and gave most inter- esting talk. The Fairfield league is studying Jeffersoni county and it's government for the winter. Promi- nent among the decorations at Tues days meeting at the Plaza hotel, was the lovely membership cup, won by Mrs Fiske's squad in the recent drive for the Jefferson county league.
 Individual prizes of subscriptions to lI6 w oman OlIlLGlls OlAlCAdA VI 5 OH Ol the National League of Women Vo- ters, have been ordered for all the members of the winning Fairfield squads and for Mrs. L. Albritton and Mrs E. J. Burns, who were the only members of the Birmingham squads to exceed their quota.
 Hopes
 The approach of the fourth ami versary of Armistice Day sees new ray of hope on the international sit- uation. Not perhaps very bright one, since the acceptance by France of the British proposal originally made by MT. Hughes last winter is hedged about with bristling reserva- tions Yet much of this may be for immediate political effect and in any case the fact that the powers are do- ing something. that France is willing to sit in at all, and that at last the United States makes return to Europe-all this is ground for hope. Since the Hughes plan was first made public it has seemed the one sane and logical next step-to find out, as a common sense starting point, what Germany could pay. It implied neither surrender of justice nor conformation of anything that had brought about the situation. It was merely the practical thing if the ob- ject was to get reparations and not to destroy but to build up and re- store the shattered structure of European economic life. France, terrified patience exhausted, fired with new ambitions, would not con- sent. Her greatest absorption was with security rather than with rep arations. Nov the withdrawal of German passive resistance, the threat ened breakup of Germany. has of Errenph y1o1ipv in the eyes of the world. The moment was opportune to bring to bear the weigh of other nations opinion for d reconsideration of the situation.
 One can only hope that the ex- perts will move quickly. Events in Germany are not waiting on long deferred conferences, and 1t is mo- mentarily a question whether there will be any Germany to pay repara- tions.-The Woman Citizen.
 2ND ADD-WOMAN & CITIZENS
 Homes Needed.
 The hearings before the New York state housing commission reveal a condition of acute public danger. Senator Copeland former health com-' missioner, testified that the present congestion of New York put the city at the mercy of an epidemic. Doctors testified that there are large dlS- tricts where practically all children are six or seven pounds under nor nal weight, owing to unsanitary con ditions, and underfeeding, due to the absorption of too large a part of the parents income for exorbitant rents From the mass of evidence presented, a few main facts stand out clearly:
 The building of priced and moderate-p priced apartments has prac- tically ceased, because it pays only small profit. while other lines of investment pay a much larger per cent, and everybody with money to invest naturally wants to place 1t where it will bring in the largest possible returns. Population is grow ing, and old tenements are constantly wearing out and are not being re- placed. Hence the pressure of de- mand is severe and ever increasing upon the low priced and moderate- priced apartments that were put up before such building ceased. Con- sequently the owners of these are able to charge constantly soaring