Evening star., 1924-05-25
CHILD LABOR PARLEY
TO CONVENE TUESDAY
Nationally Prominent Speakers to
Address Two-Day Sessions at
Hotel Washington.
AMENDMENT TO BE TAKEN UP
Senators and Representatives to
Have Part in Program.

Under the auspices of the National
Child Labor Committee, with head
quarters in New York, the twentieth
anniversary conference On child labor
will convene Tuesday at the Hotel
Washington for a two-day meeting,
divided into five sessions. Speakers
If national prominence will address
the conference on the various phases
Of the child labor subject
The first session will open at 2:30
o'clock Tuesday. and the general
:opic, Child Labor, National Prob
lem," will be discussed by Henry r.
pringle, Investigator. the New York
World; Charles o. Williams, chairman
of education, National Parent-Teacher
Associations; Prof. Ralph p. HOLDEN,
dartmouth College: Rev. +. Ernest
Johnson, Federal Council of Churches,
New York, and Wayne b. Wheeler,
general counsel, Anti-Saloon League.
DR.. Felix Adler, chairman emeritus,
National Child Labor Committee, New
York, will preside.
Miss Abbott to Speak.
Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the
rhildren'S bureau, Department of La
hor, will be the first speaker at the
second session, to be held at S:3O
o'clock Tuesday night for discussion
If The Constitutional Amendment
She will be followed by Senator Sam
uel NJ. Shortridge of California, Rep
resentative Israel NJ. Foster of Ohio
of sociology, Catholic University,
Washington, D. c. DR.. Samuel Nc.
Cune Lindsay, chairman, board of
trustees. National Child Labor COM
mittee, New York, will preside. =.
Problems of State Administration"
will occupy the third session, to be
held the following morning at 10
o'clock. Homer Folks, vice chairman
of the National Child Labor Commit
tee, will preside. and addresses will
be given by DR.. Royal Meeker, secre-
tary of labor and industry, common
wealth of Pennsylvania; Fred NJ. Will
cox. chairman, industrial commission,
Madison, Wis; Bernard l.. Shientag.
industrial commissioner, department
Of labor, New York, and John Hop
kins Hall, jr.. commissioner of labor,
Richmond. Va.
Gompers to Preside.
The afternoon, or session four. will
begin at 2:30 o'clock, with Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, in the chair.
Why Child Labor Amendment"
will be discussed by the following:
Jean MacAlpine Heer, field agent, Ma
tional Child Labor Committee, New
York; Madeline H. Appel. executive
Committee, Boston: Viola Paradise,
New York; Jeanie V. Minor, secretary,
New York Child Labor Committee;
Bruce NJ. Watson, director, Public
Education and Child Labor Associa-
tion. Philadelphia. and DR.. E. c.
l.indeman, member board of trustees
of the National Child Labor Commit
tee.
The fifth and final session of the
conference will begin at 8 pm.
Wednesday, with discussion centered
around the general topic, THE Fed
eral Government and Child Labor"
Senator George Wharton Pepper of
Pennsylvania will preside. The an
nual address, History of Federal
Legislation" will be given by Dr.
Lindsay. other speakers will be Mrs
John Jay O'Connor, child welfare
chairman, National League of Woman
Voters Voters, Wsashington: D; G; Dr.
sity, New York, and DR.. Stephen s.
Wise. rabbi, Free Synagogue, New
York City