The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
WOMEN VOTERS
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ChiA Labor, AdniRistr.tiaa and GOveEMnent Cests Ansng
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 the thlrteen xtates i'm the union that have Easssd hws regulating child la- bor whhch are strong enough to meet tine stamdard set for the whole country by advseates of adequate child labor lawx, by Mrs EIllstt Cheatham, re g5Omal direer@r of the National League of WG@sm Voters, nm am address Mon day mRght i'm the HfTlman hotel in which she urged the members of the Jefferson e@umtF league te support the ehlRA h&0r amendment to the national constitution Her address brought to nm end the first day's session of the citizenship school being conducted by the Beagwe nm Birmingham The speaker attributed the south's high Perrsmrnse of ilIiteraey ts the prexaDence of ehiId labor and stated that SS per eent of the children in one of the Deaaing southern states were kept out of school to work Many ethens drUp out of school before they reach tine f@urrh grade, she added
 Ignxznee Breelb Psyefty
 -Chi1 Eab@r btlngs poverty" she xaia --Tr costs the south millions of a0lRars ewery year I'm decreased produe- tlpm amd gemeTal inef6cieney- It is an admittnd faet that iguorant people re ceave the lowest wases, and they are the Oues who are firzt to lose their jobs i'm tlne of industrial depression
 ~ThRx is q matter whieh the federal gOvermmemt aDGne IS able to deal ade- quaaely," Mrs Cheathan said- Even the saatss tkat have passed child labor laws have, i'm mAmF instances, modified them sD greatlF thAtl they have little for,re- ChiM Eahor is elgsfey Identified with imterState e0mmeEce, and as long zs the $ame sramdard is not imposed upOm alI xtates, those states having snch gAws sre made to suffer from un- fair cmmHegitn0m with other states that are mot SD egusiderate of the welfare of their fmtmre eitizens-T
 Imferesf In GaEernmeMf
 Miss Helen Rneea, assistant profes- spr of Palitleal science i'm the Univer- saty 0f Calif@rmia, who was sent to Birmingham by the National League of W0mem Voters to conduct the school of eitiRmzhiS,- spoke Monday morning om Women nm ReAati0n to the Federal anld State G@vermments% Miss Roeca dissmssea particularly the relationship between the treasury department and tine various other departments of the fcBsHal SUFermmsmt-
 Prof. A B Moare, head of the de parrmemt of history of the University of AEabama, spoke Monday morning Wm -T&e RegryamIzatiou of State Ad- mimisarati0n"
 Prof. F. G. Howe, head of the Uni versity of AHabama extension depart memt, xl@ke Cm -The Election Laws" i'm the afternoon The Cost of Gov ermmemt" WAS the A1bjeet of q second address Monday. afternoon by Prefes- sOr Howe
 Fru@ z to 8 o'clock Monday evening. Miss R@crn gnwe a general summary of the leeamrvs of the day for the bene- fit of wwrklmg Wunnen and others who were wmaRle to attRmd the morning amM afternoon BeeGures.
 TuesAay's Program
 The following program has been am n@wmcaa for Tuesday,
 Morning session. Mrx- Paul H. Earle presiding
 10 NW-11 90 a. m-Leeture. %Wem- em inn relati6m to saate and local gov ermmemaxs" MT E. G. Howe, professor of pOliricaH sc1enees University of Ala hanna
 HI 5lsW a. nm t@ I& 5SH D. m-Leefure. -E1ee15Un Laws" Judge Hugh A. LOeke-
 Afternooa session. Mrs R. DuPent Thompson presiding
 250W-S 900 D. @-Leefure, The Re @ryamEnatinm of State Administration, 1 Dr. Moore
 : WW4 00 R m-Lecfure, The Cost of G@Vernmemt,@ IT Professor Howe.
 B1saness wUnnem5S session. Miss Hat the Steele preSldlmg
 75WO-S 5OW D. m-SummarF of lee ture$, Miss RGeca-
 Eveming session, Mrs Angus NJ Taylor presiding
 s 800 E m-Address4 The Impor- tamee of a Program of International C0-Operati@m to Prevent War;" Mrs. George GelHh@rm- prseldent Missouri Leagwe of W0mem Voters Reception of MrS GeAHhMrm