Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1924, Page 18

(SEEKS TO PREVENT ACTS BY JUVENILES Child Labor Conference Opposes Stage Life for Children State Taws Cited. BARRED IN PENNSYLVANIA Conferees Discuss Principal Prob- lems to Be Overcome. How children are prevented from appearing in professional theatricals : of Pennsylvania, but ean- e prohibited in New York state was outlined before the twen- tieth anniversary conference on child labor today at the Washington Hotel. “The Butterfly Kiddies,” and even other productions, left Pennsylvania for other “backward” nearby states fellowing court action and official warnings, Dr, Royal Meceker, secre- tary of labor and Industry of Penn- sylvania, explained. Admitting that there were con- flicting state court decisions as to whether the state law was operative against children on the stage, Dr. Meeker said the adminis Progressing under the de. proLibited children on the stage The principal problems, however, Meeker said, in enforcement of abor laws, were to get the sroper personnel for administration were needed, he said, bor situation: First, a cond, the proper commi third, proper courts, child,” dec d Mr. s the Tight to be in industry who not had the ght to be a child. No child has the right to be in in- T Grennan, dustry until it has had an educa- tion.” Miss Julia Lathrop, former head of the children's bureau, Department of Labor, made a plea for renewed co-operation between state and fed- eral government. She sald there was need of an increased public opinion against child labor, but predicted that progress was being made, and that {n the next ten years the country would see conditions the best it has ever known. All speakers of the morning urged the necessity of u federal constitu- tional amendment prohibiting child labor. Thix Morning's Program. Others on the program of the con- ference at the morning session to dis- cuss problems of state administration, included: Fred M. Wilcox, chairman of the Wisconsin industrial commis- slon, and John Hopkins Hall, jr., Vir- ginia labor commissioner and presi- dent of the Association of Goverr mental Labor Officials of the Unite States and Canada. Owen R. Lovejoy, secretary of the natlonal child labor committee, presided at the morning session. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, plan- ned to preside over the afternoon session. The topics and speakers of the afternoon session are to include “Child Labor in Tenement Indus- tries,” Jean MacAlpine Heer, ficld agent, National Child Labor Commit- “In Manufacturing . ADi Massachusetts C! Boston: “In Can adise, New the 1 oS, Voming, Apt. | | Mhin Floo Columbia Road at California Bot want to miss—at the price of our regular I Community Dinner 1 nner Ix Served Daily and Sunday From 6 to 7:30 ’l':i'l_ihllnr !Vll:‘l 2041 7 i | THE Jeanle V. Minor, secretary New York Child Labor Committee, New York; “Child Labor in Pennsylvania,"” Bruce M. Watson, director Public Education and Child Labor Association, Phila- delphia, and “Is_ Agriculture In- volved?” Dr. E. C. Lindeman, member board of trustees, National Child La- bor Committee, New York. Sessions Close Tonight. The closing session of the ‘comfer- ence tonight, over which Senator Pep. per of Pennsylvania will preside, will give serious consideration to the ques- tion of the connection between the federal government and child labor, and will be featured by speeches from Dr. S8amuel McCune Lindsay and Owen R. Lovejoy, chairman and secretary, respectively, of the National Child Labor Committec, and_ by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, A message from President Coolidge | & favoring the constitutional amend- ment featured last night's session. It was presented by the presiding officer, Dr. Samuel McCune Lindsay. “For the purposes of uniformity, said the President. “we ought to pro- vide by constitution mendment and appropriate legis n for a limitation of child labor.” Representative Israel Foster of io, who drafted the resolution now the Senate, explained the pur- and ideals of the movement. Grace Abbott of the childre UNDER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION Specialized Service to Army, Navy and Civilian Depositors Industrial Loans Checking Accounts 49/, Savings Accounts Banking Hours: 8:30 to 5 .M. THE DEPARTMENTAL BANK 1714 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 0 £ g RVENING' STAR, - WASHINGTON; bureau, Department of Labor, re- viewed the history and development of -efforts to protect the lives of chil- dren from exploitation. Dr. Willlam J. Kirby of Catholic University proposed investigation of the home, college and church from which tha child labor employer came as a means to discover the motives and causes of child labor. Prediction that the Senate would pass the House resolution Monday was made by Senator Copeland of New York. R Buras Fatal to Child. Dispatch to The Star. v & May 28.—Eliza- d playing. A rainbow is a very common sight in Hawali. Scarcely a day passes that this circle of color is not seen in Honolul; 1407 L St. N.W. First floor store, 100 feet deep to alley; also base- ment store, now being re- modeled. Suitable for drug ‘store, real estate of- fice, cafeteria and many other lines, Architect’s drawings at this office. Available About Aug. 1st. GARDINER & DENT INC, 1409 L St. N.W. Main 4884 D. C., WEDNESDAY, Eight Nurses Get Diplomas. 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