26 Feb 19 1918

February 19, 1918.

The Legislative Committee, Mrs. Sewall C. Brackett, Chairman, had in charge the program for the afternoon, and the four bills which have the endorsement of the State Federation of Women's Clubs were outlined and explained by the two speakers of the afternoon. F. W. Wright, deputy commissioner of education, explained at some length House bill 162, An Act to provide for the appointment by the Board of Education of a Director of Physical Education to have Supervision of Physical Education in the Public Schools, also House bill 163, An Act to require the Establishment and Maintenance of Continuation Schools and Courses of Instruction for Employed Minors under Sixteen Years of Age, and House bill 164, An Act to Provide Facilities for Training for Injured Persons. In the absence of Mrs. William C. Troy, chairman of the committee on women in industry, her representative and a member of her committee, Mrs. McNamara spoke on the 48 hour bill, and also told of the work of this committee. After several questions addressed to both speakers by mem-

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bers of the club, the President read a communication from Mrs. Gurney of the State Federation, asking the club to endorse the action of the Federation in favoring these four bills, and a unanimous vote to that effect was taken.