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Show WOMAN HEADS CHILD BUREAU 1 1' 1 , i . . i jjlips , Julia ,;G. Lathrop of Chicago, now. Ta'nd for,, many years a colleague of Jane' Addams in the work of Hull house, has been appointed chief of :he- recently rcreated children's bureau if the national government. The nom-naftio'n nom-naftio'n was "sent to the senate the Jther day by President Taft. Mi"ss !i iathrop :is the first Woman :v,er, selected to direct a bureau of the ederal government, Moreover, to her .v'iil ' be committed the foundation and leveloptnent1 of 'the activities which hei fiatjanal! government Is about to indertak-e, ;,tjO; further the welfare of :hildrn. frj. ; , it ' is expected 'slie will build up an nsiittatlon' 'which "will be an important pranchf'Df Mhe. government service in 5hg i investigation of conditions of child ife ,a,nd,(in corelating and accelerating he . activities of individual states in bettering such conditions. c j The appointment of Miss Lathrop .'was orged upon President Taft by so- V v i ,;1 I Mr" w ft'-" . . 'i : ,f, ( iil reform organizations not only in Chicago but in other parts of the courj- y tr. .-He was informed that she has made a specialty of the study ' of: chilij A, JItfp and its amelioration in connection with settlement work and that sha I 1 been prominent in the movement which resulted in the enactment , of T idhjld labor legislation in Illinois. y JThe same organizations which indorsed Miss Lathrop brought about the i, ation-pf the children's bureau by congress. :' ; C L ' . V. 1 |