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Show 1 ASSIST MOTHERS I BEFORE AND AFTER I THE CHILD BIRTH WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Leplslation H. extending financial Assistance to moth R: ers and exempting thpm from labor for a period of six weeks before and H,j after childbirth was endorsed to lay by the Interna; IodjlI Congress of Working Women, Consideration oi" lawa proposed and ihose "lrrnulv in of K1! feet in different countries led to lengthy deb; Suggestions by Ifce French cVlega-l! cVlega-l! tion that rn..i' . tended to all women brought qm h l a approval from mo- of th i ther p reaentatives. especially those from It-aly. It-aly. An American delegate said 'he French position was bssi lor the ?a I Hi that there was .1 v i r low 1.- i.in'in that country, while that of the Italian i epresentativc resulted from t'.e h gh D birth rate in Italy. A proposal by a British delegate that payment be made on i I Bf income aroused immediate protest, K, many delegates insisting Mia; H.i was H "unthinkable" as it would force wo-men wo-men to the "humiliation" f admii'mg their actual Income |