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Show ipRTf FOLKS HE UPTHE WORK rlSHlNG-TOX. April 11. Tho Pro-'iKL'ivc Pro-'iKL'ivc conference of tho house par-nfcl par-nfcl out' today ihc work of preparing 4Bl measures fhal will form a part of mPfOBrrfvo legislative plan. The fWj mc,nbcrs will work in eoiijime- tion with tho legislative committee of tho National Progressive- party of which Gifford Piuehoi, Jane Addams, Dean Lewis of Pennsylvania university, univer-sity, -Walter Wcyl and other prominent persons arc members. Ton legislative Hubjccts were assigned at today's conference. Bills on those subjects will be prepared after thorough thor-ough investigation by the members assigned as-signed to them and they will form tho basis for tho legislative campaign of the Progressives iu tho present congress. con-gress. "Following ;g tho list of assignments: Tariff commission, Representative Murdock of Kansas; conservation and development of streams, Temple of Pennsylvania; child labor law, Copley of Illinois; woman's eight-hour law for District of Columbia, Nolan of California; Cali-fornia; workmen's compensation, Riv-ley Riv-ley of Pennsylvania; interstate trade commission. Laf forty of Oregon; commission com-mission of. agricultural co-operation, credits and insurance, Huling of Pennsylvania: Penn-sylvania: presidential preference pri mary, Hincbaugh of Illinois; easier method of amending federal constitution, constitu-tion, Chandler of New York; minimum wago for women, Falconer of Washington. |