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Show PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED For Meeting of Forty Governors at Richmond Rich-mond Next Week. Madison, Wis., Nov. 27. The official program for tho governors conference, to be held at Richmond, Va., December Decem-ber 3 to 7, was announced here today by Miles C. Rlloy, secretary of the conference. The program deals with proposed legislation which will bo considered In tho various states this winter. Last year tho program wan dovoted entirely to the administrative sldo of government. Plan Uniform Lawa. It was Secretary Rlleya plan to have the conference this year devoted to executive topics so that laws of a uniform uni-form nature may bo onaetcd ln the different states. Mr. Riley said today that 40 executives execu-tives will attend tho conference. Five Important subjects of legislation will be discussed Governor McGovern of Wisconsin will read a paper on "A State Income Tax," and "The Development Devel-opment of Inland Waterways" will bo the subject of a iape. by Governor Foss of Massachusr tiB and Governor Deneen of Illinois. Marriage and Divorce. "Uniformity of Marriage and Divorce Di-vorce Laws" will be presented, by Governor Gov-ernor Oddlo of Nevada, and Governor ITawley of Idaho. Govornor O'Neill of Alabama and Governor Burke of North Dakota will dlBcuss "Rural Credits," which subject Is to be taken up on December 7 at a conference with President Pres-ident Taft at Washington. Governor Eberhardt of Minnesota and Governor Gover-nor Hadley of Missouri will speak on "What the State Can Do to Check the Drift of Population From Farm to City." The meeting will bo opened with a discussion of modern penology by Governor Shafroth of Colorado and Governor Baldwin of Connecticut. Interspersed In-terspersed are a number of conferences, confer-ences, the most Important of which will be held In the executive office of Govornor Mann of Virginia. The closing day of the conference will bo devoted to a round table discussion dis-cussion of the proposed legislation. |