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Show Laws Legitimizing Children Urged by Women's Council I ST. LOUIS, Mo , NeY. 11- Laws legitimizing le-gitimizing children ooin out of wedlock were urged before i ne' National Wo men's Council in the reso'utions presented pre-sented today by .'.ir. E'.Icn Spencer Mussey, chairman of tho depai'tmenj of legal status of fouicn and children. The resolution which was unanimous-ly unanimous-ly adopted, included 'he rights of tbe rhild to the father's uame and to Id herif property of 'joth par.-i'ts. Other resolutions presented hy Mr." Murjsey advocated the estdbiisbmeht ol minimum wage ooards In all slate.-., urged laws giving joint and equal guardianship of parents over miuor children and for raising the age necessary neces-sary for making a contract and appealed appeal-ed to congress to i-.a.-s laws allowing women marrying aliens to retain thei-. citizenship Mr. Mussey said that approximate ly 20,000 alien brides of American sol diers are now in this c-juntrv. She proposed that all alien Women should be required to elect whether thev would become naturalized or des'red to retain their native citizenship The -report of Dr. Elizabeth Thel-berg, Thel-berg, chairman of Lhe pub.i health d? I partment, urged compulsory notlfica lion of venereal diseases to health authorities. au-thorities. She advocated 'he 'abora tory method of examination Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Miss, Lucy E. Anthony weie elected governors gover-nors of the international council which Will be held in Norway in September, 1 1920. This council meets every flvs 'years. |