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Show LABOR DEMANDS WELFARE UWS I FR01C0NGRESS Legislation Tending Against Unemployment Leads 1 Program Adopted (jr. k. . starr Special) H NEW TOftK, Hoc. 29. Congress H and state legisl.Ltme- vill feel th- r jfl force of the l on ifii to .l.i.i.l t I ibor Mm ,; m . v. "rk to- I day and tomorrow. Members of the H association will demand: I H Government action to stimulate cm- iployment by speeding public works. Government insurance for workers H against unemployment. Estahllshmt nt of a national free H ploymcnt bunu service. Governi Insurance .-iR.rinst ill health and accidents due to Industry, H and old age pensions H linitii of workmen's mm compensation Insurance to longshore- WM men and seamen. il The conference will be attended by H manufacturers, labor leaders, wage fH I earners, public officials, economists 'J and experts on Industrial law and J health problems. Thomas L, Chad- ifl I I'O'irn. -ion. MH I MM' l Ol Ml I M I Ml I 58 t'lto M.llll olltlVl M-l-re- wMM tOry of tho Pennsylvania emergen. II public works commission and a mem- jf i i.r-r ..f th. Btatt Industrial board, will IH Unemployment and depression are rB unnecessary In 1921. We arc masters I of our economic destiny Well-guided I Hues of activity can banish tho terror MM Ing the coming year. 8peeding up - ' r long delay ed . -HJ , by wartime conditions, in one remedy HJH at hand." Among the speakers on mnternil.v legislation will be Dr. Richard Bolt. mjM general director of tho American Child Hygiene association. "It is a condemning fact." says lr. Bolt, 'that in a country 1 1 K ,-. Am'rl. l -H more women between IS and 4 6 loso their lives from conditions connected wyith childbirth than from any other except tuberculosis. AWM Even during the past year there mj alarming Increase in' ma- nH terna mortality." The Sheppard-Towner bill will rc- ' ceive the active support of the nsso- ! elation, as will stale bills necessary lj to put its benefits into effect through- lH . out the entire country mm in 1 1 i The experience of the i:r4ti-.h i - U nment he ilth h H during the past ten years will be cited H IftjH proving It practical nml essential. wM wM mm speaker on this queston will be thi VH Key. J.,lin A. Ryan, director ..f tin- VS -"' i .1 .! tlon departmcnl of the Nation- II al Catholic Welfare council. n l "The trade unions must fight as fi H hard as they know against the altenrpi f H to destro them," sayi the Ret RySn. i I I "All friends of Justice must redouble H I their efforts to Improve conditions of IH employment by legislation." IH eratlve ownership of industry by the H workers. M |