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Towner Law in Iowa. Second to recommend the study and investigation of the School Attendance situation and child labor. In smaller towns and rural districts the records are irregular and very much lacking. We might offer our services to make a very careful survey of the local status, find out many boys and girls are out of school from 14 to 16. We have no tab on the girl from 14 to 16, we have no such arrangement as part time schools all over the State. Schools should be provided for part time scholars and in some may get in touch with the boys and girls from 14 to 16 Investigate with a view of raising the age of consent. A campaign of education, school attendance to the end that we may raise the age of compulsory education from sixteen to the minimum standard. Know how the law works, to know what we are asking for and that we are united when we do ask for it. That we study the situation, conduct some type of survey, find out wherein this law is weak and wherein it should be amended. Mrs Devitt moved that this report be accepted and adopt the recommendations in this report, seconded. Mrs Mayer said in discussion of the Child Welfare Report that special emphasis should be placed on the Child Labor Law in Iowa, because of the repeal of the Federal Child Labor law. That we should stand ready to endorse the work of the Child Welfare organizations and to work with them for needed Child labor legislation. Mrs. Mayer suggested that we might offer resolutions to endorse the purpose of the amendment to the Federal Constitution on Child Labor.  There was some discussion of the Voight Bill, known as the Filled Milk Bill and Mrs Mayer called attention to our own law in Iowa permitting the sale of imitation, condensed milk which is of course milk from which the butter fat has been extracted and a substitute of cocoanut oil added. She felt that we should

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Towner Law in Iowa. Second to recommend the study and investigation of the School Attendance situation and child labor. In smaller towns and rural districts the records are irregular and very much lacking. We might offer our services to make a very careful survey of the local status, find out many boys and girls are out of school from 14 to 16. We have no tab on the girl from 14 to 16, we have no such arrangement as part time schools all over the State. Schools should be provided for part time scholars and in some may get in touch with the boys and girls from 14 to 16 Investigate with a view of raising the age of consent. A campaign of education, school attendance to the end that we may raise the age of compulsory education from sixteen to the minimum standard. Know how the law works, to know what we are asking for and that we are united when we do ask for it. That we study the situation, conduct some type of survey, find out wherein this law is weak and wherein it should be amended. Mrs Devitt moved that this report be accepted and adopt the recommendations in this report, seconded. Mrs Mayer said in discussion of the Child Welfare Report that special emphasis should be placed on the Child Labor Law in Iowa, because of the repeal of the Federal Child Labor law. That we should stand ready to endorse the work of the Child Welfare organizations and to work with them for needed Child labor legislation. Mrs. Mayer suggested that we might offer resolutions to endorse the purpose of the amendment to the Federal Constitution on Child Labor. There was some discussion of the Voight Bill, known as the Filled Milk Bill and Mrs Mayer called attention to our own law in Iowa permitting the sale of imitation, condensed milk which is of course milk from which the butter fat has been extracted and a substitute of cocoanut oil added. She felt that we should