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Washington Post March 5, 1915 Pensions for Mothers Page 14
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS
McKelway Declares U. S. Should Care for Women With Families.
Dr. Small Takes Issue With Child Labor Foe at Conference Called by Associated Charities.
Pensions for the mothers of the nation, as well as pensions for soldiers and sailors, was strongly advocated by Dr. A. J. McKELWAY, secretary of the Southern States' National Child Labor Committee, who spoke at the child welfare conference yesterday morning at Rauscher's under the auspices of the Associated Charities of the District. Dr. McKELWAY's new topic was "Child Labor and the Family."
During the general discussion on child labor laws, Dr. Willard S. SMALL took issue with Dr. McKELWAY when the latter said that anti-child labor laws were unquestionably good.
Dr. SMALL said the health of many children was harmed quite as much in schools as in factories.
"Child Idleness," declared the speaker, "is as much a problem in this country as child labor. There is no such thing as compulsory attendance at school. Even where children have been compelled to go to school, it has done as much harm as good."
Dr. SMALL said the only way to educate children who were desirous of following an industrial life was not by sending them to school, but by making the industries train their own recruits and seeing to it that they trained them properly. The Rev. Jay T. STOCKING presided.