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Co a WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1923 PLEA FOR LAW T0 SAVE BABES Local Women Ask Citizens to Seek Passage of Maternity and Infancy Bill FIND ILLINOIS TOO LAX Plead For More Welfare Centers (Issued by Winnetka's League of Women Voters) The Maternity and Infancy Bill is now before the Illinois General As- sembly. Senator Richard Barr has introduced it in the Senate as Senate Bill No. 175, and it has been referred to the Committee on Public Health, Hygiene and Sanitation, of which Senator Lowell B. Mason is chair- man. Representative William G. Thon introduced it in the House as House Bill: No. 298, and it was re- ferred to the Committee on Judiciary of which Representative Howard P. Castle is chairman. The two bills which are identical ask for the immediate acceptance of the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act for the promotion of the Welfare and Hygiene of Matern- ity and Infancy." (Sheppard-Townecr Act). We need this act in the United States not only because 16 civilized nations have a lower death rate of mothers, and 6 civilized nations lose fewer babies each year, but also be- cause our maternal death rate from preventable causes is not being low- ered. Illinois Falls Behind The sooner the bill is passed, the sooner Illinois will stand with the other 42 states which are sharing in the nation's great experiment in sav- ing the lives of Mothers and babies. Is it worth while to champion a cause that has for its purpose the saving of 30 infant lives and 3 Moth- er lives every day of the year? The proposition is primarily one of "education and the program developed is as essentially a government func- tion as is the teaching of spelling and arithmetic in the public schools. Methods Explained The methods of carrying out the ~~ provisions of this measure are as fol- lows : To provide for the services of doc- tors and public health nurses; To co-operate with local groups in the establishment of Infant Welfare and Maternity centers; To supervise and to train widerives) To campaign for pure milk; To distribute educational literature. Now is the time ta help. this great cause. Inform your" representatives 'that you support this measure. Write Lewis Springer, Howard P. Castle, and John McCarthy, care of State House of Representatives and to Fred Roos at the State Senate at Springfield, and tell them that you are in favor of this bill. For further information call Mrs. Albion S. Webe, chairman Child Wel- fare committee, Winnetka League of Women Voters :--telephone Winnetka 1939. Asks Postmasters to Practice Economies The vast increase in the volume of mails and the inability of the post office department to secure an immediate ap- propriation, with Congress not in ses- sion until next fall, was the basis of an appeal for economy voiced this week to post masters throughout the country by Postmaster General Harry S. New. Elmer E. Adams, Winnetka postmas- ter, in commenting on the letter received from the office of the Postmaster Gen- eral, stated that the increase in volume of mails has also affected the local of- fice. The need for economy emphasized in the letter is not intended to in any way curtail the service so as to work an inconvenience upon the public, nor to seriously interfere with the efficiency of any phase of the service, but simply em- bodies the request to 'live within the available appropriation. STARS AT INDOOR Miss Marjorie Windes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. 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