Washington, D.C. June 26. Miss Katherine i.e. Katharine Lenroot, head of the Children's Bureau, and her assistant, Dr. Martha M. Eliot, today asked the Senate Finance Committee in executive session for increased grants for child and maternal welfare assistance. They testified in favor amendments s

House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vote before adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 20. A measure affecting the retirement of thousands of government employes here and a field was taken up in a conference of members of the House and Senate this morning in order that di

House Committee told AF of L is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Washington, D.C., June 29. Mrs. Nina P. Collier, center, Chairman of the National League of Women Shoppers Legislative Committee, today told the House Labor Committee that A.F. of L. is split on its own Wagner Act amendments. Ou

Mrs. Brown at Child Labor hearing. Washington, D.C., May 20. Mrs. La Rae Brown of Boston, Mass., Director of the National League of Women Voters appeared before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee today. She stated that she was in favor or Sen. Alden W. Barkley's bill which would prohibit the i

Senators hear women's protest on Roosevelt pump-priming program. Washington, D.C., May 13. Fifty women headed by Mrs. Hamilton Wright of New York today invaded the Senate Office Building to protest to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee against President Roosevelt's five billion dollar pu

Chairmen Wage-Hour conferences hopeful of early passage to permit adjournment. Washington, D.C., June 3. Senator Elbert Thomas, of Utah and Rep. Mary Norton, of New Jersey, Chairman of the Senate and House Wage-Hour Bill conferees, respectively, held frequent conferences today and announced they wer

Senator Pittman gets petition urging embargos against Japan. Washington, D.C., July 18. A delegation representing the American Committee for non-participation in Japanese agression, headed by Eleanor Fabyan of Boston, called on Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Life threatened NLRB aide tells senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 2. Efforts to settle the maritime labor dispute last brought threats against her life, Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick, New York Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board, told the Senate Commerce Committee today. She ap

Republican women leaders discuss 1938 election plans with G.O.P. Chairman. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Women members of the Republican National Committee from all parts of the country converged on Washington today for a conference with National Chairman John Hamilton. Plans for the party's 1938 elect