he meat packers asked for a hearing and by vote of the convention ten
minutes were allowed them to present their case. This was done by
Louis D. Weld, manager of the commercial research department of Swift
and Company, Chicago, who said during his remarks: "I believe you
ladies are not prepared to pass on such a vital matter as this
proposed legislation; it is a mighty complicated and intricate
subject." A decided titter ran around the room. Women who had been
making a study of the question from the home side for a number of
years did not resent being told that they did not understand it but
they smiled at a man's coming to tell them so. To show that they were
fair, when he said that the packers did a great amount of good in
carrying food in time of war he was cheered. His argument had no
effect. After he had finished the league adopted the committee's
recommendations and passed the resolution against which the packers
had directed their efforts.

Social Hygiene, Dr. Valeria H. Parker, chairman. Resolutions
recommended and adopted on the abolition of commercialized
prostitution: (a) The abolition of all segregated or protected vice
districts and the elimination of houses used for vicious purposes. (b)
Punishment of frequenters of disorderly houses and penalization of the
payment of money for prostitution as well as its receipt. (c) Heavy
penalties for pimps, panderers, procurers and go-betweens. (d)
Prevention of solicitation in streets and public places by men and
women. (e) Elimination of system of petty fines and establishment of
indeterminate sentences. (f) Strict enforcement of laws against
alcohol and drug trades.

Drastic resolutions were passed for the control of venereal diseases,
applying alike to men and women. Those on delinquents, minors and
defectives were as follows: (a) Legal age of consent to be not less
than 18 and laws to include protection of boys under 18 as well as of
girls. (b) Trying cases involving sex offenses in chancery courts
instead of in criminal courts is advocated. (c) Mental examination and
diagnosis of all children, registration of abnormal cases, education
suited to their possibilities; supervision during and after school
age; custodial care for those unable to adjust to a normal
environment. (d) Reformatory farms for delinquent men and women ...
these institutions to have trained officers. (f) Women on governing
boards of all charitable and penal institutions; as probation and
par