![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 sponsored by Senators Robert LaFollette and James Murray, by which funds for state maternal and child health services would increase from $3,800,000 to $5,800,000. Left to right: Dr. Eliot, Senator Murray, and Miss Lenroot](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1qdW5lLTI2LW1pc3Mta2F0aGVyaW5lLWllLWthdGhhcmluZS1sZW5yb290LWhlYWQtb2YtdGhlLWNoaWxkcmVucy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/253/jpg "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 sponsored by Senators Robert LaFollette and James Murray, by which funds for state maternal and child health services would increase from $3,800,000 to $5,800,000. Left to right: Dr. Eliot, Senator Murray, and Miss Lenroot")
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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 sponsored by Senators Robert LaFollette and James Murray, by which funds for state maternal and child health services would increase from $3,800,000 to $5,800,000. Left to right: Dr. Eliot, Senator Murray, and Miss Lenroot
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A black and white photo of two women and a man.
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1926
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Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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