positions of honest employment. Receives prisoners paroled to its custodial care, assists them to procure employment, and advises and supervises them until they are discharged from custody. Executive Secretary makes periodical visits to prisons in many States, addresses prisoners in their prison chapels, holds personal interviews with them, and arranges to assist them to obtain employment when they are discharged. Membership is open to interested persons. Supported by voluntary contributions.

National Liberal Immigration League (org. 1906), 108 East 31st St., New York, N. Y. To preserve the benefits of immigration by admitting desirable and keeping out undesirable immigrants. Endeavors to promote the Americanization of all immigrants, and advocates their better distribution in order to diminish the evils of congestion. Furnishes free information on immigration and Americanization. Advocates the following: maintenance and careful enforcement of laws excluding criminals, paupers, and persons having dangerous contagious diseases; opposition to restrictions beyond these; education and Americanization of immigrants; amendment of contract labor law so as to exempt from its application agricultural and certain skilled labor; deportation of aliens committing crimes after arrival. Publishes and circulates literature on immigration and kindred subjects. Membership is open to any American citizen. Supported by contributions and by membership fees, $2 a year.

National Lutheran Council (org. 1918), 437 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. To speak for the Lutheran Church and give publicity to its utterances on all matters which require an expression of the common conviction and sentiment of the Church; to be the representative of the Lutheran Church in America in its relations to organized bodies outside itself; to bring to the attention of the Church all such matters as require common utterance or action. Seeks to further the work of recognized agencies of the Church that deal with problems arising out of war and other emergencies; to coordinate, harmonize, and unify their activities, and to create new agencies to meet circumstances which require common action. Strives to combine the activities of the Church and its agencies for the solution of new problems which affect social, economic, and educational conditions. Maintains foreign representatives for the conduct of relief and reconstruction work in Europe. Communities may secure visit from representatives of the Council by special arrangement; address central office. Council holds an annual meeting for the

reading of reports and discussion of problems. Publishes an Annual Report, obtainable free from central office. Has issued lantern slides; address central office for particulars. Membership includes the Synods of the United Lutheran Church, the Norwegian Lutheran Church, the United Danish Church, the Lutheran Free Church, and the Danish Lutheran Church; also the Iceland Synod, the Buffalo Synod, the Augustana Synod, and the Joint Synod of Ohio. Council is supported by funds raised within its constituent church bodies.

Lutheran Bureau serves as the publicity body of the Council. It conducts financial campaigns for charitable and educational institutions; promotes publicity for national conventions of constituent bodies of the Council; through the Reference Department, it compiles and furnishes free information regarding the Church, prepares newspaper stories, and pamphlets, booklets, and posters.

National Malaria Committee (org. 1916), Chmn., W. S. Leathers, M. D., Jackson, Miss.; Secy., Surgeon L. D. Fricks, U. S. Public Health Service, In Charge of Field Investigations of Malaria, Court House Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. To stimulate scientific and public interest in malaria problems; to serve as a medium through which societies and individuals may become identified with the study and prevention of malarial diseases; to coordinate the efforts of these agencies with those of constituted Federal, State, and local health authorities. Conducts its work through subcommittees on Administration, Entomological Research, Medical Research, Education and Publicity, Sanitary Engineering, and Statistics. The National Malaria Committee holds an annual meeting, open to the public, with the Southern Medical Association. Papers dealing with malaria problems are read at these meetings, and are published in the journal of the Southern Medical Association. Membership in the National Malaria Committee includes State health officers of those States in which malaria exists as a serious public health problem, and other persons who are interested in malaria. There are no membership dues.

National Medical Association (org. 1895), Genl. Secy., W. G. Alexander, M. D., 48 Webster Pl., Orange, N. J. To promote the science and art of medicine. Local units throughout the country hold health meetings and conduct educational work. Commissions on tuberculosis, pellagra, medical education, and public health conduct special work. Association holds an annual meeting for the discussion and reading of papers and reports, display of exhibits, and holding of clinics.

Association publishes Journal of the National Medical Association (Editor, J. A. Kenney, M. D., Tuskegee Institute, Ala.), quarterly, $2 a year. Membership composed of colored physicians, dentists, and pharmacists. Supported by annual dues, $5 a year.

National Milk Producers' Federation (org. and inc. 1917), 1731 Eye St. NW., Washington, D. C. To promote the interests of the producer and consumer of milk, by improving conditions under which milk is produced, by bettering marketing methods, by standardizing milk products, and by other necessary activities. Gives publicity to information on problems confronting producers. Assists in the preparation of data relating to the cost of milk production and wholesale and retail selling prices of milk and milk products. Assistance in the promotion and development of effective producers' marketing organizations may be secured, provided such associations join the Federation after their organization is completed. Membership is limited to cooperative associations of milk producers. Supported by dues of 10 cents a year for each individual member of constituent associations.

National Motion Picture League (org. 1914, inc. 1920), 381 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. To conduct an educational campaign for clever, worthy motion pictures; to coordinate the public demand for these. Selects suitable pictures for wholesome entertainments and organizes and conducts children's matinees and family programs. Works through the schools, women's clubs, and other agencies, and attempts to reach those persons who would be most interested in good pictures. Aims to present only good films to boys and girls and to keep vicious ones away from them. Holds an annual meeting. A special committee reviews all pictures manufactured and issues weekly bulletins which include lists and brief descriptions of those which are of value. Bulletins are sent free to members. Membership is open to any person or corporation not financially interested in the motionpicture industry. Supported by contributions from persons not connected with the motion-picture industry, by annual membership dues, $2 and up, and by subscriptions to bulletins, $1.50 a year.

National Municipal League (org. 1894), 261 Broadway, New + York, N. Y. To multiply the numbers, harmonize the efforts, and 20 combine the forces of those who are interested in good government. Promotes investigation and discussion of the problems of government

and of the methods of selecting and appointing officials in American sexy

cities. Studies constitutions, laws, and ordinances relating to government; conducts research and makes reports on such topics as civil service efficiency, county government, Federal relations to American municipalities, franchises, model city charters, model municipal indebtedness law, municipal courts, municipal pensions, municipal information, sources of revenue, State government, and uniform city reports. Publishes National Municipal Review, a monthly magazine, devoted to consideration of current governmental topics, 50 cents a copy, $5 a year. Membership is open to interested persons. Supported by subscriptions, and by annual dues, $5 and up.

National Museum. See Smithsonian Institution.

National Negro Business League (org. 1900, inc. 1905), 1816 Twelfth St. NW., Washington, D. C. To promote the commercial and financial development of the Negro. Serves as a clearing house for the collection and dissemination of useful information regarding achievements of Negro men and women throughout the country. Holds an annual meeting. Endeavors to keep the white and Negro press fully and correctly informed as to all worthy racial activities, social, commercial, and otherwise. Through publicity seeks to stimulate Negro business enterprise, foster race pride and progress, and mold a healthy public sentiment towards the race question. Has organized local business leagues in cities and towns and through regularly issued bulletins keeps them informed concerning industrial, business, trade, professional, manufacturing, and other opportunities for Negro men and women. Encourages the establishment and increase of business enterprises among Negro people. Seeks to better the conditions of skilled and unskilled Negro labor. Plans to compile a catalogue of Negro business organizations, including individual, partnership, and corporate enterprises, which shall enable the Negro public to distinguish between bogus and "wildcat" schemes and those which are worthy. Seeks to learn of new and successful methods of managing and building up various kinds of businesses, and compiles and publishes material gained in this connection. Disseminates information and suggestions through the National Negro Press Association, in order to bring about a closer alliance of the Negro newspapers now being published and to encourage each local League to support its Negro newspaper. Employs efficiency experts who may be secured to study local conditions and make practical suggestions regarding up-to-date, economical, and successful business methods; expenses to be paid by community applying. Member

ship is open to State and local business leagues, and to interested individuals. Supported by membership dues. Its affiliated organizations which hold annual meetings at the same time and place as the League are as follows:

National Negro Bankers' Association (org. 1906), Pres., B. M. Roddy, Solvent Savings Bank, Memphis, Tenn. Serves as a central agency to unite the Negro bankers of the country for the exchange of information and experience.

National Negro Bar Association, Pres., Perry Howard, Jackson, Miss.

National Negro Farmers' Association, Pres., R. W. Whetby, Sumter, S. C.

National Negro Insurance Association, Pres., C. C. Spaulding, Durham, N. C.

National Negro Press Association, Pres., Chris J. Perry, Philadelphia Tribune, 526 South 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

National Negro Undertakers' Association, Pres., George W. Franklin, Chattanooga, Tenn.

National Nursing Association Headquarters (org. 1918), Penn Terminal Bldg., 370 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. Acts as a bureau of information on matters pertaining to nursing, and serves as a center for all nursing activities. Makes contacts between nurses and positions in hospitals and schools of nursing and with public health and other agencies. The Headquarters is at present maintained under the direction of the American Nurses' Association, the National League of Nursing Education, and the National Organization for Public Health Nursing with the cooperation of the American National Red Cross. (For description of these agencies see elsewhere in the Handbook.) National Order of the Daughters of Isabella. See Catholic Daughters of America.

National Organization for Public Health Nursing (org. 1912), Penn Terminal Bldg., 370 Seventh Ave., New York, N. Y. To stimulate the establishment and extension of public health nursing; to facilitate efficient cooperation between nurses, physicians, and other persons especially interested in public health measures. Conducts the following activities:

(1) Nursing Education: (a) assists in the organization and improvement of postgraduate courses in public health nursing; maintains a central bureau of information and advice for nurses, especially regarding courses of study and scholarships; stands