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So I had the support of very reputable people. Of course I went up to Albany as a lobbyist cold, and don't remember too well who helped me along. This was all before World War I. George Hall was the executive secretary of the New York Child Labor Committee. Fred Hall, his brother, and Owen Lovejoy between them ran the National Child Labor Committee. Of course we worked together - the two organizations did. These men had had a longer experience, as I had had no experience in lobbying. It's my impression that George Hall made my original introductions to two or three members of the legislature. At least he was very helpful.

I also know that the person from whom I took the greatest advice and upon whom I leaned the hardest was Joseph O. Hammitt of the Citizens Union. He was the lobbyist for the Citizens Union and another one was Robert Studebaker Binkerd.

I must have become acquainted somewhat earlier with Paul Wilson and Henry Bruere because I'm pretty sure that they said to Bob Binkerd, “Give this girl a helping hand, will you?” I was a purely social acquaintance, but they thought I was trying to do the right thing. Binkerd obviously knew the ropes and he, Hammitt, and Harold Stokes, were remarkably helpful to me. Stokes was then a reporter for