Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-26
Pine Bluff Chapter Origin ated Idea But State Fed
 eration Opposes It.
COMMITTEE DELAYED
Many Artists in the List of COmpati. tOrS--SOOn Be Up to the
 Legislature.

ladies of the Pine Bluff Chapter D. A. R., who or ginated the idea of adopting an official flag for Arkansas and who have been Instrumental in creating much interest in the move ment, have repeatedly announced through the press that their move ment is for all the people in the state and tha. they will welcome any cooperation and suggestions by mem- bers of other organizations of ladies or gentlemen, the Arkansas Fedora ton of Womens Club has announced that it will not submit design to the committee, to be named by Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges at the re- quest of the Pne Bluff Chapter, but choose to place it before the General Assembly when the matter is put up to that body. As a result il is very probable that one of the two designs, one to be selected by the Hodges com mittee or the one submitted by the Federation, will be adopted as the of- ficial Arkansas State flag.
 The Pine Bluff Chapter has been very active, through it's president, Mrs. w. l.. Dewoody, and it's special flag committee, Mrs. Frank B. Tom linson, Miss Willie Hooker, Mrs. W. A. Taggart and Mrs. c. w. Pett grew, in securing designs for the state flag and in cooperating with Secretary of State Hodges in the selection of a Committee of men and women, to whom will be left the matter of fnal' decision on a proper and appropriate emblem. The committee has visited MT. Hodges twice to discuss the mat ter and he was asked to appoint the comm ttee, to which designs must be submitted on December 10. He did not do SO when he realized that there were two factions in the state clamor- ing for the honor of presenting the design to be adopted. He preferred to delay the naming of the committee to settle the matter sat sfactolily to both sides. It is believed that he has failed thus far, as no committee has been named by him.
 One of the members of the Pine Bluff Chapter said last night that the committee dea had been endorsed by many prominent men and women over the state and no few members of the Arkansas Federation of Wonen's Clubs. Our plan is a broad minded one," said one of the ladies in dis cussing the acton of the Federation, land I can't see why they do not want to cooperate with us. We are receiving letters and telegrams daily and telephone messages, making in- quiry as to the committee and urg- ing that some act on be taken in the matter before the General As sembly convenes."
 The Little Rock Democrat had the following review of the situation yes- terday:
 When the design for the State flag will be submitted to the next session of the General Assembly by the com m ttee which will be appointed to se- lect it by Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges, soon, it will have an op- ponent in a design made by the Ar kansas Federation of Women's Clubs. The movement to adopt State flag was started several months ago by the ladies all over the State, and Secre- tary of State Earle w. Hodges sent out announcements asking for designs requesting that they be submitted to him, and a committee appointtd by him would select the design to be sub mitted to the legislature. Since that time MT. Hodges has received about 0Ua QcS SuS, all OC0uSAHuA oASoS ~-> these will be placed in the hands Of the committee soon. As yet, MT. Hodges has not appointed his com mittee, but stated this morning thai he would do so in the very near fu- ture. This committee will be com posed of about seven people. all o'
 whom are judges of art and who are competent to make the most appro'
 priate selection. Of these designs
 about 25 have been sent in from diff
 ferent parts of the State. The re-
 maining few have been sent in from residents in New York, Washington City, San Francisco and Portland They all, however, were submitted DS former Arkansas people.
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