The Washington herald., 1914-01-15
SUFFRAGE union
IS TOO MILITANT
Organization Is Working by
Pankhurst Methods, Dr..
Shaw Declares.
CAN'T WORK TOGETHER
Leader of National Votes for Wom-
en-" Association Declares Co
operation Must Cease.

A statement Of the status Of the Con-
gressional committee of the National
Woman Suffrage Association to The
Washington Herald last night by DR..
Anna Howard Shaw. president Of the S1-
citation, made it plain that neither the
committee nor any other representation
Of the association will work with the
Congressional Union, Of which Miss
Alice Paul Is chairman DR.. Shaw said
that the methods adopted by the union
are opposed to the methods Of the asso-
citation.
The methods approved by Miss Paul,
like Miss Pauls organization, DR.. Shaw
stated. are modelled after those Of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst in England, and
when applied to Congressional CAM
paigu" work for suffrage will make suf-
frage a party issue.
What the association would do, DIR.
Shaw explained. Is to hold individual
Representatives responsible for their ad-
vocacy or opposition to woman suffrage,
whereas the union would hold the whole
dominant party responsible. The result
of this would be. in case the resolution
providing for submission of the proposed
constitutional amendment for equal suf-
frage is not adopted by the present Con-
gress, a general campaign against Demo
cratic Representatives and Senators, in
cluding those friendly to equal suffrage.
Trained by Mrs. Pankhurt. T..
DIR. Shaw declared that this plan. in
line with which the British woman suf-
fragettes oppose government" Is not
feasible in the United States. She said
that Miss Paul and her chief lieutenant.
Miss Lucy Burns, both of whom had
sntn III.
apparently did not understand American
conditions and institutions
The committee, DIR. Shaw said, intends
to work In Congressional districts
through the State organizations OF the
national association. This. DIR. Shaw
said, the union il unwilling to do. and
she added that the officers OF the as
sociation had received complaints be-
cause of activities of the union without
regard to State and other local organiza-
tions of the association.
Dr. Shaw said the association had
wished to have the committee distinct In
the public mind from the union, and
that II had therefore been deemed de-
sirable that Miss Paul. who was chair
man of the union, should not succeed
herself as chairman of the committee.
How closely the committee and the
union had been merged under the chair |
nanship of Miss Paul, DIR. Shaw said. |
was indicated by the fact that at the rel
cent annual convention Miss Paul, max !
ng her report as chairman of the COM |
nittee, had been unable to segregate the
accounts of the committee from those OF
he union.
She Dfsclaims Militancy.
The Craftsmanship Of the committee, DIR.
Shaw stated, was offered to Miss Burns, !
md Miss Paul was asked to serve upon
I, but both declined. Mrs. Medill Nc
cormick then was appointed. DR.. Shaw
,aid that the work Of the union had been
,plendid and that both Miss Paul and
Miss Burns were admired. She stated, |
however, that 1t was not Congressional
work that the union had done
,r was doing now
DR.. Shaw declared that mot even the
government can drive us to militancy."
She declared that her recent refusal to
make out a bill of particulars of her
to aid tax assessors contained
lothing which could be construed as a !
efusal to pay her taxes or otherwise ex-
rcise ''militancy." She declared that the
efusal was a protest and is contemplated
s a possibility by the law.
DIR. Shaw criticised adversely the Ford
iotor Company's profit-sharing plan be-
ause women employees were not included
8 beneficiaries.
DIR. Shaw spent yesterday with Mrs
.ntoinette Funk, vice chairman of the
committee. and Mrs. Helen
a prominent suffragist. at the
ochran Hotel. DR.. Shaw returned to
'ew York last night.
Members of the Congressional Union
Ist night agreed that the difference of
lethods of campaign as to party and in
Ividuals in Congress. as outlined by DR..
haw. existed. 1t is expected that they
i'll make a statement today.