The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-20
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Mrs Thomas NJ Owen, president general
Of woman's auxiliary of the Southern
Commercial Congress has issued letter
to the executive heads of all the wom-
ems organizations in Alabama asking CO.
operation in an effort to bring together
these agencies in a programme of ef-
fort loolins to the common good along
the several lines to which each is pledged
separately, the conference To be held in
Birmingham April s, at which time the
business men of the state and the Ala
bama Educational association hold ses-
sions with a like purpose.
"The word efficiency has become the
very keynote of our times, and men ana
women who are trying to serve their coun-
try to good purpose have learned that by
cooperation greater things can be done
than by dissoeiated effort said Mrs.
owen yesterday at her home in Mont
goriery, in speaking of the work which
she is doing in the name of the organi-
cation which she heads for the 16 south
ern states. 1T is with this view to greater
results that the woman's auxiliary is de-
voting its energies to bringing together
tions in the southern states, but to corr
relate the activities of these organiza-
tions with the programme of service en-
gaging the government, state and county,
agencies in official ranks" Mrs. owen
said.
Most practical results must come from
this programme of united effort in behalf
of education, best health conditions, pro-
duction, marketing, the development of
local enterprises and greater south
county independence of the rest of the
world Mrs. Owen said with the enthus-
iasm that oharacterizes her work. The
following letter was sent to the presidents
of the Alabama Federation of Women's
Clubs, the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy the Daughters of the Revolu-
tion, the school Improvement associations,
the Alabama Sunday School association,
the Anti-Tuberculosis league and other
associations:
Montgomery, January 16, 1914.
MY Dear Madam:
1.-The woman's auxiliary of the Southern
Commercial Congress has taken as one
of its activities the task of bringing to-
gether all the forces of the state work.
ing severally for the same general OBJ
jective, such as the best health condi-
tions, educational advancement, material
development and civic righteousness; and
we hereby extend to the official body of
the organization which you head an in
vitaton to participate in a conference
10 be held in Birmingham early in April
at which time the business men and
teachers of the state are to hold like
conference.
THE women of Alabama are alive to
the power they possess as homemakers,
moral agencies and patriotic citizens, and
no appeal need be made other than one
emphasizing the Importance of unified eff
fort in behalf of the things we are at
ten1pting in dissociated groups
If our several organizations can as
semble and coordinate our activities
through a single programme we will null
tiply our usefulness thousand fold and
hasten by many years the hopes of our
ambitions in bringing and keeping Ala
bama to the forefront in all the progress