The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
WAR SERVICE Of
WlM vi E.NIIs CLUBS
GENERAL FEDERATION RAISED
ALMOST s5,ooo,ooo.
FOR BONDS and WAR STAMPS
Red Cross and Y. M. c. A. Work Also
Profit by Her Hand - Ask For
More responsibilities - Want
English Fundamental Tongue.

A summary of the war service rem
dered by the 5000 clubs included in
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs was given by Mrs. Eugene Reil-
ley. chairman of the business commit
tee. at the fourteenth biennial conyen-
ton of the Federation, held in Hot
Springs, Ark, April 29-May s, 1918.
1t was founded on reports of all the
Federation State secretaries concern
ing the work done by the clubs in
their respective states.
Mrs. Kelley in the preface TO her
report, said:
statistics make dry hearing. 1t is
what one sees in them that thrills.
There is not time 10 tell the real stor.
les these represent and the services,
little and great, which no money can
purchase and which can not be rem
dered in dollars and cents. But this
will tell US that the clubwomen, since
April 6, 1917, have forgotten them
selves and have kept their thoughts
on the big. splendid dreams that in
Nllt US W tdpOl anu " buiS '
The clubs in the General Federation
raised s4.SS0,000 for Liberty Bonds;
expended $55,l2S in thrift stamps;
raised over $4,000 for the Red Gross,
S55,1O6 for the library fund, and
$S9,7SS for the work of the Y. NJ. c.
A. Funds were also raised for Y. w.
c. A. activities, French. Belgian, and
Armenian relief, and several hundred
French children were adopted by the
clubs
Broader Recognition Asked.
The convention passed the resolu.
lions proposed by the War Service
Committee of the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae at the annual meet
ing of that body on April 13, 1917,
which called for recognition of wom-
en- in administrative and government
al positions, particularly where inter
ests of women are affected. This set
of resolutions also petitions utilization
of women physicians for military SER
vice, enlistment of women physicians
in the Medical Reserve Corps of the
United States Army with the same
conditions of pay, retirement, insur-
ance, and military rank to which men
ther use of women physicians in the
contract service of the Army
A resolution, which received the ap-
prevail of the Food Administration,
prou ono in which Tho 1alauatac ,-OIup
tarily pledged themselves to consume
no wheat or wheat products until the
next harvest, or about September ],
1918. The convention urged upon the
health authorities in the different
states the adoption of approved meas
ures for the prevention and treatment
of venereal disease, and advised that
a special committee be appointed by
the Federation of WOmen's Clubs for
every State. Territory, and insular
possession of the United States for
the duration of the war TO cooperate
with existing tuberculosis organiza-
tions.
English Fundamental Language.
the various states were petitioned to
enact at the earliest possible moment
laws which would make English the
fundamental language for the people
Of this country and to compel all
schools to devote part of each years
curriculum TO the study of American
ideals and institutions. Resolutions
similar to those. passed by the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution at
their Twenty-seventh Continental
Congress recently held in Washing
ton, which concerned wearing of
special sleeve band instead of the con-
ventional mourning costume, saluting
of the flag by women, and the punish.
ment of disloyalty by enforced kissing
of the flag, were passed.
Another resolution read:
Resolved, That we, the General
Federation of Women's Clubs, in con-
yention assembled, do most earnestly
petition our Government to provide
as soon as practicable suitable short
courses of training for citizenship.
compulsory for both boys and girls.
preferably before they vote, under
Federal military discipline"
Woman For Peace Council.
One OF the last resolutions passed
at the convention was as follows:
when in the providence of God
the present war for democracy shall
cease and representatives of world
powers shall gather to discuss terms
of settlement of justifable peace,
we, the General Federation of Won
ems Clubs, an organization of 2,000,-
900 women, believe that the mother
hood OF America should be represent
ed at the council table through selec-
ton by proper authorities OF one or
more representative women of Amer
lea"
The recommendation was passed |
that the fund for furlough houses in
France be raised to $2.000,000, this
fund to be administered by the War |