The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-05-09

these were the following
Recommendation for an adequate
pension system to take place at the
close of this war; for an educational
campaign for ship building, to he
made among the women workers, the
wives of the ship builders, with
view TO getting the ships built at the
Iearliest moment for patriotic reasons;
for vocational training in all the war
service work, for the education of
all the illiterates; for the govern
ment to take steps Immediately for
the education Of those in the army
environments who can not read or
write; for a campaign among the
crippled who return from the battle
Fields in some useful occupation at
which they can become self-sustain
ing; for the maintenance Of labor
standards, and the protection OF chill
dren in all labor lines. for an organi-
cation of women to look particularly
to the work of food production: for
the repeal of the postal zone law as
detrimental to the educational inter-
ests of the country; for state censor
ship of moving picture shows through
the appointment of competent COM
missioners who Will have the author
ity to select the good from the evil
Tor law that will require that every
educational institution, whether re-
ligous, or otherwise. shall be forced
to teach the English language for a
certain period each school day
Some special resolutions were
adopted, one of these being that the
government establish training camps
where q new sense of the duty of
citizenship may be taught to the girls,
and that this be a compulsory re-
quirement II was set forth in the
preamble that this new sense of the
duty Of citizenship was being awak-
ened now in the boys in the training
camps.
Respect of the flag, to the end that
now as men raise their hats when
the flag is passing, or when the ma
tional anthem is played. the women
shall arise and stand when the flag
is passing or the anthem played, was
covered in another special resolution.
The custom that has grown up Of
making alien enemies kiss the flag
was decried in a resolution adopted.
which called this act a Dissertation
OF the flag, and pollution of GUS
tom" and asked that some other
method of enforcing disloyalty be
substituted The resolution was re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
One of the resolutions of most i'm
portance adopted was that which
asked that the General Federation Of
Wemen's Clubs seek recognition for
the womanhood of America "about
the peace table" The resolution said
that when this war ceased and the
Representatives of the world gathered
for a settlement of the issues. the
lwomanhood of America should have a
place among the Americans who will
represent this country. The resolu-
ton did not call for immediate action.
but was submitted, approved, and re-
ferred to the executive board with
power 10 act
The suggestion was made from one
of the state delegations that the
women of other nations be urged to
take a similar action, but the mover
of the resolution said in answer that
this had been considered when the
resolution was drawn, but ii was
thought best to let the women of the
other nations take their own initiative
in such a matter
Sectarianism Again.
The question of sectarianism was
again brought before the convention
in its closing hours A resolution pre-
scented by the resolutions committee.
laid open the doors for the admission
to the federation OF all organizations
engaged in sectarian work, which did
not advocate religion wholly, but
which we're engaged in other works
| similar to that in which the clubs
of the federation we're engaged 1t
was stated that at present some of
the states were admitting such or
CARNATIONS, .. sa
| A number Of delegates opposed the
resolution, declaring that this was a
matter that should be left wholly to
the state declarations, and after much
discussion, the resolution was de-
feated Some of the delegates said
that it would not alone open the gap
for sectarian clubs, but that also II
would have admitted political clubs
land would create no end of havoc in
the federation.
| Messages were read from the ma
tioDal food administration which
Congratulated the women of the fed
GRAFTON on their declaration to refrain
from the use of wheat until the next
A proposal to change the bylaws oil
the organization so that the general
federation secretaries and the board
members should be one and the same
was discussed at some length and
defeated.
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