Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11
REP UBL|C ANS
T0SET DATEFOR
NATIONAL MEET
Detail Plans for Partici'
patton Of Women
Voters in Activities
Of Party.

Chicago, Nov. 10-A formal call
will be issued tomorrow by Will h.
Hays. chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, for a meeting Of
the committee in Washington, De-
cember 10, to fix the date and place
for the national convention in 1870.
This information was learned from
authoritative sources tonight follow
ing an informal session of Is men,
bers of the committee.
1t was learned also from this same
source that the meeting today was
one of series Of informal gather
ings which have been held the sec
ond Monday in the month recently
at various state headquarters. These
meetings. it was said, will be con-
tinued for some time.
Will Organize Women.
A detailed plan of organization
which will provide for full participa-
ton of republican women in the fu-
ture affairs of their party was
adopted.
The plan was recommended by the
republican national woman's execu-
tive committee of which Mrs. Medill
Mccormick of Illinois was chairman,
appointed a year ago to work out a
practical method by which women
could take an active part in party
management.
In putting into effect this plan the
committee created womans d.
vision of the republican national
committee and elected Mrs. John G..
South of Frankfort, KY, chairman.
Three vice chairmen of the division
were chosen as follows: Mrs. Mary
Garrett Hay. New York; Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McCarter. Topeka, Kan,
and Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston,
Olympia, Wash.
Name Executive Mommittee
An executive committee of ten
members were named as follows:
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Ney York,
chairman; Mrs. Thomas H. Carter,
Montana; Mrs. Margaret Hill Nc
Carter, Kansas; Mrs. Josephine Cor
liss Preston, Washington: Mrs.
Florence Collins Porter, California;
Mrs. Raymond Robins, Illinois !;
Mrs. John 6. Smith, Kentucky;
Miss Maude Wetmore. Rhode Is
land, Miss B. M. West, Michigan,
and Mrs. c. A. Stevenson, Mime
sofa.
There will be a representative Ct
the woman's division in every state
In addition there will be national
woman's council Of 100 members,
chosen from the leaders Of all lines
of woman's activities, the personnel
of which will be announced later.
Take Active Part
The republican national committee
in announcing the plan for the par
tlcipation of women in party affairs
issued a statement which read in
part:
"1he-sepublican women, coming
more and more into the rights Of
their full citizenship, are most i'm
portant factors in the situation
They are part of the party member
ship, not as women, but as voters
entitled to participate and partici-
pating insofar as the present legal
limita tons permit, just as other
voters. Their activity is not sup
Elementary, or secondary at all
They are not to be separated or Sc
gregated, but assimilated and ANAL
gamated with just that full con-
sideration due every working mem
Der of the party, and the republican
national committee is sure that the
republican women will come into
the party's activities with that sense
of responsibility necessarily conse-
quent upon these activities and will!
assist the party in the solution of
problems facing the country"