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back Of you in all the Police Depart
ment has done"
so far as the woman's bureau is
concerned Mr, Brownlow continued,
II know how Mrs. Van Winkle start
ed out last spring to interest other
cities in such work. Her purpose was
to get such bureaus established In
other cities and not to coerce Con-
gress."
Mrs. Van Wrinkle, who attended the
hearing in company with Mrs. Louis
BrOwnlow, wife Of the Commissioner,
was called on to give her version OF
the alleged propaganda campaign.
II was abroad q great deal tnvestt-
eating for the Police Department be-
fore ] became head OF the bureau,
Mrs. Van Winkle told the committee.
"It was while doing this work that
/ learned OF the attacks on the Police
Department. People in many quar-
ters were trying to engage our serv-
ices for their enterprises and we
were better able to know Of the at
tacks on the department than the
men.
TOId To $50 To" Il.
Edward Mclean. editor and owner.
OF The washington Post, came to my
up the bureau for the reason that he
didn't think Il essential He said he
was going to tight it in his paper and
on The Hill. told him to go to it,
I'm glad that he has made his
campaign It has been good adver-
tising for the bureau. 1t has called
the attention Of the public to our
work We are going to need an aps
propFiation, and while some OF the
advestising he has given US has been
unfavoFable. Il has helped.
Il went to Major Pullman and told
him I was going 10 let the women
OF the country know Of the work we
were doing. / showed him the let
ters we were going to send and fur
nished q list OF the persons to receive
them. The correspondence was con-
structive and educational
Gas a result Of this correspondence,
many vVomen's organizations have be-
come interested and have been called
on from many points TO appear and
make addresses and aid in establish
ing wOmen's bureaus"
Chairman Gould asked Mrs. Van
Winkle what she thought OF turning
over the work Of the bureau to the
Associated Charities. She said she
had had seven years experience with
such organizations and had found 81
to be expensive and ineffective.
Asked further about the CORE
.spondence with Women's organiza-
tiOns. Mrs. Van Winkle said: Il
did not do the writing myself. Il
had others 70 do II, after Major
Pullman had approved OF the plan.
"At the time the letters were sent
out this committee did not exist, and
I had no thought OF any Of the
members" Mrs. Van Winkle said.
JohnBon Resents Letter.
Congressman Ben Johnson, OF Ken
tucky, said that he had received a.
letter from his State and that he
resented il, because the inference in
it was that he may not deal justly
with the police situation when IL
came up for consideration.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle praised Major
Pullman as being one Of the best po-
lice heads in the country. 81 was with
the department several months before
I decided to stay" she said. Il waited
until I was convinced the chief was
decent and square"
Mr., BrownloW told the committee
he had also received letters from wOm-
ems organizations in various parts Of
the country, They seemed to think
was trying to get Major Pullman"
he said.
One Of the most effective means Of
getting publicity for the bureau, MrF.
Van Wrinkle said, was in sending out
postcards and asking the women Of
the country to read certain articles
appearing in various publications that
commended her work.
She also wrote to Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, president Of the National
American Woman's Suffrage Associa-
tion, and through her considerable
publicity was got.
Sends File Of Post.
A hle Of the WashingtonPost, con-
taing all Of the recent stories attack
ing the Police Department and the
wOman's bureau, was sent TO Mrs.
Gait At the direction OF Mrs. Van
Wrinkle.
Congressman Johnson asked Mrs.
Winkle to explain why Mr.. McLeah
came to her Office.
She said the bureau was investigat-
ing the case of a girl who was being
cared for at a local hospital by Mr.. |
and Mrs. Mclean.
HE came to my office and ordered |
that I discharge the two women I