New-York tribune., 1919-12-26
w omen Form
Organization to
Aid Democrats
Leaders to Meet Here To-
day to Lay Plans for
Nationwide Group Indie.
pendent of Big Party

The Woman's Democratic Club will
hold meeting this afternoon at the
Hotel Commodore to formulate plans
for organizing women throughout the
country in support of the Democratic
party, with certain reservations. con-
tingent upon the degree in which the
! men leaders of the party succeed in
meeting the wishes of conscientious
women voters regarding platform prin-
ciples and fit candidates.
The plan, credited, in an announce
ment issued yesterday, to Miss Mar
garet Vale, a niece of President Will
son, calls for a separate organization
of women--a sort of Women's National
Democratic party-affiliated with but
independent of the existing organiza-
tion. with a newspaper or periodical Of
its own, to be published in the Presi-
dental campaign and with headquar-
ters in New York.
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo. daugh-
ter of the President and wife of one
of the Democratic Presidential as
pirants, is among those listed as pros
pective organizers or charter mem
bers.
No split in the Democratic party Is
intended, the announcement states, but
1T makes clear the intention of the
women to have a hand in national plat
form making, and carries q warning in
this statement Of principle:
To Strengthen National Party
every Democratic woman to do her
utmost to strengthen the National
Democratic party, but to reserve her in
dlvldual right to cast her own vote
for such measures or candidates as are
'ndorsed by her intellect and ratified
oy her conscience"
Outlining the purpose of to-day's
meeting, the announcement states the
plan is:
"To organize nationally the women
of the Democratic party, and to induce
every democratic woman voter to be-
come actively interested and to do her
part in building and carrying out the
platform of the national Democratic
party.
This organization is to conflict in
no way with the existing Democratic
political units or organizations" it
adds, but to become a practical intel
ligent help as an official part of the
Democratic national organization. It's
work is to be suggestive rather than
executive, and it is to be everything
possible to better conditions in the
Democratic national organization and
the nation at large"
With regard to the genesis of the
| plan to create a feminine mentor for
existing Democratic national organiza-
ton, it is stated that while Miss Vale
suggested it 'she did not receive her
inspiration from Washington. The
committee in charge of the meeting to-
day includes Miss Vale, Mrs George
H. Chids, president of the Woman's
Democratic Club, and Mrs. Ella O'Gor-
man Stanton.
Among Those in Movement
In addition to Mrs. McAdoo, the an
nouncement lists the following as
prospective organizers:
Miss Elisabeth Marbury, Mrs. Charles
L. Tiffany, Mrs. Oliver Hartman, Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson, whose sister,
Lady Nancy Astor. was recently elected
to the British Parliament; Mrs George
B. Nc Clellan, wife of the former Mayor
of New York; Mrs. William Church
Osborne, Mrs. Robert Oliver, Miss
Ethel Stebbins, Mrs. John Blair, Mrs.
George Gordon Battle, Miss Ida Tar
bell, Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Simon
Baruch, Mrs. John J. Boylan, Dr. Jo-
sephine Baker, Mrs. William H. Goode
and Mrs Lewis Nixon