Arizona republican., 1920-02-15
URGES WOMEN TO GET LIN INSIDE POLITICAL TRACK
Centler Sex Must Take an Active Part in Party Poli- tics Carrie Chapman Catt Tells Delegates at Chica- go Convention

CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Eiected perma- nent convention. chairmen of the Con- gross of the League of Woman Voters. meeting in connection with the last annual gathering of the National American Woman Suffrage Assoc1a- ton, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt today outlined the policies of the new or ganization and declared women should affiliate with the political parties.
 Mrs. Catt's keynote address came at the conclusion of the first session of the new league, at which the work of organization was begun.
 Todays meetings were concluded with ratification celebration banquet tonight at which prominent suffrage workers addressed the 1000 delegates.
 Urges Activity tn Politics
 There seems to be some misunder- standing regarding the League of Women Voters Mrs. Catt declared, in addressing the new body.
 There is evident opposition, largely political
 bers into their political parties are making rather cutting criticisms. They think the league will cooperate to keep women out of politics. That must not be. For sixty years we have wait ed for political parties to give us the vote. No state has given it until the political parties had consented
 Are we going to petition them as we always have done? If so, what was theu SC of getting the vote?
 The only way to get things in this country is from the inside of the po- Iitical parties More and more the par ties have become the agencies through which powerful things have been ac- comp1ished. It is not question of whether it is right for us. but rather a realization of the fact. They are powerful.
 Why have the governors in the west acted so independently of the women voters? We expected that they would call special sessions immediately after the amendment had passed. The reason is this-the women voters have been a sort of ladies auxiliary. There has been no common body to exert an in flUence.
 Must Get Inside
 Women must get into the parties Without, we should continue to be aux ilaries. We have been SO years urging men to confide in the abilities of wo- Ten. We've got to convert them. Prove your capacities in the parties You cannot carry the struggle on from the outside"
 Only a start was made on the consti- tuition of the league today. Affairs of the league, it was decided, would be il. charge of 10.000,00O directors elected for a one-year term. Seven of the directors would represent divisions of the country and three would be elected at large.
 The board of directors would elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secre- tery, and also the treasurer of the league of women voters. and would meet annually in each of the seven dis tricts. A national manager also will be chosen by the board tat suffi- cient salary to get the best available talent in the country" The managers term of office would be determined by Sd tisfactory service.
 Provide for Executive Council
 An executive council also was pro- vsded for, to be composed of the presi- dents of state auxilaries and chairmen of standing committees.
 Evidence of partisan activity was given repeatedly today. Four women, although declared out of order by the chair, rose to insist that the word mon pa rtisan" be kept-in sight and another delegate asked that ''unpartisan' be used in the permanent name of the league, which is yet to be chosen.
 Following the morning session, at which a resolution praising Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, for aid rendered the suffrage cause was adopted. Demo- cratic adherents. especially delegates from the southern states, complained openly that the convention had been packed with republicans.