Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-11
Support of the Shepherd
TOwnley Bill First Leg
:. islative Undertaking.
MISS D0RTCH ADDRESSES
STATE LEAGUE SESSION
Nashville Woman Lauds Franz
ers of San Francisco
Platform.
URGES WHOLE soULED ACTION
Inauguratc Struggle for Mother
hood Bettcrmcnt and Decrease
OF Infant Mortality.

support Of tho cpncrdToTnlcy v
Dli, which IL aimed "a. the high cost
o! living. Will be the first Legislative
undertaking Of the National League
Of Women Voters. declared Miss Della
Dor.ch, head OF the h!Etory depart
mcnt q: the Nashville. Tenn. High
Schoo! and director Of the third re-
gion o: the league. comprising ten
southern states. az t!c final organ!-
za;ion meeting OF the Virginia branch
o! the league IN the Senate Chamber
las, night.
Miss Dor."i urged N!rsinia women
To personally canvass their Ecprcser-
.a;ives In the n,w Congress convru-
In: next month In support oc t..s
measure. the principles o. which r.crc
rejected by tho Rcpub!ican platform
committee al Chicago last June. She
lauded tho fran"r Of the san Fran
cisco platform Tor giving them proper
attention.
Lower IL. e.. OF D..
In no other way can ". best in
augura;c our great struggle fer the
h"ttcrmeIt Of American mothcrho ood
and the decrease o. infan. mortality"
said Miss Dortch, than by piunging
whole "-hcarted!y into Il congressional
Ing"
Miss Do'tc.. leaves Richmond to-
day after the meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the new league for
New York. where she will attend tho
conference Of the second region. She
VIII than go TO Boston for the CON
ference o. the first region. which Will
complete tho national body's 1920 re-
Gional campaign, She vii! have 4
prominent place on the committee
thai Is TO he sent 10 Washington
next month 10 support the Shepherd
Townley bill. and hopes 10 obtain
consent of ono or more Richmond
women 20 serve on this committee.
condenDs vot--seckins Politician.
Miss Dor;ch was also ,he pr!ncipai
speaker a: both The morning and
afternoon sessions OF the new. !casue
yesterday. AZ both times cm2hsslz-
ihI her beliefs that womca's voice 9
ar" essential 30 tn. proper sc.tlcmcn,
o; all political questions in ,i.c
United states today. She scored
!Jeavny The old notions OF po!l..ca,
control on party and se:iional Zines
and condemned the "vote.seck!ny
professional politician"
Mrs. c. T.. Townsend. oc Norfolk.
mrsi vice-prcsident OF tic Equal SUI
frage League OF Virginia. the or
Eani2at!on which is now supp!unted
by the National League OF Woman
Voters, presided Al the early sessions
yesterday until the election OF off,
GERS was reached and The slate
headed by Mss Adele Clark. O: Rich
mond. Went Into control. Miss Clark
presided at the evening meeting,
when fifteen directors AZ large were
selected in addition TO The ten CON
sressional district directors.
Mrs. Munford Vice-Chairmsn.
Vice -chairmeD named with Miss
Clark arc Mrs. Beverley y. Muntord.
first vicc-chairnan; Miss Lucinda Lee
Terry o. Eoanoke. second v!ce-cha;r.
man. and Miss Elizabeth V. Gaines
OF Char!o;ta County. third vice.
chairman. Mrs. john r. Lewis. OF
Meciiicnburg County. is Secretary
and Mrs. L. G.. Kidd. OF Richmond
treasurer. The o,he: officers will
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