New-York tribune., 1920-06-07
Politeness To
Be Suffragist
Pickets' Rule
Shock Troops of Women's
Party Announce Plans
for Impressive Action
at Chicago Convention
No Place for Heckling
Every Effort Is Direc te d
Toward Calling g Extra
Session in Two States

CHICAGO, June 6.-Polite but in.-
pressive picketing of the Republican
National Convention was decided on to.
day by shock troops of the National
Women's party here under the leader.
ship of Miss Alice Paul.
The picketing will begin Tuesday
morning and continue indefinitely
More than hundred women, repre-.
senting twenty-five states and every
phase of women's activities, all carry
ing banners bearing the names of their
states and slogans, will occupy posi-
tions outside the Coliseum. Other
women will work among delegates from
their states in the various state head.
quarters. Verbal heckling has no place
on the program.
Every effort Of the suffragists, Miss
Paul said, will be directed toward in
ducing national leaders to urge the
Governors of Connecticut and Vermont
to call special sessions Of the legisla.
lures IN their states to pass on suf-
frage. The legislatures, Miss Paul in
HAS'o, al z ACduy W IdtlIy tUc sun rage
amendment if the Governors will cal
the special sessions.
None of the suffragists is paying
any attention at present to the word
ing of proposed suffrage planks in the
Republican platform. They hope for
strong Endorsement of their cause as
collateral move, but they insist that
the time is past for platform declara-
tions to be of much assistance to them
Direct action on anti-suffrage Gov
ernors is the short cut to solution
of the entire suffrage problem, it is
declared.
Headquarters Busy Scene
Suffrage headquarters-a little shop
directly across Wabash Avenue from
the Coliseum, nestled away among half
dozen billboards advertising every
thing from shaving soap to automobile
acces cessories-presented a busy scene to-
day. The room is smaller than a sleep
ing car, and, with scores of banners
and bundles of literature and press
statements scattered about, it is badly
crowded. Even the small advance guard
of workers that is here to-day has to
hold some of its overflow meetings on
ing, and when the complete delegations
arrive tomorrow standing room on the
sidewalk in front promises to be at a
premium.
Attempts to cover the smoke-coated
headquarters with suffrage banners
have been futile. They show the way
to the workers, but the scenic effect
that the front of the building pre-
sents is not awe inspiring.
Pioneers to Hold Line
Two suffrage pioneers, the Rev.
Olympia Brown, of Wisconsin, and Mrs.
Anna Nendall, of Alabama, both more
than seventy years old, will hold the
picket line. Their banner will be in
scribed with the words, "How long
must women wait for liberty?''
The principal banner to be carried
bears the following:
eve protest against the continued
disfranc chisement Of women, for which
the Republican party has become re-
sponsible.
"The Republican party defeated rati
fcation in Delaware
"The Republican party is blocking
in Vermont
"The Republican party is blocking
in Connecticut.
"When will the Republican party
stop blocking suffrage?"
A second banner reads:
Republicans: 20,ooo,o00 unenfran-