Evening star., 1920-09-15
WOMEN TO ODEMAND
EDUCATION HEAD
Federation of Clubs Wants
Secretary Appointed to
Presidents Cabinet.

/ Organized strength of two and a
half million clubwomen throughout
the country will be thrown to the
support of the Fess bill for the ex-
tension of 'iome economic work by
the Department of Agriculture and
for the Smith -Towner act, providing
seat in the Presidents cabinet for a
secretary OF education, who would be
in charge of an entire government
department under. the terms of "a
resolution adopted by the national
board of directors of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs at the final
executive meeting in the Lafayette
Hotel last night.
The resolution outlines the scope of
activity for the organization during
the coming year The need for a
| broader supervision of education in
the United States and the more in
! tensified application of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to the needs of
home life in the country were cited as
| the moving elements in the action of
the board
Today the fifty directors went on a
tour of the Departments of Labor and
Agriculture.
At the Department of Labor. Miss
Mary Anderson. in charge of the
Women's bureau, and other officials re-
celVed the delegates and personally
conducted them through the Offices OF
the bureau. In a short address. Miss
Anderson explained the work of the
bureau in aiding states in the investi-
gauon or working conditions for wom-
en- In industry, illustrating the i'm
promptu lecture by means of charts.
Ent "Scfentffic" Luncheon.
AT the Department of Agriculture
the delegates were received by Director
A Z. True of the states relations sery-
10 oh o6x
AS the guest of Dr. Langworthy, food
chemist of the Department of Agricul-
ture. the delegates were served with
scientifically prepared luncheon early
IN the afternoon.
The program tonight comprises
dinner at the Arts Club. rendered in
honor of the delegates.
among other policies adopted at the
nhal business session were: Support of
the Sheppard-Townerm maternity bill, the
library extension bill and a bill for
the separate citizenship of women.
On these measures. together with the
bills for the department of educa-
t1on and the Fess home economics
work bill the General Federation de-
cided to concentrate during the year.
to the virtual exclusion of other
smaller items of legislation.
The bill for separate citizenship for
women provides that woman is a
citizen of the country of her birth
or naturalization. instead of .citi-
zen of her husbands country. It was
pointed out during discussion last
night, an American woman married
to an alien enemy during the war
was classed with her husband, al
though she may have been 100 per
woman from an alien enemy country
married to an American was classed
as an American citizen.
R~vnr<s nR nA~~--
Reports of efficers and recommended
tions of the executive committee oc-
cupied the first session of the meet
ing yesterday.
Announcement was made of the in
auguration of an entirely reorganized
system of handling the work COM
ing before the women's clubs through
year. Basing their move upon the
need for national action in a central
lied form rather than localized ac-
tivity, eleven committees formerly
constituting the Vehicles of action for
the general federation were con-
densed into six committees as fol-
lows:
The former committees on art. music
and literature were placed under the
single new committee of fine arts.
ley, Calf, as chairman.
The former committee on home
economics and the library extension
subcommittee of the committee on
| literature were changed to the COM
| mittee on applied education, chairman
not announced.
| The former. committees on civil
! service reform and conservation were
! incorporated into the committee on
| American citizenship under chair
/ manship of Mrs. Percy v Penny
| hacker of Austin, Tex.
! Public Welfare Committee.
! The committees on industrial and
social conditions. on civics and oD
public health were placed under the
committee on public welfare, with
| Mrs. Elmer Blair of New York city as
chairman.
| The other committees will be the
committee on legislation. with Mrs. E.
F.. White of indianapolis, Ind. chair
\ man. and the press committee. with
Mrs James J. Read of Fayetteville
n. c., chairman.
| Mrs A. S. Burleson. wife of the Post
master General, will entertain at tea
! Friday night at her home at 18th and
| F streets in honor of the local and
visiting boards Of directors of the fed
Grafton. 1t was announced that Mrs.
| Burleson is acting in this capacity in
| lieu of Mrs. Wilson, as a result of the
condition of the President. wives of
| the officers of the cabinet will assist
| Mrs. Burleson.
| The fall meeting opened with the
majority of the fifty delegates pres
| ent. The keynote of sentiment among
the delegates was to keep the sphere
of the woman of America in the home
| and to allow no national activity to
interrupt duties in the household
we intend to keep the home
sacred" declared Mrs. Grace Porter
Hopkins of this city. one of the lead
ers among the delegates. Il believe I
can say for the members that it is the
intention of the federation to have
the national duties of women act as
nothing more than an aid in making
home life more and more American
like.
I'm doing this we shall seek i'm
provement for women in industry. for
children in the schools and for those
| women who are in the commercial life
Of the country. We shall not enter
partisan politics. in my opinion"
Among the topics on which action
| is expected before the adjournment of
the meeting is the league of nations
Leaders predict Endorsement of the
| league.