The Washington herald., 1920-02-13


the sessions Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait. was one of the principal
speakers. William b. CoIver and
Walter l. Fisher spoke at another.
Conference on Food supply.
In the conference on food supply
and demand a large number Of speak
.ers from all over the country t.
part. In the social hygiene section
the principal speakers were DIR. Kath-
crime Bement Davis. DR.. Mabel Simms
Ulrich. OF Washington: Judge Lind
sey. Mrs. Nina C. Van Wrinkle and
Mrs Martha r Falconer, of WASH
ington.
Mrs. Cora /. Kelley. of Washington.
took part in the discussion on the uni
fication OF laws for women. as did also
Miss Julia. I.athrop. Chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau.
In the welfare section resolutions
were passed endorsing the Shepard
Towner bill for the public protection
Of maternity and infancy. the bill for
physical education. about to be intro
duced into Congress. and an adequat te
appropriation for the ChiIdren's Bu-
reau.
Every section OF the United States
was represented at one of the con-
ferences and the delegates were
given a touch of politics when they
were given the privilege of reading
an advertisement in the oficial pro-
gram which pointed out that the
Republican party had been respon-
sible for the passage of the Federal
suffrage amendment. as well as the
employers liability acts. the child
labor laws and other measures. The
'ad.' which. was signed by Mrs.
Fletcher Dobyns. chairman of the
Illinois Republican women's exec
utive Committee. did not strike a
responsive chord with the Demo-
cratic members among the dele
gates.
Start Inquiry.
They became inquisitive about it,
and Mrs. George Bass. chairman OF
dhe woman's section of the National
Democratic Campaign Committee
wanted to know who had been re-
sponsible for its insertion. No one
could enlighten her. so she called
together members of the party to
lind out. but up to date il is a mys-
terry. In answer to the conundrum.
the Republican Campaign Commit
tee pointed to the advertising. which
stated that thirty-one States had
ratified the amendment and that
twenty-four of these States were
Republican. The writer. however.
seemed to have been of the op-
have ratified the amendment so far.
Wood and Lowden Boosts.
In addition to the National Repub-
lean ''ad' there were full-page
boosts for Leonard Wood and Gov
crnor Lowden. The Democrats
seemed to be shy of candidates. as
there was no reference to the party
in the pages. That the two parties
expect the women of the land to be
the deciding factor on the coming
campaign was evident by the atten-
tion which the delegates have received
from both parties. The Republicans
seem to have the inside track. how
ever. as receptions have been ar
ranged for both General Wood and
Governor Lowden.
Chairman VIII Hays. of the Re
publican National Committee, got
the ear of the delegates who ar
rived Wednesday. and other politi-
cal high lights circulated among the
visitors as fast as they showed up,
The Democratic compaign commit
tee left the heavy work to its
proved good campaigners. although
truce was patched up during the
day that real proselyting should be
confined to the respective head
quarters of the two parties. and
that no party politics should be ir-
jected into any OF the discussions.
either in the executive session or
in open meetings.
oficially the first session OF the
Suffrage Association will open to-
morrow with an executive meeting,
at whieh recomme ndation will be
made for and against the dissolu-
ton of the body. These sugges-
tions will then be carried to the
floor anu settled in open meeting.
The session will last over wednes-
day of next week.