New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-15
Mrs. Gait Drops
League Battle
For Arms Issue
Tells 1000 Women Voters
at Mrs, vanderlip's Home
u. S. Cannot Be Forced
Into Versailles Pact Now
City Home Rule Argued
Conference Runs Through S
ThunderStorms and Wide
Range of Topics i'm Day

one thousand women attended the
conference on government efficiency
heid under the auspices of the League
OF Women Voters yesterday at the
nome Of Mrs. Frank A. Vanderbilt. at
Scarborough on Hudson,
The meeting began at 1880 in the
morning and lasted through five thun-
der showers, ranging in topics from
better county health boards to home
rule for New York City and universal
disarmament.
Following the plea of Mrs. Carrie
chapman Gait, honorary chairman of
the National League of Women Voters
the women sent telegram to President
Harding congratulating him on the call
iou disarmament Conference.
you can lead horse to water, but
you cannot make him drink. Like
WISE WISE MRS. Gait said, "you cannot
the League of Nations. II is Foolish
to try to do it. The. thing for women
70 40 now is to stand firm behind the
general principle OF disarmament, and
wait until some plan Of action develops
from n. PRESIDENT Harding's conference.
men we mpst fight for that"
Changes Her Views
Mrs. Cats remark about the foolish
ness of continuing the fight for the
League of Nations was a surprise to
many of her followers, as at her last
appearance before them---at the con-
terence Of the New York section of the
League of Women Voters last winter
she urged them to fight for the League
of Nations at whatever cost.
Although leaders Of both political
parties had been invited to attend the
conference the Democrats were the
only ones who made themselves felt on
the floor. Miss Annie Matthews, Dem
ocratlc woman leader of the 18th AS
sembly District. arose demurely
address of Borough President Henry
Curran, in which he had said that the
greatest problem in efficient govern
ment for New York City was the con-
| fict between state and city authorities.
Don't you know" suggested Miss
Matthew'S" that the only way to get
home rule for New York is to elect a
Democratic Legislature? Then it would
never interfere with what the Mayor
did"
Mr.. Curran laughed, and the audience
joined him in what proved to be the
only merriment of the whole long, hot
day.
Mrs. Jessie Higgins, secretary of the
New York Cou,&y Women's Republican
Committee, was the only woman con-
nected with the Republican organiza-
ton who was seen at the meeting.
Mrs. Charles l.. Sabin, however, made
public yesterday afternoon in the city
letter addressed to Mrs. Vanderlip in
which Ind ~ 80
made in the call to the conference that
the scandalous use of money in cleo
tons 80 unfortunately prevalent in
this state shall STOP"
Asks an Explanation
Mrs. Sabn declared in her letter that
most Republican women who have
been active within the party would not
know and do not know to what you
REFER and asked that the letter be
read at the meeting.
The Republican women with whom
| am associated" she said, "are not
limiting themselves to warfare on the
'grosser forms of political corruption
alone, but are united to do away with
all forms of political corruption. And
they are taking into their political lives
the highest ideals and are EXPIRE ssine
these ideals in their political activi-
ties"
Four hundred acceptances Of Mrs
Vanderlip's invitation had been re-
celved, but when lunch time came it
was discovered that there were seven
hundred women present. Automobile
couriers secured three neighboring
towns, and bought up the, whole avail
able supply of ice cream. Mrs. Van
derlip proved herself likewise a stu
dent of household as we'll as political
efficiency by serving the multitude with
paper plates, thus saving dishWashine