Evening star., 1921-02-18
DISARMING SPLITS
NATIONAL WOMAN'S
PARTY CONVENTION
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electing officers for the reorganized
party. The report adopted by the
nominating committee. which is to be
presented late this afternoon, follows:
Your committee IN considering it's
candidates for chairman of the new
organization unanimously voted that
there was but one woman whom It
could offer in nomination. Alice Paul.
But Alice Paul has positively stated
that she cannot and will not accept
nomination for this office. We there
fore present no candidate for chair
man. but offer the following names of
women as candidates for a national
council which shall have the power to
elect its own chairman and other Off
GERS and its executive board"
Plan for Community Work.
The resolutions committee at busi-
ness session prior to the opening of
the convention this morning listened
to plea from Henry E. Jackson,
president of the National Community
Board. with headquarters in Washing
ton, that the party devote some part
of its future program to promoting
community welfare work throughout
the country. He explained the work
belng done by his organization and
urged that the woman's party adopt
resolution which among other
things provided THAT the National
Woman's Party urge all women to
make it one of their chief concerns
10 work for the organization of their
local communities on the basis of
citizenship only, and to secure the use
OF building. either a schoolhouse or
any other public building to serve as
a town hall for the practice of citi-
zenship by promoting and conducting
tnose activities which concern the
publlc welfare; and that our party
recommends this enterprise as the
most practical and effective method of
using the franchise for the success
VI <4nleflca s experiment in democracy"
Mrs. Wittemore in Chair.
Mrs. Nelson Whittemore Of Mich-
gan occupied the chair at the after
noon session. Reports will be re-
celved from the credentials commit
The farewell meeting of the con-
vention will be held tonight at SIS
o CLOCK. The program will be: Chair
man. MRS. Toscan Bennett Connecti-
cut. member of National Advisory
Council of woman's party; THE End
ol me Campaisn.' Sara Bard Field.
United States Senator
Ihaddeus Caraway of Arkansas; pres
entatlon of picket pins, Mrs. Richard
Wainwright, District of Columbia
member OF national executive commit
tee of womans party: Farewell"
Lucy Burns. New York. member of ma
tionaI executive committee of woman's
party.
banquet in the ballroom of the
MOTEL will precede the last business
session.
ioid to Shun Separate Party.
AT their session last night and late
yesterday afternoon the women
hstened to ardent appeals of five
political parties to shun the form
alton Of a separate political party of
women and listened to arguments of
fourteen national women's organiza-
tlohs 70 1ndorse their individual pro-
grams and to include these indorse-
ments in the future platform Of the
parry: The political speakers, al
tnoush they criticised all parties
other than their own. were friendly
with 1t all, and they were agreed on
one point only-that it was better for
the women to join any party than to
nave distinct political party of
their own.
Representative Fess of Ohio, chair
man OF the republican congressional
campaign committee. urged that
"oiicH COUNSEL rather than disturb,
and that their influence be exerted
through the ruling political organi-
cations rather than as separate
factor standing alone and aloof. He
declared that in a government like
the United States party government
is not only inevitable. but is wise.
Miss Charl Williams, national vice
chairman of the democratic party,
was equally sure that parties We're
unavofdable and indispensable"
Meyer London, member-elect to the
House of Representatives from New
York, made a plea for the cause of
the socialist party, declaring that
the craftsmanship Of the old parties
is bankrupt"
J. a. II. Hopkins. chairman of the
executive committee of the commit
tee Of forty y-eight, advocated a liberal
party and attacked all existing
parties. The farmer labor party was
explained by William Fl. Johnson
Among others who addressed the
night session were Senator Stanley
of Kentucky and Miss Alice Robert
son. elected as a republican member
of the House last November from
Oklahoma. Mrs. W. G. Brown of
West virginia presided