Evening star., 1921-11-29

The working women of the world.
as represented by the International
Federation of Working Women. today
through Miss Kate Manicom of Lon
don, England. presented to Secretary
Hughes Endorsement of the limitation
of arms conference. The organization
of working women represent the or
ganized women of forty-eight coun-
tries, including the United States.
Miss Manicom urged Secretary
Hughes, in his capacity as presiding
officer at the Washington conference.
to communicate to all the delegates
the earnest demand of the working
women that no nation fail to do it's
utmost to bring the Washington con-
ference to a conclusion which shall
assure permanent peace.
Urged Total Disarmament.
The International Federation of
Working Women at meeting in
Geneva in October adopted unani-
mously resolutions urging total dis
armament as measure to put an end
to war and electing Miss Manicom to
go as a representative of the fedora
tion to Washington to lay the views
of the women before the conference.
After assuring Secretary Hughes of
the qualification and gratitude of the
working women for the advanced po-
sition taken by the American delega-
ton In the Washington conference,
Miss Manicom said, in part:
THE women gathered at Geneva
last month had all suffered from the
war.
so it was with great joy that we
heard at Geneva that this conference
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great hope of the future. believing
that the great intellect of man will
prove more powerful in the search for
peace than are all the forces that
make for war. We realize at the same
time that manifold difficulties will
1t is at such dark hours that we ask
you to remember the women Of the
world. not only for their suffering but
for their will and determination to
see an end to war.
"At Geneva we discussed the ques-
.tion of disarmament as a practical
problem as well as an ideal to achieve.
We are convinced that it is possible
to settle international difficulties
without warfare. and we know that
even after wars have been fought men
still have to sit down at the confer
ence table to settle the matter. I'VE
believe there is way to settle it first
We believe, and we trust, that the
conference will find this way and will
reach such agreement Between nations
as to assure the world in future of a
permanent peace"
First Meeting Held I'm Washington.
The International Federation of Work.
ing Women was organized at the in
stance Of the National Women's Trade
Union League Of America two years
ago. and held its first meeting in Wash
IN q tot of o1
Museum, under the name of the Inter-
national Congress of Working Women.
The Geneva meeting in October of this
year was its second and was held just
prior to the meeting of the international
labor conference in order to register
with that all-male international gather
ing the wishes and connections and pur-
poses Of the working women of the
world.
The officers Of the International Fed
Grafton of Working Women are: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago,
ILL.,. United States of America; secre-
tary, DIR. Marion Phillips, London, Eng
London, England: vice presidents. for
Belgium, Mile. Helene Burniaux Of Brus-
sells; for Cuba, Nine. Laura de Zayas
Bazab Of Habana; for Czechoslovakia.
Mile. Rozena Kubickova Of Prague; for
France, Mile. Jeanne Bouvier of Paris; !;
1Of Gr6aI brltaln, MISS margaret BOIL
field of London: for Italy, Signora Lau-
ra Casartelli Cabrini of Rome; for Nor
way. Fru Betty Kjelsberg of Christiania
for Poland, Mile. Sophie Dobrzanska Of
Warsaw; for South Africa. Mrs Mary
Fitzgerald Of Johannesburg: for Swift
zerland, Mile. Angelo Monnier of Chaux-
defends; for United States, Mrs. Maud
Swartz of New York city.
American Delegate List.
The American delegates were: Mrs.
Raymond Robins of Chicago, Mrs.
Maud Swartz of New York of the
New York Women's Trade Union
League, Miss Emma Steghagen of
Chicago of the Boot and Shoe Work.
ers' Union and the National Wom-
ems Trade Union League. and Mrs.
Sarah Green Of Kansas City of the
waitresses' Union and the. Kansas
City Women's Trade Union League.
Miss Miriam Shepherd of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, and Washington, D. c.,
was present as executive secretary
of the congress. which has had its
headquarters in Washington during
the past two years.
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