Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-26
LOCAL WOMEN'S
COUNCIL PLANS
CLEANER CITY
Members Adopt New Slogan
and Take Fling at
Politics.
MRS. MWHIRTER SPEAKS


slogan for the year of the Local Council
of Women. as announced by Mrs. Allen
T. Fleming in her Introductory talk at
the discussion luncheon OF the council
yesterday in the Chamber of Commerce.
She asked the women Of the affiliated
organizations to live up to the slogan,
that they cooperate with the board Of
the council and pledged the aid Of the
council in helping the organizations. She
emphasi the local civic purpose Of the
organization and declared that it must
use its federated activities by making
Indianapolis a cleaner and better place,
politically as well as in a more literal
sense She laid decided stress on the
unified work of all organizations in
citizenship, urging that each woman go
to the polls and vote according to her
convictions.
1T am not urging you to vote one way
or another but I am urging you to vote"
she said in conclusion.
Y. W. C. A.
HEAD TALKS.
Mrs. Fleming then introduced Mrs.
James Barrett, president of the Young
Woman's Christian Association of the
city, who in turn presented Miss Helen
Farquhar of New York Of the national
association, who told Of the reaching
work Of the "Y," dwelling also on the
well organized work of the local assoCia-
ton, which she stated has been here for
twenty six years. She asked the women
to bear in mind one Of the "Y" slogans,
LET the Y. W. c. a. act for you," and
to follow 1t. She said that there We're
1883 members in the indianapolis asso-
citation and asked the council members
to Join and to urge their organization
members to Join.
HEAR WOMEN
CANDIDATES..
Politics was given its turn at the meet
ing, Mrs. Julia Tutewiler, nominee for
the board Of school commissioners, and
Mrs Maude Swift Anthony. who is a
candidate for city cOuncilwOman, being
on the program. Mrs. Fleming, in intro
ducing the candidates, emphasized the
fact that the organization was not a par
tisan federation, that 1T was neither sup
porting or opposing candidates as body,
but that the fact that the two women
were running should give them recogni-
ton by the body.
Mrs. Tutewiler said she was not asking
for their vote, but she was asking the
women Of the local council to vote for
people on the board that would make a
fight for the betterment Of conditions for
schools and teachers.
THE criticism we have suffered has
been that We have spent the peoples
money" she said. we have spent the
peoples money, and If we are reelected
we intend to spend more of It for the
betterment of the schools. We have not
yet the kind of schools and conditions
that we, in indianapolis, should have
That is the only platform l stand upon,
the betterment of city school conditions"
Mrs. Anthony said that she was not
making a political speech or making an
individual plea for support, but that as
she was the first woman to run for city
council, that she felt that the women
should vote for one woman among the
nine, so that the feminine point Of view
might figure as a part Of the municipal
workings.
CITY TEACHERS
REPRESENTED.
The city school teachers federation was
represented by Miss Georgia Alexander.
who made a brief talk concerning the
city school teacher. She said that the
teacher for years had been a sort of
Isolated person, that she HAD been shut
away from the general activities of wom-
en-. but that now she was beginning to get
out and be a real woman. She empha-
sized the fact that there were 1900 teach
ers working in the city for the good Of
the children and their parents and that
1t was the duty of all women to go to the
polls and vote for school commissioners
who would better conditions for teachers
and children. She said that the teachers
had no ticket but that they would sup
port any candidate who honestly would
work for such betterment.
VOICE FROM
SOUTH SIDE CLUB.
Mrs. Martin Reiffel Of the Original
South Side Woman's Club spoke a few
words concerning her organization. She
told of the indignation among the club
over the removal OF what she termed
their representative" from the school
board ticket and spoke Of the "ioose
methods" in the city controllers office.
She asked thSt the women go to- the coun-
I'll meetings, to organize and cooperate
with the city officials in civic affairs.
JEWISH WOMEN
PRESENT.
A number Of other heads Of organiza-
tons brought greetings, Mrs. Benjamin
Meyer, president OF the Council of jew
ish Women, telling Of the council work
Mrs. Wolf Sussman of the Red Cross
center appealing to the women for help
ers In the sewing work, and Mrs Felix
T. McWhirter, who announced that the
Chamber Of Commerce has extended an
invitation to the women Of the city TO
become members on the same plane as
the men. Mrs. McWhirter urged the