The Washington herald., 1921-03-16
PROMINENT WOMEN
||Of DISTRICT FIGHT
FOR RECOGNITION
sWashingtonians Claim
National American Coun-
/ Gil Is in Outside Control.

= Prominent Washington womer
made a vain attempt yesterday to
! gain some recognition for women's
!. .patr1otic and civic societies in the
: proposed National American Coun-
iieil. tentatively formed at the New
isVikslArd. after a. eleven-hour session,
VIA was enliyened by the vigor-
,tous opposition raised by the District
" According to the District women
= almost full control Of the league
I. was given into the hands of q ma
ftionai COMMITTEES OF twenty-five. Nc
women are included on
which is to be Sc
Z letted from twenty-five organiza-
p s would merge Societies
\ Ths object Of the council Is to
) m<rke all patriotic and civic socie-
ttsssthroughout the country for the
purpose OF adopting a program OF
education for patriotism and good
,.cftize nship.
- CharEe Discrinination.
d Though the question was not
brought out on the Moor the women
delegates hinte1 that their organi-
zatfons were not given any recogni-
'tion ana. they turned the evening
meeting into a stormy session. They
wa sed q successful hsht to restrict
the powers Of a national committee
of twenty-five members The wom-
en- were not xlone In taking the
floor against the committee, as Rev.
E. d. Watson, Of Washington. repre-
: senting the Federal Council of
. Churches said It meant "a closed
organization with taxation, but
!. without representation"
b. Win Only One Point.
Mrs. Culla J. vayhinger. national
. director OF the Americanization
i. committee Of the W. C. T. u: Mrs.
Isabella worrell Ball, of Washing
ton. representing the woman's Re-
lief Corps. and Mrs. n. F. Cunning
ham. OF Washin gton. a delegate of
the National League Of Women Vot-
ers, led the opposition to the adop-
tioR of the committee report, This
question was fought for an hour.
and the women succeeded in having
several changes made to the by
laws to relieve the committee OF
j. having full 'power In guiding the
destines of the organization.
One point won by the women del
egates was the proposed rule of Sc
Letting a president from the main
/. committee. This rule was stricken
/. from the bylaws.
/" To Meet I'm New York.
!, No definite organization was
s formed The idea was to meet to
form a tentative league and TO
adopt a program that will be dis
cussed at the first annual conven-
.. tionSo be held in May. 1t Was first
thought that Washington would get
e the Convention. but New York was
selected just before the session
closed, much to the surprise Of the
District delegates.
!. Representatives. of almost eighty
(, organizations. with a membership
% of close to 100000. attended the
session. DR.. David Jayne Hill.
president of the Nationa; Associa-
tion for Constitutional Government.
was the chairman He will serve as
chairman until the convention in
May.
Col. F. W. Galbraith. jr.. national
commander Of the American Le-
gion: Nathaniel Phillips. president
the League for Foreign Citizens;
@ Col. John B. Rose. of the National
Guard Association; Townsend Scud-
der. of the Bureau of Social and
, Educational Service: Henry ]. Ryan.
Of the American Legion. and Mai.
Bernard Lentz, General STAFF. War
Department. were among the speak
ers.
The Committee.
a The national committee will con-
sist Of delegates from these organi-
zations: Interstate Council for
Emisrant Education, 'Adjutants Cen
teral Association. American Council
,on Education, American Legion.
boy Scouts of America, Bureau OF
Education, United States Depart
ment of the Interior: Bureau of
Education and Recreation. General
Stan. War Department; Bureau of
Naturalization. United States De-
partment of Labor: Bureau of So
cial and Educational Service. Grand
d Lodge Of the Free and Accepted
Masons; Constitutional League of
America. Inter-Racial Council. Jew
ish, Welfare Board. league Of For
eign Born Citizens. National Asso-
citation for Constitutional Govern
ment. National Catholic Welfare
Council. National Civic Federation.
National Education Association. Ma
tional Guard Association. National
Security League. Sons of the Amer
,ican Revolution. Sons Of the Revo-
luton.
. The principal points of the pro-
: gram adopted here are as follows:
Elimination of duplication of ef-
fort and waste Of time and money;
establishment Of standards for So
called Americanization work; ef-
: forts to secure adequate appropria-
tion for educational work under
governmental auspices national,
State and local; conducting surveys
of local needs and problems and rem
dering assistance where advisa bl e J,
establishing closer personal contact
and better fraternal relations with
the foreign-born; propagation Of
, educational films on America nism,
procuring more adequate co-opera,
tion by the press, by conducting an
"AmericaniZation Corner" in local
papers; Standardization in the text
Of and centralization OF thelpublica-
tion Of Americanism, literature.
i = The Wonder of DR.. Wyei