Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
WOMEN VOTERS
ISSUE CALL FOR
NATIONAL EVENT
Pqn-AmeTican Conference to
Join With Contention
April 20 to 20.

be held in Baltimore, Nd, from April
20 to 20, has just been issued by the
board Of directors from the league 5
Washington office and reads:
1.-The National League of Women Vot-
ers calls its affiliated and associate mem
bers to send delegates to the third an
nual convention Of the league at the Hotel
Belvedere, Baltimore, from April "a
\ to %.
q "The league calls women from all the
Americas TO meet in conference from
April 20 to % on subjects of special con-
cern to women-edUcatiOn, child well
fare, women in industry. prevention OF
traffic in women, cvi land political status
Of women and international friendliness.
PEACE AMONG
NATIONS FIRST.
''Peace among nations is essential to
the work that women have most at
heart A definite step toward the main
tenance Of peace has been taken by the
conference on the limitation Of arma-
ment, The National League Of Women
Voters has borne its full share of re-
sponsibility for making known to the
conference the profound hope of the peo-
pie Of this land that war may cease.
But this hope can never be wholly real
ized until friendly cooperation for com
mon ends takes the place Of international
rivalry. The league believes that friend
illness with our neighbor countries viii
be stimulated and strengthened if women
from all parts Of the Western Hemi-
sphere gather for sympathetic study Of
their common problems.
an the third annual convention OF the
league its members, rejoicing over the
successes of the past year and earnestly
.gE
done, will have opportunity to determine
together their plans for the coming year.
The league needs the counsel of all
its workers
Its usefulness has been made clear.
Its field for service is wide 1t has faith
in the ideals of government by the peO-
pie and zeal for their fulfllment. Its
goal of intelligent. conscientious, effective
citizenship viii be won only by wisdom
' and conservation.
1.-THE league calls you to come and give
of your best"
At both convention and conference Will
be discussed child welfare, efficiency in
Government, women in industry, social
hygiene, civil and political status Of
women. food supply and demand, educa-
ton and legislation. In addition there
will be the usual convention program, in
Guiding electi n of national officers and
adoption of the leagues program for the
coming year.
PAN-ASIERICAN
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE.
In including as part Of it's convention
the Pan American Conference Of Women
the league is but carrying out the pur.
pose expressed ia its constitution "to pro-
mote education in citizenship and the
public discussion of civic reforms" Mrs.
Maud Wood Park points out, "Women's
distinctive interests-hOme- making. chill
dren, human welfare-are cooperative and
in no sense competitive. What the women
Of one country have learned concerning,
these vital subjects is equally helpful to
the women of every other country. In
pooling women's knowledge of these
subjects in which they have a common
interest all are benefited. Besides this,
there is created q friendliness, a sense
of cordiality. through meeting and dis
cussing together these problems that
affect US all. This has been recognized IN
the cordial cooperation We have had from
the State Department"
Women are evincing great interest in
the Pan American conference and accept
ances Of the invitation sent by the league
through the United States Department
. Of State to the governments Of South and
Central America Mexico. Canada, Cuba,
Porto Rico and Haiti are already being
received at the league headquarters in
Washington.
Lady Nancy Astor chairman OF the
consultative committee Of women's or
ganlzations Of England, in a letter to
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president Of the
National League Of Women Voters, has
sent the expressed opinion of thirty-twO
national women's groups Of England in
resolution on disarmament adopted on
Nov o. 1921
LIMITATION OF
ARHANENTS URGED.
The resolution reads:
''That the aforementioned societies, be-
ieving that great armies and navies are
q menace to the peace Of the world and
an unwarrantabIe burden on the people.
urge His Najesty's government to do all
in its power to achieve general limita-
tion of armaments by agreement on the
matter with other nations and by pro
noting policy Of international coopera-
tion whereby the security Of states may
be assured without resort to force. They
further urge that the British representa-
tives at Washington and within the
League Of Nations advocate this policy
and they welcome joyfuIly the expression
Of convictions akin to their own from
the women of America"
The letter accompanying the resolu-
tion is signed by Lady Astor. chairman
and president; by Miss Picton -Turbervil!.
vice chairman, and by Lady Galway, Sec
retary of the consultative committee.
Expressing the appreciation Of the
League of Women Voters for the cordial
words Of cooperation embodied in the
resolution, Mrs. Park in her reply ex-
tends a cordial invitation to Lady Astor
to attend the Pan-American Conference
Of Women, which is to meet in connec-
ton with the third annual convention of
the league next April with the idea that
such a conference will have a definite
helpful effect upon international friend
1iness.''
"It gives me pleasure" writes Mrs
Park, "to extend to you a cordial invi-
tation to attend this conference and help
us further the feeling Of friendly-co-
operation between the women Of Canada,
the United States and the republics o.
South and Central America.
1--WE earnestly hope that you can be
with US and we feel that your presence
will be especially helpful because the
women Of America still lovingly claim
you even while they take pride in the
recognition which the land Of your, Gdop-
ton. has given vou.U