The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-01-25
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION IS
i; TO BE HELD IN BALTIMORE,
OPENING APRIL 20.
ENTIRE tcoNTlnENTalNcLvDED
i :Tn.ir SISTER. 5ef 4l..in ). America Are
I Invited to Help ssin s5o'.eu..,er Of.
:! Topics ef ,Gspeeia' *'mportanee to
By EDWARD B. CLARK

or women VOIerS, WMcN mas uedu'
quarters in Washington, desires that
the public shall know about its third
annual convention which is to be held
in the capitals companion city, Balti-
more, Nd, and is to continue in ses.
sion for nine days. The convention
does not meet until April 20. but as
all the countries Of South and Central
America are to be represented the ar
rangements for the meeting are being
made early. ,
The blunt truth is that your corre-
spondent personally has been asked
to write about this convention and is
the more willing 50 to do because the
National League Of Women Voters is
composed of women Of the two great
political parties and Of some smaller
parties, and it does NOT seek to create
a woman's party, preflerring the SEEM
ingly saner!t course Of asking its mem-
bers to get interested in politics and
in legislation and to exercise their in
f1uence, as actual voting members Of
any of the political parties which they
choose to Join.
Both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic national committees: have asked
the women to enter their respective
parties and to work and to vote for
such legislation as they may desire as
Republicans and Democrats. and not
as members OF. 4 separate group. 1t
seems, therefore, to be the aim Of the
National League of Women Voters to
fix upon such legislation as women
think It advisable to enact and then
to attempt to secure 1t by exercising
their influence as voters within one or
the other Of the great political parties.
SvbIects to 30 Discussed.
The women have borrowed the word
"agenda'' from the State department
for use in outlining the proceedings
Of the coming convention which they
COLL 1.-The Pan-American Conference
Of Women" In n general way the
country can tell from the subjects for
discussion which have been chosen
the chief things which are Interesting
the women Of all parties Of the pres
ent day. There are to be what the
women call round table conferences
on the following subjects, each discus
sion to- be under the charge Of a wom-
an whose name is given as leader: =
Child Welfare-ln charge Of Miss
Grace, Abbott, chief of the children's
bureau, Department of Labor, u. s. A.
Education-In charge Of Miss Julia
Abbott, kindergarten division, bureau
OF education, Department Of Interior,
u. s. A.
Women in 1ndustry-1n charge Of
Miss Mary Anderson, chief Of the
woman's bureau, Department Of La.
Dor, U. s. A.
Prevention of Traffic IN Women-ln
charge Of DR.. Valeria Parker, execu.
tive secretary of the interdepartment-
al social hygiene board, U. s. A.
Civil Status of Women-In charge
Of Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, assistant
attorney general, Department Of Jus.
tice, U. S. A.
Political Status OF Women-In
charge of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president of the International Woman
Suffrage alliance. -
Secretary Of State Hughes. Secre-
tary Of Commerce Hoover and DR.. L.
s. Rowe. director general Of the Pan
American union, are cooperating with
the women in efforts to maks the
conference success. Invitations to
the governments Of South and Central
American countries to send delegates
to the conference have been forwarded
BY the State department through its
diplomatic representatives in the re-
publics of Latin America.
Agricultural Conference Called.
Invitations have been issued to n
large number Of American citizens to
become members of the conference on
agriculture which Is to meet in Wash.
ington the latter part Of January.
It is expected that at least 200 dele.
gates representing agricultural and
allied industries, such as packing, mill.
ing and transportation, will be pres.
ent. The administration seemingly be.
lieves that the conference will pro.
duce results.
It is definitely known, of course,
that the administration, with the coun.
try, has been worried about agricul.
tural conditions and the troubles which
have come to congress in its attempt
TO adjust legislation so that one great
industry may be benefited without
working damage to other industries
In brief, 1t can be said that one ele.
ment In congress thinks agriculture Is
asking too much and that another
thinks it Is not asking half Of what
It deserves.
If the conference on agriculture
shall have the success Of the confer.
ence on unemployment its meetina
probably will be held to have been in
every way worth while. Wien the
conference assemblies 1t instantly will
begin to exchange views and to give
consideration to various lines Of pol.
icy. It Is believed q leader Of each
Of the !Eaustrial groups which are p
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