Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-01
NAME CAUSES
SOME TO FEAR
REVOLUTION
Chicago Woman Says Opening
of ID. A. r. Headquarters
Caused Stir.
Special to Indiana Daily Times
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WASHINGTON, March 1-"They
thought the revolution had come In
America when they read Of the head
quarters Of the Daughters Of the Amer
ican Revolution at the opening OF the
Washington conference" said Mrs. Ray
mond Robins OF Chicago, who recently
prgside> at Geneva at the second conven-
ton Of he international Working Wo-
mems que.
IAN t. Of people kept telling me
seriously there would be a revolution in
America" she explained. It only laughed
them off, but just to prove how things
are misunderstood. intelligent persons
were sure thoy were right when they
read the headquarters Of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution had been
opened"
Speaking as the president Of the Ma
tional Womon's Trade Union League,
Mrs. Robins again assaulted the equal
rights legislation Of the National Wo-
mans party to an audience overlooking
the library In the home Of Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot Among her auditors were Mrs
Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Mednl McCor-
mick.
WOMEN OPPOSE
EQUAL RIGHTS PLANS.
Besides Mrs. Robins, Miss Julia O'Con-
nor, OF the Telephone Operators Union OF
Boston; Miss Agnes Nestor Of Chicago.
Of the Glove Makers Union, and Mrs.
Maud Schwartz, recently elected vice
president Of the International Working
Women's League, ali spoke against the
proposed legislation. both national and
State by State
That is. sil speakers made It clear they
objected only to the method They fear
the so-called blanket bill, which seeks
to remove all inequalities before the law,
automatically would remove protective
legislation already enacted for women IN
Industry. That is the came stand main
tanned by Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation Of Labor.
All speakers emphasized their accord
with the aim Of the equal rights" Iegis-
lation. They, too. wish women to have
equal guardianship OF children. equai
property rights and opportunity to serve
on Juries and oil Offices, but they wish
a separate bill for those reforms. In
their opinion, If there is 'blank& bin"
for equality It will mean literal equality.
which working women do not want. They
want all the rights and some OF the priv
ileges because Of physical disabilities Ct
women.
CHARGE PARTY CAUSES
CLASS FEELING.
Both Mira Robins and Mira. schwarts
openly charged the national woman's
party with bringing about the same BIT
terness existing In England and in other
European countries between the profess
sional and middle class women and the
working women. Mrs Robins said, In
presiding in Geneva the working women
would not even let her give the floor to
suffragists and other so-called feminists
who were trying to leglslate for equality,
which the working women did not want.
This same bitterness exists In England
1t seemed "a II the national woman's
party was in for a bad afternoon. Mrs
Medill Mccormick, who by her incisiye
speech always makes an impression
caused a ripple Of CONSERVATION when
she charged the National Woman's Party
with being supported on Capitol Hill by
Mrs. BelmOnt's money.
Mrs. Mccormick said she spoke for Re
publican women in opposing the equal
rights legislation as proposed by the Ma
tional Womans Party, though. agreeing
with many of it's provisions.-Copyrlght
1922, by Public Ledger Company.