Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-20
CANDIDATES TO
SPEAK BEFORE
STATE MEETING
Accept limitation to League
of Women Voters Com
UentiOn.

The following candidates have ac-
copied the invitation TO speak at the State
convention of the League Of Women Vot-
ers held in Lafayette May 912: Albert
!. Beveridge, Harry S. New, Samuel
RalstOn, Bernard ohively Of Marion, Dan
Simms of Lafayette, Jessie Sanders OF
Carrot and Charles Howard Of Windfall.
The business session Of the convention
starts Wednesday morning, Tuesday aft
ernoon being devoted to greetings and
getting located. The following program
will be used on Wednesday and Thurs
day:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10.
Morning
Mrs Beardsley presiding
America
Announcements.
Secretary's report, Mrs. Olive Beldon
Lewis
Treasurer's report, Mrs. Homer McCray-
| Headquarters report, Miss Roberta L.
! Stair
! Presidents address, Mrs. Beardsley.
Organization report, Mrs. Gould.
| District chairmen report for three
! minutes each.
Report made graphic by use Of chart.
| American citizenship, Mrs. E. A. Tor
| rance.
| Limitation of Armament, Mrs. Eliza
| beth ClaypooI Earl.
Anna Howard Shaw Memorial, Mrs.
| Grace Julian Clark.
Luncheon.
Afternoon
Mrs Alice Foster McCulloch, presiding.
Social Hygiene. DR.. Carrie Banning.
Women in industry, Mrs A. T. Cox.
Sheppard Towner Act, Dr.. Adah
Schweitzer and Mrs. Ella B. Kehrer.
Uniform laws for women, Mrs. Carrina
Warrington.
Garden party at Earlhurst, Mrs.
Charles Benedict Stuart. hostess.
Evening
Miss Helen Benbrtdge, presiding.
Efficiency in Government, Miss Ben
bridge.
indianapolis local affairs committee,
Miss Alma Sickler.
Terre Haute school board election. Mrs.
Fred Ballard
Proportional representation, Mr.. Wal
ter Willard field secretary for the pro-
portional representation league
THURSDAY, May IL.
Morning
Mrs c. s. Carlisle presiding.
Report of nominating COMMITTEES.
Report of credentials committee
School attendance law, Miss Blanche
Merry, State attendance officer.
Probation law, Mrs. Carrina Warning
ton, State probation officer.
High lights on the national conven-
ton, Miss Elizabeth Hauser, regional
| director.
Plan of work for the coming year.
Constitution amendments, Mrs. Ora
Thompson Ross.
Buffet Luncheon at Purdue University.
Demonstration Of homo economics
work, Miss Mary Matthews.
/ -Afernoon-
/ Tour Of university.
/ Afternoon session in library at Purdue
I Presentation and adoption of budget,
/ Miss Adah Bush and Miss Sara Lauter
Voting by new method directed by Mr..
Willard.
I Resolutions.
/ Legislative program.
Meeting Of new board.
Banquet at Fowler Hotel.
! Mrs. A. H. Beardsey. presiding.
Greetings from Governor Warren 7.
AIcCray.
! Announcement OF new officers.
Addresses:
Mrs. Marie Stuart Edwards, national
first vice president.
Miss Rose Moriarity of Cleveland, Ohio.
i Other noted speakers.
/ Friday will be given up to a motor
/ trip TO Turkey Run. where the League Of
/ Women Voters viii formally open the
new hotel. The special guests on this trip
/ viii be the officers of the Press Club.
| To conform TO the policy Of the ma
| tional league of referring to the program
of work of the various standing commit
tees to the league members, the Indiana
| standing committees have each made rec
| concentrations for special work to be
| done this next year.
The recommendation submitted are as
| follows
Child Welfare Committee-By Ella 3.
| kehrer.
measure: Appropriation by Indiana to
/ match Federal aid on SheppaTdTowner
| act. Reserve State measure: Better State
| care of dependent children and proven
/ L.. So 4 IAIs
quent children. Law enforcement; OF
| existing school attendance and child Ia
! Dor law. Recommends to be Endorsed:
! Minimum standards for child welfare.
Uniform Laws Committee-By Carrina
| Warrington.
Recommends active State legislative
measure: Amendment to the provisions
for Mothers Aid, making 1t mandatory
upon the counties to provide the ma
visions of said act and further, that in
case no special fund is provided and al
| lowed Oy the county council for the pay
ment OF said Mothers Aid. the same may
be taken from any fund already existing
| In said county for the care of orphans.
Reserve State measure: Raising the age
of consent 20 IS years, with certain pro-
visions for the protection OF boys under
said age. Law enforcement: The law
on jury service Recommends to be In
dorsed: Standards set by the national
| league for methods Of securing legislation
| on the CIVIL status OF women, l. g., TO
work for specific measures not so-called
blanket measures.
Women in Industry Comnittee-By
Mrs. A. T. Cox.
Recommends active State legislative
measure: The eight hour law. Reserve
State measure: Minimum wage commits
sion. Law enforcement: O. existing la
Dor laws. The recommendation of the
enforcement of the present industrial
laws for women and children through one
of the commissioners on the industrial
board. who shall handle all such cases,
instead of the present arrangement where
by the department for women and chill
dren Is only a tranch of the work as
signed to one of the misslonsra.
Recommends TO be Endorsed: Standards
for women IN industry as established by
the woman's bureau of the United States
Department of Labor.
TO HAVE
BOARD MEETING.
The directors of the League Of Women
Voters will hold board meeting Friday
morning in the Chamber of Commerce
This will be a joint meeting of the old
and new directors. Mrs. Allen T. Elem
ing will be a special guest. Mrs. Elem
ing Is making a list of committees, in
which she Is dividing equally the mem
bers Of the two parties. Democratic and
Republican. The records of ninety three
candidates are on file In the League of
Women Voters office.