Evening star., 1922-12-07
MRS. HUCK T0WORK
FOR D. c. SUFFRAGE
Congresswoman Tells Club of
Her Effort to Get on Dis
trict Committee.

Appointment as member of the
House Distric, committee is being
sought by Mrs Winifred Mason Huck,
member Of Congress from Illinois.
, she told the members of the Twen-
tieth Century Club this afternoon. at
a meeting held in the Cosmos Club.
| Mrs. Huck said she was deeply inter-
ested in local affairs. because she had
resided here for a number of years.
and spoke Of her particular interest
, , In the local school situation and votes
for the residents of Washington. She
was introduced By Mrs. William II.
, Heron. president of the club. as our
adopted daughter" and "our congress-
woman
Il am intensely interested in seeing
that the people of Washington get a
vote" Mrs. Huck said.
She referred to the serious prob
lens which have to be considered in
connection with giving the franchise
to the people here. However. she said
that was but side issue. The i'm
portant thing. she said. was to get
the vote for the people here, and then
other problems could be considered
later
Mrs Huck told her audience that
she had just had a conference with
House Leader Mondell and had asked
for a place on the Distric, committee
He told her, She said. that new rep
resentatives were not put on the
committee. but nevertheless she in
sisted that if there was a vacancy
she would like to have it.
VIII Address Committee.
AT any rate. I told him" she said.
that l expected to appear before the
committee In the interest of the
schools here. particularly the West
ern High School. which is in great
need of an addition or new build
ing. / am going to go into confer
ence with the teachers and ascertain
the needs and then l am going before
the committee and seek remedies for
the school troubles"
Speaking of her referendum plan
as a step toward world peace. Mrs.
Huck said that while in Congress she
was taking the viewpoint of women.
and not that of the men. School teach
ers. working women and some club
| women sent her to Congress. she said
But l am not clubwoman." she
said. Il belong to clubs, but 1
have never gone one to r,ad" the top have
ing my children and getting their
point of view. Those children Of
today will govern the country of to-
morrow. and 1t is well to learn
their point Of view. We had differ
ent views from those of our grand
mothers. Though We respected them.
we felt that we were right
Opposes Arms Cut.
She said that world peace is the
biggest thing that women can work
for. Efforts have been made to try
to discourage her because it was so
big. she said. but. she continued:
Some one must make a start. and l
am so situated where 1 can make that
start"
Frankly. though" she continued
"I am not for the reduction of arma-
! ments. 1 am for anything that Will
,, make this country bigger, stronger
and richer. l would like to see this
country recognized as the greatest in
| the world"
She spoke for her proposal for a
| referendum for the people to decide
(; whether the country should go to war,
and said that the people should say
I whether their sons and husbands
should be sent into fight. If this
country would have such a plan. she
said, then when a foreign nation
wanted to borrow money it could be
loaned on a condition that they give
their people the right to vote on a
| war proposal
Mrs. Huck was given a rising vote
of thanks at the conclusion of her adj
dress