Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-11
[|l2COUNT|ES !
IfNY WOMEN VOICE.
", Voters Are Helping Direct
/, e,.otioo Machinery for G. 0.
\ p. Throughout State
PRIMARY FIRST REAL TEST

r,,m,n has outwit,cd man i" many
"V ~. a long time. Whether she Is
e'neS ~ .oI,,;coi "fox" will be proved
!. . Ne next few years, when she serves serves
W. couutv Committce--thr throttle
=. ~ mony political machine.
nm ,,., ,ho, women have been given
.,a,I representation o" 'ne .""|s !, ,ho
csmmi,tccs Of twenty -s'vc" o, Inc
to"'' counties in Pennsylvania
"H .do known today when Mrs.
Winner f. Mc'ick I., held secretary ~, %, "hi"h t",
nr" n.n,b,ican State Committee OF wnlcn
narc,ny II. Warburton is vice
.s.i,p,an. s'i announced the results OF h'F
s,,te-w wide survey ,rn In.
''s s,,os las, September Mrs. Me''ck has
,.,.,sd 0s a large part OF nor time in Wis.
uln, the various counties OF the STATE s.'.,'s
lua' m ,s,ruins On, what steps were being
'enu .n m allow the women 10 serve vi
N. county committees - ...m,d
NE VIZ" nnnrtics where interest seemed
)" .he field secretary endeavoreu 70
hw W, the men into giving the
pep W. chance to- show their organ
sSm ,.;n~ ability on the committees
'"' wh.r. Eu,e Is FIFTY. FIFTY"
,,uhi, and Delaware Counties
Co'us.nos Cs. srst I, give women fifty fifty
VIZ r.,o,iou Wv. and these counties nave
rpiesht rp hosm added TO the list: Allegheny.
Gncc oee,, '' Hcaycr. Blair. Bradford. q.
lrnss.rORnsn, ls. Rsn,ler, Chester. Clarion. Dnn-
Hacks' riI Forest. Franklin, Greene,
enn, m .Iuniata. Lawrence. l.ehigh,
!euslsvi". Northampton. Potter. Wash.
leo,'"W l "Westmoreland, Wyoming and
vsnango. ,,, c,,,,v along ,hc
Vat II, ,hn 30 called blue Juniata
. mnss onl an mo in Monroe County. where
n",W,ii Wii,nhcll Palmer once rul ed with Il
A-sstn NV hand they don't believe in
nsn,s committeewomen. At least the
oun! cbairmen have sent word To te-
M!,, eolh. State headquarters here hat
,hsr will exert no Efforts TO e''r tne,''
canal representation unt'' h''er '"' P'''
mar, ,,os L,,, i,,.rnrcird
..a mcan that women are Just
" =" ca l,r for county committees Us
s.n The sky's th" limit IN thos"
.n,n,v se", six. II can be 1000 for tn"
somsn Il they want 10 shove III" men
~ tho committees and run politics
tsi, wav. The tweny six arc: Adams.
p,diord Cameron. Carbon. 'lcarfcld.
C,.rford. Faycttc. Indiana. I.ackn-
s.rna Lancaster. Lebanon. i.uZrrnc.
WeKrnn. Mifflin. Montgomery. Mon
,"ur % northumberland, Philadelphia.
S.Srrlkill. Somerset. Sullivan. Sus-
orsSsnna, Tioga. Warren. Wayn" and
Tih ri-ht counties. Bcrks. Cambria.
Gnton. Cumberland. ErIc. Fulton
lgke and Union. have promised TO taxi"
,lIon before April Is. the last day for
6ln. petitions for county committee
men.
then there are four that arc moving
SLOW and easy. This quartet. Cen :
,r. Mercer. Perry and Snyder. have
taken no action and no one knows just
when they will.
But in those first twenty seven th7
vomen are acting. In som" places
they've e;cn organized Republican
rotor corps. and they're going ~ race
With the men in getting the voters to
he polls and scurrying them home
Eain.
Where Women Arc Bet
When it comes TO passing out green
Ks for dissemination of infornia
g and to voting tn" cemetery.
women are absolutely hrgntiv'
Quantities. They hope to max" tho
men that way also. l'ut they 'vr got T.
jump on the mon committee member
when 1t comes to Uuicting baby while
mother goes to vote. No county chair.
tan has yet been found who would vol
lnteer for that job.
Pennsylvania leads all States IN th'
lunbcr Of women serving on count,
Committees. according to Mrs. Mclirk
We have no record Of any STATE