Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-31
WOMEN OF u. s.
JOIN HANDS OF
EUROPE SISTERS
Lady Astcr Tells English
What She Learned in This
Country.
BY CONSTANCE DRENEL.

BY CONSTANCE DRENEI.
| WASHINGTON, May 31.-Hands acrcs,
| the sea were stretched this m9rning b.
| the reading OF Letter from Miss Hllds
Mathson, political secretary of Sna Con
sultatiye Committee of Women's Organi
cations ofiEu2Iand at the monthly meet
! ing of the womens Joint congressional.
| committee which took place al i.e ma
, ionaI headquarters Of the congress o,
/ Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations
titiS morning.
Lady listor, who is chairman OF TIT
consultative committee In Sagland, whict
il similar to he women 5 Joint congress,
siQnal committee here, is to report OF
what she saw Of wonen's political actiSi'
ties in this country on June s.
Tn4t statement was contained N Mist
Mataison's letter, but en- plus, it asked
that full plans of the organization ant
working OF the American vomeu's com
inttee be sent 50 that It might be re,
| ceived prior to Lady Astors verbal re-
port
lere vas no meeting OF the com.
nlitt@e during Lady Astors visit here, &c
II seems she did Net secure details to
how it works III Washington. But she
Parks, It's chairman, to believe similar
sne. 4ods c0u3d be adopted w woruens
organizations ia England interested In
Ea- British Parliament. Lady Aston Il
tia acknowledged leader u these Efforts
The womeE 5 joint congressional com.
Ipittee which met here this morning does
net III Itself inGorSe legislation, but
SERVES az clearing house for It's mem-
Der Organizations, thus preventing dHpH-
cation Of effort and enabling organiza-
lions TO ante IN support OF bills as they
desire, II is sometimes called the most
powerful lobby IN Washington" When
united in one measure. such as the MEM
b-ar organizations were on the Sheppard
T0Wner bin, It is true the power repre-
serted IS immense ana the pressure that
can be brought to bear almost infinite
Il Is probably the record Of the Shep-
rarf- TGWnpr maternity and infancy Dill,
wou BY the women in the brief period
since their eufFanchisement, has led
Lady Astor and her British sisters 70
wart to follow the methods of their
American Sts-ers. Certain it Is that so
far the british women have not been able
To put over" their own point OF view
In legislation so successfully as their
American s3stars.
Just at present. more women's organiza.
:toas seem to be backing the married
women city ship bill than any other la
t!onai measure. Al meeting Of the joint
congressional committee it was reportat
by the Lockout Committee "a suhcommit,
tie which watches for new bills in Con
gresS4 that il preventative Cable had just
introduced another hill for Independent
citizenship. some differences IN various
bills stilI have to be iroueG ont before
effective support can he expected. Owing
the Stasa Department has to be consulted
The Lockout Committee also reported
the French Gaprcr truth III fabric bin
nn3 the Lodge-Rogers mist randing
Blk"
II Was decided to form new subcom.
rs.ttee 70 work for the transference q
the United States Neutrality-suspicious. Socia
IIygicue Eaa7d to the Department OF JUS
tiea The report that forty-two States
have accepted either through their Gov
ernars or their Legislatures, the pro
visions of the Sheppard Towner bill wal
received with interest
Thirteen Of the fourteen member or
eauizatiaus were present al tedays meet
ing as follows
Mrs Muude Wood Parks, chairman fol
the League OF Women Voters; Mrs. Ar
tHur Watkins. rotary for the congress
Of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associa
tons; Mrs. Florence Kelley and Mrs
Edward p Costican. FOR the Consum
ers' League: Mrs. Samuel McC1lntock FOL
The National Board Of the y. w. c. A.
Mrs Ellis A Yost for the w. c. L. {.
Miss Mary Stewart for the National Fed
eratinn Of Business and professional
Womer; Mrs. Glenn Swicsett for the Ma
tional Council OF Women; Miss LIDS
Haaara for the General Federation ct
Womens Clubs: Miss BERTHA Ingle, 70.
the Girls Friendly Society; Miss HarlaI
james fer the American Association Of
University Women These women arr
the representatives for their organization
on the committee, officially designated 70!
the position.
In between times these women speut
much OF their time interviewing mem
hers OF Congress on bills
Whenever officers of member organ
irattons are in Washington they are cor
dially invited to the meetings. Today.
visitors included Miss Jeannctte Rankin
former Congresswoman from Montana
and now field secretary Of the Nationa
Consumers League; Mrs. Robert Bur
detts OF California, president Of the Call
fornia Federation Of Women's Cluhs, ans
Mrs. Iscbel Klein OF ArIansas.-Copy'
right, 1922, by Public Ledger Company.