Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
c. O.P. WOMEN
GIVEN PRAISE
Say That State Women Have
Best Organization in the
Country

Fl KEN 1OANt NV Ao1AIN us
Republican women lead the nation
in the matter of party organization.
| This was an outstanding fact at the
| regiona! conference of Republican
leaders from the five eastern states
and .he District of Columbia here
! Yesterday. Mrs. Lillian L. Feickert,
I Of Somerset county, vice chairman
of the state committee, n Mrs.
Lewis S. Thompson, of Monmouth,
/ member of the national committee
from this state, were given the right
of way at the conference by State
Chairman Stokes and National Com
| mitteeman Kean so hat they might
tell the visitors from the other
states the success met here in organ
izing the G.. O.. p. women in every
county. It was developed at the
confer ence from the national leaders
including Chairman John Il. Adams
down. that the women of New Jer-
sey are better organized than in any
other part of the union.
Organization was stressed by the
conferees yesterday as the most
practical way of winning victories.
Red fire, bands, oratory and other
outward manifestations of enthusi-
asm are all right in their places,
but unless the vote is gotten out on
election day results cannot be OBJ
tanned. Illustrations of how Just the
slightest more effort in getting the
voters to the polls would have
swung en- election the right way
were given.
Another feature of the conference
was the announcement that the
party debt of $500, 900 left from
the campaign of 1920 has been liq-
Undated. There is no deficit. All the
money has not been paid in but GER
tain people have agreed to under
write it. National Treasurer @. II.
Huston told the conference that
from now on every dollar the ma
tional committee gets will go to or
g%anization work. For the first time
the chairman of that body Is work
ing without compensation and Mr..
Adams is ever paying all his own
expenses. George b. Lockwood the
secretary, is in the same position
| and Treasurer Huston issdevoting his
time without pay.
Each of the states was well rep
resented by it's leaders, some OF
whom are nationally known, and
each painted an optimistic picture
of Republican success in prospect
for 1920. This marked the fifth OF
seven regional meetings ITO whip the
party machinery into shape for next
year so that when Calvin Coolidge
or some other nominee gets aboard
everything will be ready to 'go."
There were no references to can
didates or policies in the conference,
according to the spokesman, James
Bennett Gordon, publicity director
for the national committee. The
wet and dry question was not
entered into and other issues were
ignored.
Mrs. Feickert and Mrs, Thompson
impressed the other party leaders
with their outline of the New Jersey
women's organization.
National Committeeman Hilles ano
the others from New York predicted
for thai state that when the 1924
campaign starts the organization
there will be con it's toes with par
ticular reference to the women
United States Senator George Pep,
per, of Pennsylvania. talked on the
necessity of the national organiza'
ton being able not only to hold it,
own but to go out and make an at
tack on the opposition. State Chair
man w. Harry Baker, of Pennsylva-
mia, said there vas no need to worry
about that State. He pointed to the
recent election of w. IRELAND Ken
drick as mayor of Philadelphia by 9
Quarter of a million majority. Mrs
Barclay II. Warburton spoke for The
women's organization.
Both General Il. Coleman de Pont
for Delaware, and Ga1en TAFT, state
chairman for Maryland, espresso
the view thai the women vote woulC
be a bigger factor than ever in next
years Presidential fight and deter
mine the result. They said that il
some states in 1920 the woman vote
was contested in court proceeding
and when they were settled favor
ably to the new voters it was too hate
to organize them.