Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-12
VICTOR INNES' CASE REVIEWED
BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
MRS. Chamberlain
SPEAKS At VOTERS
LEAGUE CONVENTION

DIES MONIES, Ia, April 10.-The
Georgia League of Women Voters
plans a pilgrimage to the legislature
and a registration week in which to
get all eligible voters registered i'll
theit state, Mrs. H. B. Chamberlin,
president of the Georgia league, de-
clared today in an address at the
national convention Of the League
Of Women Voters here. This pro-
gram for the year, Mrs. Chamberlin
declared, is in addition to the legis
lative work.
Speaking on the subject, "The
State and It's Plan Of Work-ShOuld
1t Originate from State Needs or
National Pressure Mrs Chamber
lin said:
my answer is, from state needs
through national suggestion. 1 do
not know how pressure can be exer-
cised and rather object to the word
among friends.
"As long as the states differ so in
degrees Of development it means a
dierent program for each. At the
last convention I was looking over
and discussing the printed recon-
mendations Of the standing commit
tees with my neighbor. She said,
We have just this one bill to pass
and we come up to their standards.
My heart sank for L wondered how
many years would go by before
Georgia could say that.
mo Laws, just Customs"
"There are times when L wonder
if we will not have to learn by eX-
perience and through our own mis-
takes, In one of Benson's essays he
says that others try to warn US,
but we all have to learn for our
selves. When we have learned we
wonder vaguely if that was what
they meant and why it could not
have been made palmer.
"In Savannah and Atlanta it cost
us money and in Atlanta defeat (Sa-
vannah Jared a little better) to dis
cover what one of the policemen
told me at the polls. We amt got
no laws, lady, just customs
NOW our efficiency in government
committee is working out improved
election laws. Yet there are standards
and any expert could have told us
long ago that we had just customs.
What 1 find hardest of all is a
plan of work for the small league.
They organize with enthusiasm and
the first question is always, Now,
what shall we do?' If you say
study and find out there is not so
much enthusiasm. We are working
on a pamphlet now, Ten things
your community needs We hope
with that as a basis for discussion
that they will decide early in their
careers what they want to work
for, even if none of the suggestions
are taken.
Our program for this year in
cludes, besides the legislative work,
a registrative week and a pilgrim
age to the legislature. Neither may
be very large this year but we want
them to be annual events. One week
to get every one registered, by the
use of all the publicity methods we
can will help a great deal.
I'VE want, too, to encourage our
women to come to the legislature
and see how their elected law-mak-
ers make laws.
Lack of Results a Worry
CAN .hese plans are discussed and
decided upon on the floor of our
meeting is often hec-
tic, but it is impossible to keep d
fine democratic spirit, avoid steam
roller methods and not be hectic at
times. What worried me most at
the convention was the lack of re-
suits from the standing committees,
There is a question l would like to
ask. Should we state presidents APP
point standing committees CORE
spending with the national when
our organization is not strong
enough for them to accomplish any
thing? 1t has troubled me not q
little
Il do want to say in closing, that
we are making progress. 1 find a
growing interest in the league in the
n Ost unexpected places. We take as
our motto a paraphrase of the song
of the boys in France, We have
foul years to do this job only we
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