Evening star., 1925-01-15
WOMEN NASkPOSTS
AS CABINET AIDES
Assistant Secretaryships Are
0bjectives of General
Federation.

A movement for appointment OF
! women as assistant secretaries in the
| Labor, Interior and Agriculture De-
| partments was launched today when
the board of directors of the General
| Federation of Womens Clubs, repre-
sonting 100000 members through
out the country, adopted a resolution
| to this effect.
The resolution pointed out that there
| Will be extensive changes occurring
In executive departments between now
! and March 4. and authorized, in the
name of the federation, a request TO
| President Coolidge for the appoint
ment OF qualified women as assistant
secretaries, "at least in the Depart
ment of Labor, the Department of In
terror and the Department of Agri-
culture"
The resolution went further. 1t sp-
/ proved as logical and opportune the
! appointment OF a woman to the office
OF Assistant Surgeon General. as well
| as on some OF the commissions, no
| tably the Tariff Commission. Railroad
Labor Board and Interstate Commerce
| Commission.
Want More Power.
I'm view of the fact" states the
| resolution, that women have coma
| to share equally with men the re-
! sponsibilities of the electorate; that
/ they are assuming judicial responsi-
| bilities; 1t is logical that they would
| have larger and legislative share in
! the administrative Offices where the
! policies of the executive departments
of the Government are formulated
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter last night
| reported on accomplishments of the
| department of international relations
of the federation, pointing to the ad-
| vance of the movement among women
| In favor of the establishments of a
! world court as one of the PRINCIPAL
activities Of the past year. and to the
conference on the cause and cure of
/ war, here next week, as an indication
| Of the national peace strength which
| is mobiliZing.
Mrs. William r. Alvord, chairman
of the department of American
| citizenship, read a report covering
| Americanization work throughout the
| country, and another report was de-
livered on The American Home"
Reports on Foreign Fields.
| At today's meeting Mrs. Robert J.
Burdette, foreign representative of
the federation, reported on activities
! of "a allied organizations and sub
| ordinate clubs throughout the world
reading radio greeting to the board
| from womans club in Vienna,
I
Massachusetts, chairman Of tie main
tenance fund committee, told the
! board that an encouraging start had
| been made in the movement to raise
$780, for that fund
! A resolution proposed by Mrs. Rose
V. s. Berry, advocating the establish
ment of an American Art Alliance, to
promote and encourage American ar
lists in their work, was adopted
! n H. a nj ~ q lyy Tfa
| out that at present some of the
greatest works of American artists
| were now in foreign galleries.
A donation of $1,000 yesterday was
voted by the board of directors of the
federation at the opening session OF it's
meeting in the clubhouse. 1884 N street.
! for the conference on the cause and
cure of war to be held here next week
The general federation is one of the
nine organizations backing this con-
ference, and one of it's foremost
activities is international relations,
| including the training of women in
| international affairs.
The opening session was devoted to
reports of the executive officials of
the organization.
President of Body Speaks.
Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, pres
! ident, centered her report on the
| achievements of the federation in
supporting plans for a citizenship
training conference and in furtherine
plans for a survey of activities OF
women in industry.
\ healthy state Of the treasury Of
! the organization was displayed In
the report of Florence c. Floore,
treasurer of the organization.
The report showed that the or
| ganization had assets of approx
mately S349,305.94 free from incum-
Drances This included a general
fund of $3T,90116; the headquarters
fund in which the headquarters
building and appurtenances are listed
as assets, amounting to approximately
100000; the endowment fund OF
about 100000 and the war service
fund Of approximately $s0,ooe.