Evening star., 1926-06-06
FEDERATION NAMES
COMMITTEE HEADS.
Mrs. Rufus Dawes to Take
Charge of international
Relations Work.
By CORINNE FRAZIER.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

ltl -ldW vi NltC lCSlGChI d"Nos wa
appointed chairman of the Depart
ment Of International Relations g
the General Federation of Women
Clubs at the post convention session
of the new board of directors today
Mrs. Dawes will succeed Mrs. Thoma
G. Winter, whose two-year term a
chairman expired.
Mrs. Frederick G. WeitZ, who ha
been in charge of headquarters new
service at Washington, was appointe,
press and publicity chairman of th
General Federation by the board o
directors. 1t is possible that Mrs
WeitZ will continue to make her head
quarters in Washington. Mrs. Johl
r. Dawes of Ridgeway, n. j., viii
serve with Mrs. WeitZ as assistan
chairman.
A permanent board of trustees t
have charge of the foundation created
at the recommendation of Mrs. Johr
ID. Sherman, president, in her biennia
report. for the purpose of collecting
and administering funds donated fol
general federation work, was ap
pointed. Also al funds raised by the
organization as a whole or donated
by outside contributors for specia
projects will be handled by this board
the personnel of which will not
change with each new administration
Six to Be Trustees.
Six women will serve on the boart
of trustees with the general fedora
ton president as chairman. OF the
appointees named today are Mrs
Robert j. Burdette of Pasadena. Calf
Mrs. Florence G. Floore of Clayborne
Tex. Mrs. Samuel Martin Inaman OF
Atlanta, Mrs. Jessie Spafford of Rock
ford. ILL.,, Mrs. Joshua Hodgkins OF
Mariana, Wis, Mrs. L. l.. Blanken
burgh of Philadelphia.
Other department heads who were
appointed after a meeting of the
board are Mrs. Walter McNab Miller
of st. Louis, as chairman of publii
welfare: Mrs. William r. Alvord OF
Michigan, department of American
citizenship: Mrs. Maggie Barry, de
partment of Amer lean home; Mrs
William Blackman of Orlando. Fla
department of applied education: Mrs
L. A. Miller Of Colorado. department
Of finance; replacing Mrs. Samue
Martin Inaman.
Heads Music Division.
Mrs. Eugene B. Lawson of Okla
homa. was appointed chairman o.
music division of the fine arts de
partment, transferring her from this
division of Indian affairs where she
served as assistant chairman.
San Antonio, Texas, was chosen by
the executive committee as the cit,
in which the 1928 biennial will b.
held, Grand Rapids. Mich. was chosel
for the 1927 council meeting.
One significant change was mad
in department organization by exec
utive committee, as a result of rec
concentrations from the special com
mittee on reorganization.
The division of Indian affairs for
merly under the department Of vel
fare, was transferred to the depart
ment of American citizenship. Mem
bers of the executive board declared
the change was thought advisa BILE il
order that this division may lay NOR
emphasis upon its work to secure 10
the Indians full rights and priv
fleges as citizens in the Unit
States.
Mrs. II. A Atwood of California
was reappointed to the chairmanshi,
of this division.
Tells of $4,000, 900 Homes.
Ways and means of bettering the
American home, taken as the keynote
of the biennial were stressed in the
closing session of the convention YES
terday.
Reports of the most compre hensive
home equipment survey, which ha.
ever been made by any organization
in America. conducted under the su
pervtsion of Miss Marie L. Obenauel
or Washington, ID. c., head of the
research Bureau, were given by Mrs
Maggie w. Barry of Texas, chairman
OF the Department of the American
Home. Miss Obenauer's survey covers
100000 American homes, and in
cludes detailed information as to the
type and adequacy of equipment ir
this entire group.
In that part of Miss Obenauer's re
port covering the second quarter OF
the nome equipment survey she sug
geStS that the material now available
Il sufficient for the department of the
American nome in conference with co
operating agencies. to use as a basis
Tor 10! !mulat,ng programs of work anC
research that will develop methods OF
correcting some of the inadequacies OF
home equipment which make home
making a waste of woman's energy
This suggestion was put before the
convention by Mrs. Barry as the log
icill next step fol. enlarging the de
fartmentS : program, and it was the
tcnsensus of opinion in the delegate
h"dy that such a followup program
should be inaugurated in order tina,
1hf work of the home survey commit
too might be of some constructive
value.
4 Report on Rural Life.
( In citing the inadequacies found il
rural homes it was declared that ir
one rural district more than 200 farm
houses were discovered where run
slinS water and electricity were SUD
1,licd for the pigs and other live stock
while the home itself lacked either
1 evidently" said Mrs. Barry. 1t,
some rural minds people are ms
folks. while pigs is pork
Miss Florence Ward. in charge O.
3hnme demonstration work in tn,
North Atlantic States for the Depart
ment of Agriculture. who makes he
headquarters in Washington. ad
dressed the convention, stressing tn,
amportance of stimulating interest il
%lome economics and pointing ou
ways in which the clubwomen coul,
eid in accomplishing this end. Sh
preceded her speech with a message
from the Secretary Of Agriculture, ex
pressing his appreciation of the Worl
already done by the general fedora
tion during the past year in encour
aging the efforts Of the home demon
sstration division of his department.
DR.. Louise Stanley, chief of the Blu
5a'eau of Home Economics of the De
hsirtment of Agriculture, also was ex
hlected to speak before the convention
Yesterday, but was unable to be pres
ent Her subject was to have beel
nutrition.
Other Speakers on Topic.
Among the other speakers on tn
program of the department of tn
American home were Mrs. Mar,
Schenck Woolman. who spoke on tex
tiles; Mrs. Edith Mcclure Patterson
who discussed the home budget; Mis-
Alice Lakey, who emphasized the i'm
portance of insurance for the home