Evening star., 1926-10-10
CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION
High Lights of VIC u Convention Urges Census
Legislation -Womans Party and Democratic Women
observation-disclosures and Professional Women Meet.

, by William G.. McAdoo in his address
before the convening body.
Prohibition can be enforced If We
have the will to do it., and to admit
that we cannot do it is to admit the
failure of democratic government"
said Mr.. McAdoo. '"The issue is no
longer whether prohibition shall be
established, but whether the Constitu-
ton is to be preserved"
The will of the people was indi-
Gated, he added. when they adopted
the eighteenth amendment. 1t would
not have been adopted unless public
opinion had strongly supported it. 1t
has been sustained by the highest ju-
diclal tribunals as the supreme law Of
the land, he asserted.
prohibition is the greatest moral
and economic victory ever achieved In
human history" concluded Mr.. Nc
Adoo. Its benefits to the masses al
ready have been incalculable. The
test of a law is not the number Of
people who are punished for violation,
but the number who are sustained
by it,"
The lawlessness and crime Of our
great cities have not resulted from
the prohibition policy, but from the
innate laWlessness of those who de-
lIUcIdlCIy ISIuSS OUculSl1CS W IIIc SOIl-
stitution and laws of their country,
he said, adding:
Would the repeal of the Volstead
act and the restoration of saloons de-
crease crime and improve morals? No
liquor advocate dare claim that it
will
MRS. JOSEPH FRIEND, general
Co. 7 ,fc-t
ana, attended the annual interna-
tional fire prevention convention in
New Orleans during the past week,
which was designated as National
Fire Prevention week. Mrs. Friend
represented the general federation at
the sessions.
National Woman's Party headquar-
ters will be the scene of another de-
lightful garden party this afternoon.
weather permitting. Mrs. Alice Parks
of California will be the honor guest
at the 4 o'clock tea hour, with the
hostess.
Mrs. Parks has just returned from
Europe where she took part in the
recent London suffrage procession.
and was a speaker at the subsequent
demonstration In Hyde Park. London.
and also at the Dublin convention of
the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom. Mrs. Packs
will talk informally upon her expert
ence during her stay in Europe.
Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, chairman
of the committee on arrangements,
and Mrs. Emil Berliner, chairman of
the District Federation, will assist
Miss Amelia Walker of Baltimore in
receiving the guests.
II rain prevents service in the gar
den. the reception will be held in the
parlors of the clubhouse.
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GIXTEEN thousand letters have
~ been sent out Jointly by Mrs. John
D. Sherman and Mrs. Maggie w Bar
ry, president and chairman of the de-
partment of the American home, re-
spectively, urging members of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
to assist in the intensive campaign
which has been inaugurated for the
purpose of securing recognition of the
home and the home maker in the cen
sus Of the United States.
The plan Of campaign, as outlined
in the letter, suggests two definite
lines Of action to be followed by all
member clubs. First. they are ad-
vised to have State federations and
local clubs indorse memorandum
presented to Secretary Hoover, and
to secure Endorsements from outside
organizations, both men and women,
copies of such Endorsements to be sent
to Secretary Herbert Hoover. United
States Department of Commerce,
Washington, and also to the General
Federation headquarters.
The memorandum advocates that
the class of women referred to in the