Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-26
ANNIVERSARY OF
SUFFRAGE FINDS
WOMEN ACTIVE
By JULIAN M. SNYDER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)

I by y " LIAM M. On DER
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-Lcad-
crs of womcn's organizations ccle-
t brating the sixth anniversary of
| the cnfranchiScment Of women in
! this country today pointed with
! pride to their political achievements
during the last six years, appealed
! to women throughout the nation to
: JOIN in the movement for greater
equality with men and warned the
! nation that women now have the
] power to institute a "politicaI
houS" clcanmg.'
Although the end of six wears Of
! cntranchiscmcnt finds the women
| divided into at least two major
camps the League of Women Not-
crS and the Woman S party-both
I sides view with pride the achieve
ments of women in the political
arena.
Summed up, these achievements
are:
Women in legislatures in SO states,
total-l33.
Two women governors Nellie
Ross. Wyoming: Ma Ferguson.
! Texas.
Half dozen women in congress.
y woman on the supreme court
bench in Ohio.
Numerous women mavOrs
Miss Belle Sherwin, president of
the National League of Women
Voters. in It statement written for
the United Press today. said:
1.-The most significant result of
six years of woman suffrage is the
woman voter ; contribute ion to the
open mind in politics. Woman s en-
trance into the political field also
has created Il new conception of
what to vote for. It has become Il
political habit for them to study
caudidatcs of all parties, the merits
Of all campaign issues and the cleo
tion laws themselves.
Political House Cleaning
"Thc first six years Of woman
suffrage mark no new era in def
mite results at the polls, because of
the woman vote. But here and
there where women have taken the
leading part in local elections. the
result has been a political house
cleaning.
The League of Women Voters has
no national membership list but the
tutM membership is estimated at
about l.00U,O00. The league claims
among its achievements an incrcas-
ed woman vote and the adoption of
the world court resolution.
-
more militant and radical, is at odds
with the league over the question
Of '.rqual rights in induStry.' The
Woman 5 Party, which has a mem
hrrship oil $1,000. wants no legal
DETERMINATIONS in industry favor
able to women because it argues
such laws ''lcgi>latc women out of
Jobs. An employer will hire
man rather than comply with such
legislation, it claims.
'' We want equal rights with men
in every firld,' Miss Edith. Ainge,
treasurer of the Woman 5 Party told
the Cuitrd Press. I've favor Il
woman for president. At least half
the cabinet should be women. We
should like to have an equal num-
Der of men and women in con
grcss.'
The Woman $ Party, through Sen
ator Curtis. Republican, Kansas,
has introduced an amendment to the
constitution reading:
Want Equal Rights
" Men and women shall have
equal rights throughout the United
states and every place subject to
its jurisdiction.
In thci war against discrimina.
atory legislation members of the
Woman : Party have investigated
all the laws of every state in the
union and claim to have drafted 306
bills, subsequently passed by the
various states.
II BY the passage of these bills, go
points in the equal rights cam
paigu. cffccting the lives of %
600. 900 women, have been won,
the party claims.
The treasurer report shows the
Woman 5 Party has spent Sl,263,-
534.l9 to further the cause of wo-
man : rights since 1912. For the
suffrage campaign during which
more than 100 of their members
were imprisoned for pickctimg and
militant tactics, $796,O53.l9 was
expended. In the equal rights cam
paign up to May |, 1926, the party
spent $t43, 3,40S.9l.
Both the Lcaguc of Women Not-
crs and the Woman : Party already
have begun their campaign for tn"
fan elections. The league in addi-
tiou to its gct-out -thc-Votc cam
paigu will support program of
"law enforcement generally TAX
en- to mean enforcement of prohibi-
tion-and the direct primary SHS'
tenn.
The Woman 5 Party has launched
an "clcct women -tU-congrcSS cam
paign and will seek the support of
it's proposed equal rights amend
mcnt.