Evening star., 1926-09-26

! to attend the Los Angeles conclave.
Mrs Rhoads will be sent by the Gov
ernment TO Hawaii shortly after the
convention on a special mission.
X **
INAUGURATING the Fall and Win
ter activities of the League Of
Women Voters. Miss Belle Sherw1n.
president. met with the board of di-
| rectors at the home of Mrs. William
G. Hibbard. I'm Winnetka. H.. last
week Following the session Miss
| Sherwin continued her Journey to
Washington, returning after a ,
month absence. part OF which was
passed on her farm. near Cleveland.
An announcement of primary in.
terest emanating from the board
meeting was TO the effect that the
| league will continue to carry on
! vigorous fight for the retention OF
! tho direct primary s:stem.
| Despite congressional investigations
| OF candidates expenditures in connec-
ton with primary elections In Penn
| sylvania and Illinois. which prompted
attacks on the primary system: De
spite State convention pronounce
| ments against the primary by Repub-
lican and Democratic parties in In
! diana, and the placing of the repeal
of the primary up 10 Ohio voters by
initiative petition at the November
election. and many other EFFORTS
against the primary" the league
remains undaunted."
| Reports reaching national headquar-
| ters from state after State indicate
| that woman voters do not propose TO
| relinouish the direct primary. The
national leaders point out that the
primary is mot a perfect device and
may need much improvement as II
| exists in many States" but that the
| league is prepared TO work for these
| improvements. They also declare that
mo political device amounts to much
unless II Is operated by an alert and
| informed and a conscientious electo-
! rate"
, Evidence of the leagues readiness
| for a busy legislat tive year Is seen In
! the announcement that II will make
militant campaign to secure continu-
ance of the Sheppard -Towner materni-
| ty and infancy act for at least five
| wears more. The first five-year period
| of the operation of the act Is now
dra wing to a close. and the present
| Congress will he urged to approve en-
| tension Of the period.
| Another measure which will have
active support from the league is the
Cramton bill which would place pro
|
! civil service.
| League officers made il very plain
at the recent board meeting that the
| get-out the.vote campaign. initiated by
| the league in 1929. is regarded as
permanent job" They found much
| encoura cement in the large vote cast
in some of the recent primaries. be
| lieving that this record augurs well
| for A large woman's vote in the No
vember elections.
A conference Of considerable impor-
tance TO the development OF that part
| of the leagues program which relates
TO public welfare in Government was
conducted in Washington last week
| by the fifth vice president. Miss MOllie
Ray Carroll of Goucher College. Miss
Carroll's Office carries with il the re.
| sponsibility of directing the work Of
| the department of public welfare in
Government. which embraces the
| committees on living costs, education.
social hygiene. child welfare and Uom-
/ en- in industry Participant ting In the
confere were Mrs. Percy Y. Walden
of New Haven. Conn. chairman OF
| child welfare: Miss Corneia Adair Of
! Richmond, chairman on education:
| Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin Of Washing
| ton. chairman on living costs, and
Miss Julia Margaret Hicks. the new
secretary Of the public welfare depart
rnent. who is former executive sec.
retary of the Connecticut League Of
| Women Voters.
| Miss Adele Clark Of Richmond. sec
ond vice president. stopped in national
| headquarters on her way TO Eagles
mere Park. Pa. where she represented
the league at the Interracial Confer
| ence of Church Women, which took
place Tuesday and Wednesday.
| \ + x
| MOVING vans depositing rare old
A'A pieces of furniture. the smell of
fresh paint and the noise of busy
workmen at the Capitol Hill headquar-
ters of the National Woman's Party
| indicate that the business of restoring
| the historic Brick Capitol" to some
thing of it's original beauty and splen-
dor is progressing rapidly under the
direction Of Mrs. Florence Bayard
Hlles, national chairman of the house.
| furnishing committee.
Much already has been done and
much more remains to be done before
the Womans Party's national home
| assumes the aspect desired by its
| leaders. Members Of the organization.
AS we'll as interested citizens through
out the country. have done much TO
refurnish the magnificent old mansion