Evening star., 1926-12-26


Il in Paris holding conferences
with foreign feminists, has
sent back an interesting report OF the
outstanding accomplishments or her
organization during the past year, en-
bodied in her official call to the ma
tional convention, to be held in san
Francisco next July. Mrs. Belmont
has issued personal invitations, to for
eign club leaders to attend the quad
rennial The first acceptance has
been received at headquarters, that of
Miss Helen Archdale, former editor of
Time and Tide, the principal feminist
magazine in Europe. Miss Archdale
will come as the international delegate
from the Six Point Group Of Great
Britain.
In discussing the most important
recent activities OF her organization,
Mrs. Belmont's report lays consider
able stress upon the part taken in for
eign movements.
I'm the international field" said
Mrs. Belmont, "the Woman's Party
has become recognized as positive
force for equality. The Woman's
Party has carried the equal rights
issue before the Interparliamentary
Union. composed of members of par
liaments of all nations, and before
other international gatherings. 1t has
co-operated during the past year, for
the first time, with the feminist effort
OF other countries. as in the great
London suffrage procession last Sum
mer, and in similar demonstrations in
other European countries. 1t has
formed an international advisory
council, consisting of the foremost
feuinists of other lands and repre-
senting 26 nations, and it is also rep
resented on the open door council, an
International feminist body recently
launched by British feminists.
Through these two committees the
Womans Party has established con-
facts with feminist leaders from all
parts of the earth.
Nor has the Woman's Party been
less active at home than abroad.
Bills have been drafted and intro
duced in Congress to- give suffrage to
the women of Porto Rico and the
Philippines; to protect the citizenship
rights of American women marrying
foreigners; to give jury service to
women and other measures of
equality to women of the National
Capital.
"In addition, the legislative work
ers of the organization have cam
paigned vigorous for single moral
standard in admitting man and
woman foreigners to our country and
in the treatment of woman offenders
by the courts; for the right of mar
ried women to keep their own names
on passports, in obtaining copyrights,
as Government employees and as
teachers: and for the promotion of
women to positions of equal authority
and salary with men wherever Gov
ernment funds are used
Mrs, Belmont concludes her report
with an urgent plea for all feminists
Of the country to attend the conven-
tion and enter into the renewed battle
for equality of the sexes.
THE question of the right of mar
ried women to take out copy
rights in their maiden names was
brought to the attention of the
Woman's Party recently, when Miss
". d. Hyde appealed to officials of the
organization for aid in establishing
her right to have her books copy
, righted under the name of Hvde, al
though she is now married. A dele
cation from the party conferred with
Thorvald Solberg of the copyright
division, and succeeded in gaining his
consent to allow Miss Hyde to use her
maiden name. But the feminists
wish to make certain that this was
not concession on his part in this
working to establish this ruling per-
manently.
A test case will be made of Miss
Ruth Hudnut. who is married to
Prof. Baker Crothers of the Univer-
sity Of Maryland. Should Miss Hud-
nuts application to have her indi-
vidual writings copyrighted under her
maiden name be allowed, the Wofn-
ans Party will feel assured that an
other victory for feminisn has been
won. Should the ruling be made
against Miss Hudnut, then congress
sional aid will be sought, it was
stated at headquarters.
1t is understood that a bill already
has been introduced by Representa-
tive Sol Bloom of New York making
it compulsory to allow women to re-
tain their maiden names in securing
copyrights.
THE death knell of the historic
= brick capital" headquarters of
the National Woman's Party for the
past decade, has been struck. The
building commission, of which Sem
ator Smoot Is chairman, sent word re-
Gently to officers of the Woman'S
Party that the site on which their
headquarters stands has been selected
as the only one suitable for the pro-
posed Supreme Court Building. The
property covering the entire two
blocks running along A street from
Hirst to Third will be condemned, ac-
getdjng to the report of the commits
Hop..
S<Mrs. Richard Wainwright widow of
SAatniraA Wainwright, has been ap.
figGUtHd chairman of a committee to
5asfNd5a new location for the National
yW1fnaa's Party headquarters. The
resent building is not large enough
t0&house the entire library of the or
ganization. said to be the most com
plete feminist library in the world.
and the new home will be chosen with
a &iew to assuring adequate library
space, according to the committee.
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MRS, LENNA LOWE YOST, ma
A'A tional legislative representative
Of the Womeris Christian Temperance