Evening star., 1927-04-17
RY CORINNE FRAZIER.

hh AUhtNINE Y FGALAEh.
~ NE week from today delegates
from As States will be wend
ing their way 10 Washington
for the first national gather
ing of the League Of Woman
Voters in the National Capital 1t IS
the couvening of the General Council
Of the National League in an on
convention" year, at which time the
council assumes the aspect, and in
some degree the prerogatives, of a min
iature national convention. Council
sessions win take place in the Chl'
nese room of the Hotel Ma$hoWer
April 3G-30.
The last official event on the coun-
ell program is a visit to the W hlte
House at noon April 80. when the
delegates viii be received by the PresI-
dent. on the opening day delegates
will be received in the afternoon oN
Mrs Herbert Hoover at her nome on
s street 4 luncheon at the Congress
sional Country Club, banquet at the
Mayfower. seven regional dinners and
q tea at the home of Miss Belle Sher-
win. National League president, are
included in the other semi.social events
OF council week.
The preliminary program indicates
that the council will he a series of eX-
eCutive conferences devoted to various
subjects. including organization poll.
cies. the relation Of items on the
leagues program TO current govern
mental issues. legislative work and
proposed new items for the study pro-
gram
The Ieague's political obiectives, par
ticularly in relation 10 its effective
participation i'm the 1928 campaign and
l. .,F h. Fa, fttt
discussions of the week The Conclud-
ing session. Saturday morning, April
so will be devoted entirely TO this sub.
ject, grouped under such phases of po-
litical activity as The Voter and the
Vote" Women and Political Parties"
and Women in Office"
The keynote is expected to be
sounded by a special committee of
nine, which has been commissioned by
Miss .Sherwin to outline a definite plan
for league action. This committee
will base it's accommodations for 1928
work on experiences in past election
campaigns, study of existing non.vot.
ing conditions and reasons, and recog-
nized factors in a presidential election
year.
The committee includes Mrs. Byron
Brooks of South Burlington. Vt; Mrs
John o. Miller of Pittsburgh Pa; Mrs.
Mabel {. Bean of Tampa, Fla; Mrs.
w. w. Ramsey of Chicago. Mrs. j. L.
Patton Of Great Falls. Mont; Mrs.
George Gellhorn of st. Louis, Mo-:
Mrs. Charles Carver, jr., of Portland,
OreG., and two members of the ma.
tiOnal board, Miss Elizabeth r. Hauser
of Girard, Ohio. and Miss Marguerite
NJ. Wells OF Minneapolis
Conclusions drawn from an ANALYSIS
of the 1920. 1924 and 1926 election fig
ures will be used by Miss Elizabeth
j. Hauser, fourth vice president of the
National League. in her discussion of
us There an Alibi?" for the present
low percentage of voting citizens. The
findings OF special league surveys on
the causes of non-Yoting will be the
subject of a talk by Mrs George Cell.
horn OF st. Louis, a former member
of the national board Gains made by
women in the field of public office, as
revealed by recent league studies, will
be presented by Mrs. c. j. Often of
Milwaukee.
Equally interesting in the council
program Is the arrangement Of visits
TO five Government departments on
Thursday. April IS, TO be followed on
the following day by discussions on a
question of public policy which is re-
lated to the departments visited. The
plan provides that the personnel of
each group visiting the department re-
mains the same for the subsequent
discussion period. Visits will be made
at 1:30 to the State Department and
the Psn.American Union. the Civil