New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
FEMININE, INDEPENDENCE
 IN POLITICS

Women, lovely women, what is she doing with politics, or to politics! Who can understand her in this field, or any other?
 For ten years women have had the privilege of voting, obtaining the franchise after years of effort. Poll ties was due to be cleaned up nicely when the women got the vote--ac. cording to some of the women lead CTS Our wives, sisters and sweet hearts have voted, all right. but ou" politics appear to be about the same as before if not q little worse.
 Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the New ' York governor, has dis cussed the situation in way indi- eating deep knowledge of woman kind and the failures of the sister, hood in cleansing the political pot
 Women have been frozen out in both local and national political af fairs by the bad men leaders of the parties, says Mrs Roosevelt. This being the case, she thinks the wom. cn should organize within their parties under their own "bOsses." " This would be like fighting the devi! with fire.
 Here is sample of the lamento- so impetuoso as Mrs. Roosevelt sees it. and which she wrote about in the Red Book;
 "From all over the United states, women of both camps have come to me. and their experiences are prac- tically the same When meetings are to be held at which momentouS mat ters are to be decided, the women members often are not asked. when they are notified of formal meet ings where important matters are to be ratified. they generally find all these things have been planned and prepared, without consultation with them, in secret Confabs of the men beforehand IT they have objections to proposed policies or conditions. they are adroitly ovcrruled. They are not allowed to run for office 10 any appreCiablo extent. and if they propose candidates of their oWn sex. reasons are usually found for 1 their elimination which. while diplo- matte and polite, are just preteXts 1 nevertheless.
 "In those circles which decide the l have no voice or power whatever. i On the national committee of each 1 party there is a woman representa- 1 tive from every state. and q woman appears as vice chairman. Before national elections they will be told 10 organize the women throughout ] the United States, and asked to help in minor ways in raising funds. But when it comes to those grave cOun- cils at which possible candidates are 1 discussed. as well as party policies they are rarely invited in. At the na- tional conventions no woman has ever been asked 10 serve on the | platform committee.
 This horrible picture ought tc make the women boil, and if il doesn't. perhaps another quotation will do so:
 "Mcn who work hard in party politics are always recognized> oI taken care Of in one way or an other Women, most of whom arc voluntary workers and not at al sclf-sceking, arc generally cNpectc' 10 find in their labor it's own reward When it comes to giving the ofiic"' or dealing out fayors, men are al ways given precedence.
 From this it would appear tha the politicians use" women to quite an extent, but only 10 help feather their own nests. There are signs however, that far-sighted womer are seeing through the game as II is perpctrated, as was indicated re. gently in Connecticut when at wom CTS convention the parties wcr, severely criticized an& the sentiment expressed that there is no need tt