Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

the fore In the legislative pro-
gram which the National League
Il, Of Women Voters will support in
Congress. Miss Belle Sherwin,
the president, announced on her return
:. from Lake Forest, ILL.,, where the exec
utive committee has been meeting. Other
proposals to strengthen international
=. machinery will continue to be of great
interest, but priority will be given to the
World Court so long as membership OF
the United States Is still to be secured.
= Ever since the DeS Moines convention
In 1923, when the delegates voted to put
ratification of the World Court treaty
oy the Senate on the legislative program,
the league has worked for active par
ttcipation by the United States in the
Court. The present vote of the execu-
:. tive committee Is to give such support
IS Is necessary to the new proposal EN-
bodying the Root formula, which. when
approved by the countries which are
members Of the Court and by the
= United States, should end the effort eX-
tending through three administrations
for actual participation of the United
States.
During this Fall meeting of the exec
utive committee the members were the
guests Of Mrs. Frank p. Hixon, the ma
in Lake Forest, Ill. There were pres
!. ent, In addition to Miss Sherwin. Mrs.
katharine Ludington of Lyme, Conn:
Mrs Roscoe Anderson of st. Louis, Miss
Elizabeth ]. Hauser Of Girard, Ohio:
Mrs. w. w. Ramsey Of Chicago, Ill, and
MRS. Henry Steffens, jr, Of Detroit.
From Chicago, Miss Ludington contin-
~ued to Seattle, where she embarked on
= a trip to the Orient for several weeks.
which is to include the Pan-Pacific
Conference.
- The executive committee was enter
tanned by the executive board OF the
Lake Forest League OF Women voters
at an afternoon garden party ana sC
luncheon at the Onwentsia Club. Miss
Julia Lathrop of Rockford, Ill, coun-
selor on public welfare IN government;
~Dr. Sophonisba Breckenridge of Chicago,
chairman Of the legal status OF women
= committee; Mrs. Avis Ring Ninabuck,
also Of Chicago, chairman OF the women
in industry committee, and Mrs. Rich
ard Edwards Of Peru, Ind. formerly vice
president and a member of the national
finance committee, met with the exec
~utiye committee, when matters within
1their province were under discussion.
Following the executive committee
meeting, Miss SherWin went to New
York to discuss with Miss Ruth Morgan.
q vice president and chairman OF the
department Of international co-opera-
-tion to prevent war, who was unable TO
attend the Lake Forest meeting, the de-
tails Of her department plans Tor the
Winter.
MISS ADELE CLARK, president OF
Iva the Virginia League of Women
voters stopped over in Washington last
week en- route home from visit at
Fairfax, Va, at the office Of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters, OF
which she was formerly vice presl-
dent. She returned to Richmond In
time to be one of group OF members
Of the Virginia League to appear be-
Friday night to speak on the need for
State appropriations for maternity and
infancy work, mothers pensions and
for q liberal arts college for women at
the University of Virginia. These meas
.ures have received the endorsement of
the virginia League.
- Mrs. John H. Lewis and Mrs. r. c.
Watts Of Lynchburg and Mrs. E. Sta
sples and Mrs. David Persinger of Roam
soke were also in the league delegation
which appeared on invitation of the
director Of the budget.
INAUGURATION of the third series
Il of voters service programs. spon-
asored jointly by the National League of
Women Voters and the National Broad
casting Co., Is scheduled Tor TUESDAY
evening, January z, at o'clock.
: Preliminary plans mapped out by the
leagues radio committee, of which Miss
katharine Ludington Of New York
City is chairman, provide for the dis
cussion Of major developments In the
political world and particularly the new
economic trends and their influence on
government. Foreign affairs, new
aspects of the tariff, the pros" and
ICONS" Of government regulation of
business and the new commissions APP
rcinted by President Hoover are slated
-Sepics for early presentation in the
Nye-month series Of 1880.
The four programs in March will be
devoted to citizenship school on The
Citizens Relation to Government"
Talks to be styled adventures in citi-
zenship' will be given by persons who
have had exceptionally vivid and stimu-
lating individual experience with the
machinery of government in its every
day workings.
Direction of the leagues radio project
Is under q committee headed by Miss
1iudington and composed Of Mrs. Cas-
par Whitney and Mrs. Henry r. Hayes,
New York City, and Mrs Arthur Ring
land Of washington. D. c.
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MRS. FINA FORBADE JACKSON of
%VA Havana. representative of the Ma
uonal Feminist Union Of Cuba, who WIS
. guest Of the National Woman's Party
headquarters in Washington last week.
reports great activity on the part of the
buffragists Of Cuba.
:, 1.-THE Feminist Union is doing every
thing in its power to speed up the adop-
Sion Of woman's suffrage in Cuba and
we haye the pledge of President Macha-
do that women will be given the vote IN
very short time" Mrs. jackson said.
'""Our work is made easier by the inter-
national activities Of the National
Woman's Party. The proposal of an
equal rights treaty for all countries.
which was made at the last Pan-Amer-
lean Conference in Havana. brought
about marked advance In feminism In
Cuba"
= Mrs. Jackson was in Washington. as
q representative of the Cuban; Press
Association. She was presented to Mr.
Hoover and invited to attend the press
conference which the President holds
on Tuesday.
Mrs Jackson was a guest Of the
womans Press Club luncheon on Tues
day and told something Of her work as
q newspaper woman in Havana. She
said that as yet there are very few
women In newspaper work, but the num-
Der is steadily increasing.