Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
BY CoRINNE FRAZIER.


tional action of the Nationa
4 womans Party presented to thu
biennial convention which close!
here tomorrow with a delegation Il
President Hoover, asking his support Of
the equal rights amendment have beer
acted upon favorably by the assembled
delegates, and so become a part of the
international program Of the American
feminiSts. They include acceptance OF
an invitation to affiliate with the Open
Door International; agreement to pro-
mote acceptance by all nations Of the
equal rights treaty" and agreement
corning nationality of women at The
Hague conference on codification of in
ternational law, next Spring.
The nationality issue, previously dis
cussed at length, in reality marks the
first concrete step toward gaining &C
ceptance OF the all-comprehensive
treaty. which provides that the con-
tracing states agree that, upon the
ratification of this treaty, men and
women shall have equal rights through
out the territory subject to their re-
spective jurisdictions.
"Once women gain equal status as
citizens the world over" said Miss
Mabel Vernon, executive secretary of
the Woman'S Party, discussing the
issue, they will find the way opening
to successful negotiations for equal
rights in every respect"
The feministS heard encouraging re-
ports from London, England, at the
international session of the biennial
yesterday, regarding the work being
done by the six point group for the
equal rights treaty. A message was
read from Mrs. Helen A. Archdale,
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English group, reporting progress made
in September, when the British women
asked consideration of their treaty by
the statesmen at the Geneva session Of
the League of Nations.
The English women who presented
the equal rights treaty GIVE members
OF the six point group,) reported Mrs
Archdale, had more success than we
had dared hope Everybody received
US so politely and we ended with eight
countries promising support and two
promising to introduce it (the treaty.
and otherwise engineer the whole affair.
can scarcely believe it's true"
Decision to join the open door in
ternattonal means that the Woman's
Party will work with other national
groups to secure for women freedom
to work and be protected as a worker
on the same terms as man."
The international is, of course, di-
rectly opposed to protective legislation.
its object being, in addition to what is
here quoted, to see that Legislation and
regulations dealing with conditions and
hours, payment, entry and training
shall be based upon the nature of the
work and not on the sex of the worker,
and to secure for woman, irrespective
of marriage or childbirth, the right at
all times to decide whether or not she
shall engage in paid work and to insure
that no legislation or regulations shall
deprive her of this right"
X 4 X X
DLANS for Nationwide celebration
of the tenth anniversary Of woman
suffrage, designed to commemorate, first
of all, the achievements of the early
suffrage leaders, have been announced
by the National League of Women
Voters through its Washington head
quarters.
As first step a national roll of
honor, made up of the woman leaders
of this country who worked to make it
effective, is to be established and a
memorial fund to be raised in their
honor.
So far the chairman of the plan, Mrs.
Richard H. Edwards Of Peru, Ind, has
met with enthusiastic cooperation, es-
pecially in the South, according to her
report. In the six Southern States
which Mrs. Edwards has already visited
she has met with immediate response to
the plan, though five out Of six of these
States have never ratified the suffrage
amendment.
In many other parts of the country
the idea has gripped the imagination
of those who are determined that early
leadership In q more active participa-
ton in Government shall not be lost
to future generations. State commit
tees have been formed from the Allan
tic seaboard to the Pacific. Some Of
these have been so impressed by the
plan of memorialiZing early leaders that
they have not only made nomination.
for the national roll of honor anc
pledged their States to raise at leas
$1,000 for each name proposed, bu
they have set up State rolls of honor
These will include women respected
and beloved in their own States, bu
not sufficiently well known for nation
al recognition. These State lists vii
be supplementary to the national roll
of honor. Both are part of the plar
To establish a memorial fund, the in
terest Of which Is to be used to carry
on the work Of education, for which
the League Of Women Voters is or
ganized.
MANY nationally prominent club
women have been appointed u
the various subcommittee of the Whit
House Conference on Child Welfare
composed of 500 men and woman of al
parts of the country, named by Presi
dent Hoover to engage in a 12-montl
study of child welfare problems, anS
to report to him at the end of tina
time, so that a general program O
juvenile health protection may be out
lined.
Among those who gathered in Wash
1ngton Friday to organize the work o.
the subcommittee on recreation ant
physical education, headed by Col
Henry Breckenridge of New York, wer,
five women known throughout thu
country for their constructive work a!
leaders in club and community life anS
as recreation experts.
Mrs. Walter McNab Miller is asSo
ciate director, division Of publication
and promotion, American Child Health
Association; chairman of the publi
health committee, National Council O
Women; member of the national health
committee, National Federation Of Bust
hess and Professional Women; membe
Of the board of directors of the ma
tional committee on prisons and prison
labor. and former executive of the Gen
eral Federation of Womens Clubs. Sh
Is one of this quintet and is we'll known
20 Washington club leaders.
Miss Edith Gates of New York, VIII
as the head Of the health work of tn
Y. w. c. A. has the health activities O
nearly 100000 girls in her care, is ais