The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-22
CITY AND FARM WOMEN IN
DRIVE AGAINST WAR

when the last war came upon
us and caught us unorganized, we
were not able to do what we should
have DONE" writes Mrs. Maggie
Pritchau, farmers wife of Ravenna,
Nebraska, who pledges her support
of the Women'S International Con-
gress Against War and Fascism
converting in Paris, July %, %, and
30, 1884. This time we must not
allow this to happen again. I was
one of the few in this territory that
took our lives in our hands to stick
up leaflets against the war. I hope
that before the next war we will
be able to learn that we have a
lot Of kaisers here at home and
we don't need to go across the
water"
Mrs. Pritchau is a member Of the
National Executive Committee of
the American Section. In addition
to Mrs. Pritchau, there are three
other farm women on the National
Committee: Mrs Elba Chase of
Hillsboro, New Hampshire, who is
a member of the Grange and the
New England United Farmers Pro-
tective Association, Mrs. Grace Hen
derson of Archer, Montana, and
Mrs. G. I. Halquist of Colorado.
All four of these women have
been active in the struggles of the
farmers for the right to live on
the land they have titled and cul-
tivated for years and generations
and they have determined to use
their influence to broaden the wom-
ems movement against war and fas-
cism here in the United States.
Great Activity in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: The entire appara-
tus of the American League Against
War and Fascism of the State of
Pennsylvania has accepted the task
of organizing the women Of Penn
syWania for the Paris Congress.
Kay Lewis Harris, secretary of
the League in Philadelphia, and
Anna Pennypacker, treasurer, report
that 30 women representing ten or
CARNATIONS met in the local office
of the w o m MS International
League for Peace and Freedom and
launched the campaign for a re-
gional conference to be held on June
30. The delegation to Paris will be
elected at this conference.
The committee has already es-
tablished contacts in Delaware,
where the work is being conducted
by Mrs. H. D. Waro.
Pittsburgh: Fayette County has
been chosen as the concentration
point of the Women's Committee
of the American League Against
War and Fascism of this city in its
campaign supporting the Paris Con-
gresS.
A Subcommittee has been elected
to establish contact with the Ladies'
Auxiliaries of the U.M.W.A., who
will be urged to elect a delegate to
the Paris Congress. A local con-
ference will be held in Fayette
County to elect delegates to the re-
gional conference in Pittsburgh on
June "a.
LIZ OA1dA4 li1elit VI J1lG IIDGSDuISll
committee, which already has %
members representing various or
CARNATIONS Including the Y. w. c.
Al, is Jessie Lloyd O'Connor; the
secretary is Sonia Strauss.
In addition to work among the
miners wives, the Pittsburgh Com
mittee is concentrating on a textile
factory which employs several hun
bred women workers. (Textile fac
tories as well as glove and shoe
factories are readily convertible to
serve war needs.
The Pittsburgh Committee real
izsd the Importance of reaching the
of the mining regions for
the struggle against war and fascism
and they pledge themselves to en-
list their support and active par
in the campaign for the
Congress. Mass meet
Ings and local conferences have been