The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-06
Women's Help Needed,
Miss Elliott States

GX0ogtl0e women vo6efD % o0Copt
their political, social and neral ro-
sponsibility In backing the adminis-
tratlonS recovery program. Miss HAr-
riet Elliott Of washington, D. O., d.
rector Of study groups for tho Demo-
cratic national committee, addressed
q group Of 90 women from Bismarck
ana surrounding towns ct the World
War Memorial building dining room
Friday afternoon.
The meeting Was the second IN .
series Of two held BY Miss Elliott In
her two-day visit to Bismarck, the
first being Q conference attended BY
eight county vice chairmen held
Thursday evening at the home of Mrs.
Z. p. Quain, state director Of Womens
work for the Democratic party. Leav-
ing here Friday evening, Mis- Uliott
went On to speaking engagements at
Qlendive, Mont, and Spokane and
Seattle. Wash. Prior to coming here
she had spent two days In Minneapo-
lis.
Have Active Discussion
Following her talk Friday afternoon,
Miss Elliott opened the meeting for
discussion and explained In some de-
tail the federal housing administra.
ton program and tho old ago pension
measure pending before congress, in
response to questions. She also de-
tailed plans for organizing Z women's
study group on q reporter system to
study the major recovery agencies.
During this discussion, In which the
women attending showed marked In.
terest. 20 members Of tho Mandan
study club were introduced.
An informal reception and tea In
Miss UliottS honor followed the dis
cussion, Mrs. James Mc0illic Of Man.
dan and Mrs. A. A. Jones Of Bis
marck presiding at the tea table.
Prominent among local Democrats
women arranging for the function was
Mrs. 8. D. Cooke, county vice chair.
man.
Mrs. Quain welcomed the guests
and introduced Miss Marguerite Ken.
nedy, who played . piano solo. "Valse
Caprice" BY Newland, before presents
ing Miss Elliott. Mrs. Quain thanked
those who had come for their inter-
est.
Miss Elliott, who has been q po-
ltical Instructor ct the University Of
North Carolina ct 0reenboro for
nearly q years, said that she felt
very much ct home In North Dakota
since she had found here the same
concern for decent living that she
has found among women the country
over.
Must Share Responsibility
The speaker declared that women
accepted . full share Of responsibility
when they were granted suffrage in
1920 before briefly tracing the coun-
try's progress since 1914 when the
World war broke out and we went
off the reservation" up to March Of
1888 when q crisis faced the country
and the new Roosevelt administra-
tion Initiated its vast emergency re-
covery program.
Miss Elliott said that under the
high pressure which existed then and
still exists now In throwing into gear
the NRA, the AAA, the farm credit
board, the FILA, the public works pro-
gram and other relief agencies, mis-
takes were bound to happen. The
citisen's duty, she said, is to try to
help tho government right things
which are wrong and to keep their
minds on the big picture which she
called IN effort to save civilization.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Thompson,
Mason apartments, left Saturday af-
ternoon for q weekend visit at
jamestown with Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Anderson. brother -in-law and sister Of
Mrs. Thompson, and with Mr.. and
lrs. A. r. Thompson, Mr.. Thomp-
sons parents.
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Mrs. Vivian Harmon accompanied
BY the Misses Bertha Luyben, Ooro-
thy Ode, Lillian Hanson, Julia Lee
and Martha Christensen left for Mi
not Saturday noon TO spend the week.
end visiting with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Harmon win b the guest Of her
daughter at Minot, Miss Laiyben will
stop at Douglas to visit her sister,
Mrs.. Merton Bartron, and other rel
atives. and the Misses Ode. Hanson,