The Washington times., 1936-12-21
zI0NISTS' UNIT
TO ASSEMBLE
IN CAPITAL
BY MARY PADGETT

Junior daudSSaQ, GLle young
Women's Zionist Organization OF
America, will have approximately
1000 delegates and alternates at
tending the thirteenth annual con-
vention of the organization, begin
ming Christmas Day at the May
flower Hotel.
Members will come from 40
States to represent the $4,000 girls
in 210 Junior Hadassah units.
Among the speakers who will ad-
dress the convention during the va
rious sessions will be Rabbi Ste
phen S. Wise, of New York; Rabbi
Israel Breslau, of Washington;
Rabbi Edward Israel, of Baltimore;
Maurice Samuel, of New York, au-
thor and lecturer on Palestine;
Mrs. Sulamith Schwartz, former
national president of Junior Ha-
dassah, here on a brief visit from
Palestine; Miss Juliet N. Benjamin,
of New York; Mrs. Samuel Schul-
singer, Newark, N. j., and Miss
Freida Silbert lillian, Boston,
Mass.
Special interest is attached to
the address of Rabbi Israel, whose
subject will be Communism and
Zionism-Moscow or Jerusalem"
According to the annual report
to be submitted at the convention,
more than SOS, 900 has been raised
by Junior Hadassah during 1886
for it's projects in Palestine. The
amount raised is $4,000 above the
budget.
An atmosphere of Merrie Old
England will be impaired to the
White House at 7:30 o'clock on
Wednesday evening, when the
Girl Scouts of the District will
sing for President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and members Of the
family. The carolers will wear
old English minstrel capes and
will carry lanterns.
Similar programs will be car
ried out by other troops through
out the United States.
The National Girl Scouts Little
House is, as usual, a center of col
orful Christmas activity. Prepara-
tionS have been made to extend
hospitality to numerous visitors
during the holidays.
That women who possess the
qualifications have exactly as
much right to jobs as have men"
was the theme of a radio address
made by Miss Charl Williams,
president of the National FEEDER.
alton of Business and Profession
al Women. Training, aptitude
and efficiency should be the
measuring rod applied to appli-
cants for jobs, both public and
commercial, rather than SEX" said
Miss Williams. She continued:
IF women will work more care
fully and thoroughly in the politi-
cal party of their choice, if they
will let the men of their party
know they want to see the right
types of women nominated for Of
flee, then I believe half of the
battle will be won.'
Washington clubwomen are in
terested in the twelfth annual
conference on the Cause and cure
of War, which will be held in Chi
cago from January 26 to 30.
Eleven national women'S orga-
nizations with a membership of
more than 100000 will be repre-
Sented.
Raymond Leslie Buell. is to talk
at the opening session on the lead
ing political events of the year
which have bearing on the war
problem. Prof. Preston Slesson of
the University of Michigan, DR..
Walter Van Kirk, director of the
National Peace Conference, and
Bishop Garfield Bromley Oxham
of Nebraska also will be among
the principal speakers.
Mrs. Olin Smith Carpenter was
elected president of the Grace Dar-
ling Siebold Chapter of the Gold
Star Mothers at a meeting at the
Hotel Raleigh. Mrs. Carpenter
had been acting president.
Other officers elected are:
First vice president, Mrs. Mary
K. Killeen; second vice president,
Mrs. Catherine Fagan; third vice
president, Mrs. Fannie Meeks; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Rose Con-
way Stetson; corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. Eta Nash; treasurer,
Mrs. Edna Boardman: chaplain,
Mrs. Hattie Hurley; historian, Mrs.
Aida T. Bruce; color bearers, Mrs.
Leila Barber and Mrs. Fannie
MeekS