The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-27
VOTERS GROUP
MEETS HERE
NEXT WEEK
BY MARY PADGETT

the National League Of Women
Voters on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday Of next week at the
Washington Hotel.
Miss Marguerite M. Wells, Of
Minneapolis, national president,
will preside over the sessions. The
only public event during the meet
will be q dinner next Tuesday
night at the Washington Hotel.
Mrs. Corbett Ashby, of London,
president Of the International Al
lance Of Women for Suffrage and
Equal Citizenship, will be a spe-
cial guest Of honor at the dinner.
Here From England
Mrs. Ashby arrives from Eng
land on May 3 and will come di-
rectly to washington for the
league dinner. She is well known
In washington, having visited here
on two previous occasions. Her
first visit to the United States was
in 1925, when she addressed a
national convention Of League Of
Women Voters. Mrs. Ashby has
directed the International Alliance
for a number Of years and is rec
ognized as a leader Of ability.
The League Of Women Voters
is the American member Of the
international Alliance, an organi-
cation inaugurated by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait to further the cam
paign for woman suffrage around
the world.
Experts to Talk
At the May 4 dinner, :wo author
tiles in the field Of governmental
study will be featured as speakers
Henry M. Hart, jr., assistant pro
lessor Of legal history at the Har.
ward Law School, and E. E. Schatt-
schneider, associate professor Of
government at Wesleyan Univer-
sity.
Mrs. Robert A. Taft, Of Gin
cinnati, daughter-in-law of the
late President Taft, will be the
toastmistress. Mrs. Taft is arriv.
ing in Washington this Saturday
to attend rre-council meetings Of
the board of directors. She is ma
tional treasurer.
Dinner reservations are being
made at league headquarters, 726
Jackson Pl. N. W.. Arrangements
are in charge Of Mrs. Gordon
Wagenet, wife Of the chief Of the
Unemployment Compensation Blu
reau Of the Social Security Board.
She Is being assisted by the fol-
lowing committee: &c.,.
Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Miss
Belle Sherwin, Mrs. Elwood Street.
Miss Edith lockwood, Mrs. Arthur
Altmeyer, Mrs. Gardner Jackson,
Mrs. Joseph Mackenzie, Miss Mar.
guerite Wooley, Mrs. Wood Gray.
Mrs. Bryan Battey, Mrs. Harold
Corpening, Mrs. Robert Leonard,
Mrs. Wendell Lund, Mrs. E. r.
Strempel, Mrs. John Hader, Mrs.
Charles Hodge, Mrs. Ralph Smith
and Mrs. Franklin w. Ryan.
ColOnists Elect
Mrs. william F. Stone, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, is the new ma
tionla president of the Daughters
of American Colonists, which yes
terday ended its sixteenth annual
general assembly with more than
200 members from all over the
country attending the two-day
session.
Other national officers, two of
whom are District women, are:
Mrs. Maurice Black, of New
Brunswick, N. j., national vice
president Of the Atlantic Coast
section; Mrs. Benjamin Wyche, of
Charlotte, N. c., national vice
president of the Southern section;
Mrs. Charles E. Davidson, of Illi-
nois, national vice president of
the Middle West section; Mrs.
Alexander c. Smither, of Los An
geleS, national vice president Of
the Pacific Coast section; Mrs.
William E. Miller, Of Baltimore,
national chaplain; Mrs. Frank B.
Steele, of Washington, national
recording secretary; Mrs. Thomas
C. Nell, Of Atlanta, Ca, national
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Rol-
lin L. Charles, of Lancaster, Pa,
national treasurer; Mrs. Andrew
Sanford, of Washington, national
registrar, and Mrs. Rufus K.
Noyes, Of Jamaica Plains, Mass,
national historian.
Three honorary vice presidents
were elected: Mrs. Harry c. Grove,
of Washington: Mrs. Frank c.
Martin, of Columbus, Ohio, and
Mrs. Freeman c. Rogers, of Pueblo,
Colo.
Officers will serve for three
years. Mrs. Joseph S. Calfee, of
st. Louis, is the retiring national
president.
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