The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-20
Radio Broadcasts Of
 Interest To Clubs

With representatives of approxi- mately 1,5O0 business and profess Sional woman's clubs in the United States and Canada expected to tune in, radio broadcasts which will carry the voices of speakers repre- senting the International Fedora ton of Business and Professional Women not only from coast to coast, but to England and Canada as well, will be presented on Feb ruary 26 as a phase of the Amer ican observance of International Day. The event is being simultan- eously celebrated in twenty -four countries under the auspices of the Federation.
 Theme of the broadcasts will be in keeping with that of Information al Day, which is "Women in Gov ernment the World Around". Speak CTS will be women now active in politics or those who have been closely associated with suffrage and political movements. They include Lady Astor, speaking from Ply mouth, England; Miss Agnes Mac ElldLl Ok CIlC SdA4cdA1AA 0A AAuAAACAACS speaking from Toronto, and Con- gresswoman Caroline O'Day, speak ing from Washington; also Miss Lena Madesin Phillips, president of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women; Miss Natalie Couch, first woman journal clerk in the New York State legislature; Inez Haynes Irwin, au- thor, prominent in the woman movement, and Anne Hard, writer and radio commentator, speaking from New York, Miss Charl Ormond Williams, president of the National Federation of Business and Profess sional Women's Clubs, speaking from Cincinnati, and Mary R.. Beard historian, speaking from Washing ton.
 The first broadcast, from 300 to 3:3O p. m. Eastern Standard Time, will go through Station WIZ, New York, to a nationwide National Broadcasting Company network. It will take the form of 8 discussion panel on the topic Have Women Made Good in Government?" Those participating will be Miss Phillips, the international president, who will introduce the panel; Miss Couch, Mrs. Hard, Mrs. Irwin and Miss Williams, with Mrs. Beard summing up. ..-
 The second broadcast, from 3:45 to 4:15 D. m. Eastern Standard Time, will link England, Canada and the United States and will go through Station WABC, New York, to the American and Canadian Stations of the Columbia Broad casting System, with 8 possible broadcast in England. Speakers will be Lady Astor, Miss MacPhail and Congresswoman O'Day, each speak ing of the attitude of women upon the governmental problems of her country. Miss Phillips will introduce the speakers.
 Broadcasts similar to those pre- sented in the United States will be given in many other countries, Czecholoyakia, Poland and Italy among them. American observance will climax with dinner at the Hotel Biltmore, New York City, on the evening of February 26, honor ing women in government, with Secretary of Labor Frances Per kins, Senator Rhoda Fox Graves and Assemblywomen Doris Byrne and Jane Todd of the New York State Legislature. Judge Justine Wise Tulin of the New York City Children's Court, the International President, Miss Phillips, the Nation l al chairman of International Rela- |tions, Miss Kathryn H. Starbuck, and the New York State President, Miss Vera McCrea, as honor guests.