Evening star., 1939-03-05


at club headquarters, 1926 New Ham
Virtually all the State committt
Committee have indicated they will
tions for delegates from Puerto Rico,
Seattle, Boston and Missouri are
among those which already have
been received
Senate Leader Alben W. Barkley
of Kentucky and House Leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas are among the
men who are to address the confer
ence and there will, of course be
large representation of prominent
Democratic women.
Mrs. Roosevelt Arranges
Tea for Delegates.
Though Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt will not be able to attend, she
has arranged to have delegates and
their guests entertained at tea at
the White House, with the cabinet
ladies to act as hostesses And there
is possibility that the President
himself will be able to receive the
guests.
Mrs. Samuel Herrick, a member
of the Board of Governors of the
club, is chairman of the conference
and has arranged an interesting
program.
Registration will open March 21,
when credentials will be presented
to Mrs. j. Craig Peacock, chairman
of registration.
Luncheon on the same day for
delegates and guests will honor Sem
ator Hattie w. Caraway and Rep
resentatives Mary Norton and Caro-
line ODay.
At a conference, following the
luncheon, brief reports from the
State and local clubs will be read.
Senator Barkley and Representa-
tive Rayburn will be the speakers
at dinner at 7:3O pm, at the
clubhouse. which will conclude the
first day of the meeting.
The second day of the conference
will open with a morning session
for forum discussion on the aims and
programs of the clubs, to be fol-
= lowed in the afternoon by a visit
to Congress and sightseeing drive
around the city.
Public Will Attend
Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting to be held at 8
pm. on the second day at the
Shoreham Hotel will provide the
highlight of the conference. The
subject. international Co-opera-
ton, Its Political, Economic and
Moral Aspects" is to be presented
by such able speakers as Assistant
Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre,
Clark Eichelberger, head of the
League of Nations Association of
America, and DR.. Frank Bohn, noted
lecturer. Mrs. Henry F. Grady,
Democratic committeeWoman, will
preside over the meeting and the
panel discussion which will follow.
This session is to be open to the
public.
The final day of the conference
will open with program under
the direction of the women's di-
vision of the Democratic National
Committee. A six-point program
for Democratic women, stressing the
part played by their clubs in the
party organization, will be the basis
for discussion.
The tea at the White House is
to follow in the afternoon and the
conference will be concluded with
a banquet at pm. at the May
flower Hotel when the guests of
honor will be Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins and other women
who have received important ap-
pointments under the administra
ton. A number of special features
are being planned for the banquet.
Mrs Emily Newell Blair and Mrs.
Emil Hurja are the chairmen in
charge and there will be hostess
for each table.
Committee Chairmen
Are Listed.
Other committee chairmen in
clude: Mrs Peacock. registration;
Mrs. j. Brent Clarke, housing; Mrs.
Grady, mass meeting, and Mrs. Guy
Mason, chairman in charge of the
drive around the city.
Working on the general committee
with Mrs. Herrick are Mrs. Thomas
F. McAllister, Mrs. May Thompson
Evans, Mrs. Basil Manley, Mrs. |
Ellis Meredith and Mrs. David Tuck