Evening star., 1939-12-13
Speakers 10 Launch
Drive for Women's
Equal Rights
National Womon's Purtv
To Open Biennial
Conference Friday

will touch off an intensive equal
rights-for-women campaign at the
biennial conference of the National
Womans Party here Friday and
Saturday
The conference will open with
dinner at 7:30 pm. Friday at the
Cosmos Club. The dinner theme
will be Congress and the Equal
Rights Amendment" and the speak
ers will include Senator George L.
Radcliffe of Maryland and Repre-
sentative Patrick j. Boland of
Pennsylvania, Democratic whip of
the House.
Other speakers at the opening
session and their subjects will be:
Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller. Demo-
cratic national committeewoman
for Pennsylvania and member of
the Congressional Committee of the
National Woman's Party, "Democ-
racy for Women; Miss Laura Ber-
rien, treasurer of the party, "Politi-
cal Parties and the Equal Rights
Amendment" Mrs Burnita Shelton
Matthews, legal adviser of the Ma
tional Woman's Party. Recent
Court Decisions of Particular In
terest to Women" and Mrs Linda
Littlejohn of Australia, president
Of the Equal Rights International,
Equal Rights Throughout the
World"
Public Invited.
Mrs Harvey w. Wiley Of WASH
ington. chairman of the National
Woman's Party, will be toastmis-
tress. The public Is invited. The
speakers at this and other sessions
of the conference will emphasize the
need for the proposed constitutional
amendment giving women equal
rights throughout the United
States and every place subject to
its jurisdiction" The campaign to
be launched at the conference is
intended to persuade Congress to
submit such an amendment to the
States at the coming session.
Progress in the States" will be
the subject of a session to be held at
10 am. Saturday at the Alva Bel
mont House, IA B street NE, ma
tional headquarters of the party.
Mrs. Rebecca Scandrett Greathouse,
recording secretary of the National
Woman's Party, will preside. The
program of speeches includes Miss
Anita Pollitzer, member of the
party's Executive Council, "The
People Support Equal Rights; Mrs.
Edith Bartlett Conway, chairman of
the party's Massachusetts, branch.
"The Supreme Court Vetoes Dis
elimination Against Women; Miss
Mary Philbrook. chairman of the
Archives Committee, AN Equal
Rights Amendment in a State Leg
islature';; Mrs. George Halsey,
chairman of the Maryland branch,
How to Organize for Equal Rights;
Mrs Alma H. Ambrose, chairman of
the Eastern Regional Conference,
Regional Conferences and Their
Value" and Miss Mary Lockwood,
chairman of the Delaware branch,
"The Endorsement of Political
Clubs"
WITS. fOCe 10 freSl0e.
Progress internationally" will be
the theme of the session beginning
at 2 pm. Saturday at the Alva Bel
mont House. Mrs. Horace Pote,
chairman of the District of Colum-
bia branch of the party, will preside.
The speaking program will be as
follows: Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest,
chairman of professions and pag-
eants for the World Woman's Party,
The World Woman's Party Opens
Headquarters in Geneva; Mrs. Lit
tlejohn, "Prorgress Internationally;
Mrs. George Mesta, Republican ma
tional committeewoman from Okla
homa. "Organizing in Europe Last
Summer"
Mrs. Elsie Graf, chairman of the
Virginia branch of the party, and
Mrs. Ellis A. Schnabel, chairman
of the Pennsylvania branch, will
discuss: How Can We Make the
Wheels Go Round?"
A meeting of the National Council
of the party will follow at 1 pm.
At the same hour Sunday dele
gates are invited to Christmas tea
at the Alva Belmont House as
guests Of the Government Workers
Council.
The National Woman's Party, Or
ganized in 1918 under the leader
ship Of Alice Paul, first fought for
the equal suffrage amendment and
then, when it was embodied in the
Constitution, was reorganized to
battle for equal rights to end the
discrimination against women which
still exists in many States.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the 1898 biennial
conference consists of Mrs. For
rest, chairman; Mary Mclean Hal
sey, Nina Allender and Mrs. Great
house. The Committee on Hospi-
tality includes Mrs. Karl w. Greene,
chairman; Vera johnson, Mrs. |
Grad, Mary Hedernan and Cecil |
Norton Broy. I