Evening star., 1946-10-27
In Annual Session
Womens Federation Board
Mdorses Bwmes' Policy
By Gretchen Smith
Women's Club Editor.

Kortright, N. Y, on the estate Of
Mrs. Alice T. Mclean, head OF the
American Womens Voluntary Serv-
ices.
Participants in Thursdays discus
sions were delegates to the inter-
national assembly which had drawn
approximately ITO women from 48
different countries.
A tiny Chinese delegate whose
girlish appearance in native cos
tune made it difficult to realize she
holds the title OF doctor of science;
a dark-eyed Indian woman, attired
in the graceful folds of her country's
sari; a small Japanese girl, in a
modishly tailored dark suit; women
from France, italy, Sweden, South
America, South Africa, Finland and
Liberia, all made passionate ap-
peals for world peace.
One of the most breath-taking
speeches of the day was made by
lovely Sonora Ana Rosa de Martinez
Guerrero of BuenoS Aires, who has
visited Washington many times and
has innumerable friends In the
Capital.
Modishly dressed as always. the
sonora; whose husband Is wealthy
Argentine rancher, made an urgent
appeal for the abolishment Of "all
dictatorships" in the world.
mo great spiritual force can live
in a country of dictators," she de-
clared. "As long as there are forces
of Francoists, isolationists and die
tatorships like" she hesitated, Hit
Ter and Mussolini, there can be no
peace"
Abolish Fascism.
Another plea that the feminine
forces of the world unite to abolish
the last remnants of fasciSm was
sounded by Nine. Madeleine Braun,
vice president of the French Con-
stituent Assembly and a Com
munist.
"Fascism has been destroyed in al
military sense" she said, "but its
roots persist. 1t must not be al
question of stopping war once It'll
has started but stopping it from
ever getting started"
Dominutive Haru Matsui, who,
though born in Tokyo, was head of
the japanese desk for Owl during
the, war and made Japanese English
for American soldiers,
spoke of her native land as "a
poor sick person who had to undergo
an operation to get well. Now that
the dark forces of militarism are
defeated, my people can come out
of the darkness into light The |
Japanese women are determined
that war will never sweep our
country again."
All the delegates, including Mrs.
Matsui, who said that japanese
women had been looked upon as
nothing but slaves until the war,
spoke for the need of equal rights
for women If complete world peace
Is to be achieved.
There must be equal pay for
equal work, regardless of SEX" they
agreed.
The need for a spiritual awaken
ing throughout the world was also
stressed by speakers on the panel.
The dowager Marchioness of
head of the Women's Vol
untary Services of Great Britain,
headed the panel on, What Kind
Of a Social Order Should We Strive
to Achieve?" Lady Reading few to
this week end to ad-
dress q meeting of women's organ
Lzations Friday night.
Among the Washington women |
gHnpsed at both the assembly panel
and the general federation board |
were Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
chairman of legislation for the gen.
eral federation; Mrs. Gertrude
Parks, president of the District
Miss Elaine Exton,
chairman of youth conservation,
District federation, and Mrs. John
Shaw, head of the womans clinic,
as we'll as president of the Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Dickinson's daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Magma, who has many
friends in Washington, and Mrs.
Alice Weitz, editor of the Club
published from Washington
federation headquarters, were also
present at the meetings.