Evening star., 1947-10-19
Women 'sC|ubs
Back D. T.. Vote,
Food Econon)v
Boord Members Plan
To Aid District Drive
For Representation

For Representation
The board Of directors Of the
5000, ,000-member General Fedora.
ton of Women's Clubs will begir
leaving Washington today for theil
homes throughout the Nation with
appeals to support the President
food campaign, and national rep
resentation for Washington.
Pledges to support the food -sov.
Ing campaign came during the two.
day session of the board at the
Hotel Statler. A formal resolution
Friday calling for a voluntary
rationing program by women was
followed by speeches from the floor
yesterday, pledging cooperation.
Mrs. j. L. Blair Buck of Richmond
Va, federation president. asked the
directors to go back to their homes
and do all they can as clubwomer
and individuals to. help save fooc
for Europe.
The plea to put pressure on Con-
gress for national representation
for Washington was sounded yester.
day by Mrs. Leslie B. Wright of this
city, national legislative chairman
for the federation.
Letters to Congress Urged.
To implement the entire legis.
lative and food-saving program O.
the federation with its 1,700 con-
stituent clubs, Mrs. Wright told tht
group she soon would furnish tt
each State headquarters the name!
of their members of Congress ane
the committees to which these mem
bers are assigned.
She asked women to write to theil
Representatives and Senators indi'
vidually, in behalf of the project
favored.
On national representation TO
Washington, Mrs. Wright declared
st was born in the District, but
now vote in Massachusetts,. 1t il
dreadful that people here in thu
Capital have no vote for Presiden
and Vice President of the United
States
"You have officially indorsee
national representa- ton" she re-
minded her hearers, land 1 nov
appeal to you to ask your Congress.
man or Senator to support it ir
Congress"
Explaining that residents of the
city have no voice in their own af.
fairs, Mrs. Wright said the President
appoints the three District Com.
nissioners, who are not responsible
to the people.
Protest Made to Buck.
She said she recently went te
Capitol Hill to protest against ar
appointment here by the Distric,
Commissioners, which she and q
certain group characterized as q
bad" appointment. She did not
name the person.
When she protested to Chairman
Buck of the Senate District Com
mittee against the appointment
which was not subject to confirma.
ton by the Senate, she quoted Sena.
tor Buck as saying to her: IF you car
do anything with the District Com
missioners, it is more than I can do.
I'VE need national representation
in Washington" Mrs. Wright tolt
the board members. 81 hope yol
will all go back to your home State
and fight for it."
Will Support Food Drive.
The food saving campaign for ali
to Europe came up on both days o
the session and is to be supported
strongly by the federation, leader
promised.
The federation, in addition t.
adopting resolutions Friday on tn
food campaign, and calling for {
buyers strike against unnecessar,
articles with high prices, took actor
Yesterday on two other matters
It decided to support a move TO
more appropriations to enable tn
Bureau of Human Nutrition ant
Home Economics of the Labor De
partment to develop its home pro
gram; and called for the Library o
Congress to make more widel.
available it's Education Referenc
Section in the General Reference
and photography Division.
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, ad
ministrator of the Federal Work
Agency, addressed the federation
board at luncheon yesterday in hi
capacity as chairman of the Presi
dents Highway Safety Conference
He asked the women to do what
ever you can to reduce the deatf
toll which annually takes the live
of so many men, women and chill
dren in highway accidents" ANN
Livingstone, student at Montgom
ery-Blair High School in nearb.
MARYLAND, explained the operation
of the automobile driver training
program there.
Many Reports Heard.
Among many reports on fedora
ton activities during the three ses
sions yesterday was one on public
health. A motion picture, "Clea
Water" on the subject of strean
pollution control, was screened. I
Is to be used by clubs Throughout
the country.
Among reports were those on wa
veterans, Indian welfare, public vel
fare, child welfare, mental hygiene
conservation of natural resources
motion pictures, radio, mothercraft
and others.
The sessions closed with Gen
eral Federation Workshop" pro-
gram last night.