Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
BY Kathleen Leary
Woman's Editor

gomery County Democratic
women last week she believes
washington is happier, more
alive, when the Democrats are
in power" And the party, she
added, always seems to be in
during crises"
The widow of the nationally
syndicated columnist and news
analyst who died in 1914 in a
collision of bombers while COW
ering the invasion of the Mar.
shall Islands, spoke November
8 at the annual dinner of the
Woman's Democratic Club of
Montgomery County at Manor
Club. Oliver Clapper is a celeb
rity in her own right having
recently published her third
book, Zone Lucky Woman She
American Food for Peace Coun.
Gil.
Believe in America"
Asking her audience to be-
lieve in America and in them
selves, she outlined the "spe-
cial responsibility we women
share today, not to allow our
selves, husbands and children to
become panicky about the world
situation"
1--WE are missing many good
bets" she continued. 1--WE
should know more about our
history; what over the years
has made America tick; how we
function.
1--WE don't want the admira-
ton of the Communists" Mrs.
Clapper declared. 'What we
really want is for them to come
into the free world"
Emphasizing her desire for
the world to know more about
us, the speaker explained,
"Other countries believe we've
always had labor unions, wealth
and other advantages. They
should know that child labor
laws didn't exist before 1888,
that it took so years to get wom-
ems suffrage, and that civil
rights has been long hard
struggle, but it's coming now"
"ShOw How Democracy Works"
She called on both Democratic
and Republican women to tell
the story of how long and slow
has been our struggle, political
ly, economically and socially.
This is one of our pluses," she
said, land we should be making
greater use of it. No one has
taken the trouble to show
other lands how democracy
works, or show women of the
world how to come into their
own"
Describing how she was
deluged by women during her
travels in Egypt, Turkey and
Iran, Mrs. Clapper said they
begged for information on how
American women organized to
support agencies to help or
phans and children.
Her closing remarks answer
ed the question put to her in
West Germany, "Why do Amer
leans keep on giving?"
Because" she told the re-
porters interviewing her, "the
people of America are made-up
of all races on the face of the
earth and therefore feel con-
nected with all peoples of the
world. We inherited a tremen-
dous abundance such as no
other land has. We owe debt
to Greece for our history, to
Italy for our art and religion,
to Britain for law and justice.
We are Christian people and be-
lieve in the admonition, DO
unto others as you would have
them do unto you, and we prac-
tice this"
Officers Elected
During the business session
following her address, Mrs.
Richard Fleming of Wheaton
was reelected president of the
county club, along with a slate
including Mrs. Homer Clay of
Chevy Chase, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Edna Cook of Silver
Spring, second vice president;
Mrs Eathal Allen of Bethesda,
third vice president; Mrs. Edith
Keller of Colesville, treasurer;
Mrs. Edmond F. Rovner of Be
thesda, recording secretary;
Mrs. B. L. Chambliss of Bethes-
da, parliamentarian, and Mrs.
Cora L. Webster of Chevy
Chase and Mrs. Herbert S.
Hyatt of Damascus, auditors.
Special guests were past
presidents of the county club in
GLIDING Mrs. Eathal Allen, Mrs.
James J.. Lynch, Mrs. Julia
Russo and Mrs. Genevieve
Wells. Local club presidents in.
troduced were Mrs. Drexel
Sprecher, Suburban Woman's
Democratic Club; Mrs. Eula
Novotny, Silver Spring; Mrs.
Robert Monkey, Northern Mont
gomery County; Mrs. Harper
Smith, Wheaton, and Mrs. VIII
liam Allen, Bethesda.
Many Prominent Guests
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