The nonpartisan leader. [volume], September 05, 1921, Image 9

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A Page of, by and
for the Women
All Nations Meet
Big International Congress of Women at
Vienna Has Interesting Session
HE Women's International league re
cently held a congress at Vienna, Aus
tria. According to an English woman
delegate, who wrote about the con
gress in the Manchester (Eng.) Guar
dian, a special session was devoted to
disarmament under the chairmanship of Mrs. An
not Robinson (England). A practical outcome of
the discussion was a decision to arrange an Inter
national Disarmament Week, to take place one
week before the disarmament conference called by
President Harding. The suggestion was taken up
with enthusiasm and will form one of the chief
duties of the league this autumn.
Good work was done by the committee on inter
national relations, under the chairmanship of Miss
Marshall. Delegations were present from the
"young nations" and from the eastern Balkan
states, including- a large delegation from the
Ukraine. Recognizing that these nations had spe
cial problems of their own, especially in regard to
national minorities, Miss Marshall arranged a spe
cial session of the congress at which representa
tives from 14 nations had the opportunity of a short
statement and to move resolutions. These repre
sentatives met several times before the session,
and, though considerable1 latitude was allowed in
the speeches, the resolutions had to be non-contro
versial as a result there was a resolution on Si
lesia—moved by a Polish delegate at the request
of the German section—and there were other par
allel incidents.
The national minorities session was an extremely
interesting experience it was open to the public,
and at moments the air was electric. If interjec
tions from the part of the hall open to the public
had been answered by the speaker from Hungary
there might have been difficulty in continuing as it
was the situation was skillfully handled by the
chair (Miss Catherine Marshall), whose voice, pres
ence and command of the German language stood
her in good stead.
TO CONTINUE PEACE WORK
THROUGHOUT ALL EUROPE
It is clear that work in this direction needs the
greatest care it is very easy to rouse nationalist
feelings even by trying to lessen their manifesta
tion, and in this connection the work of the inter
national secretary, Miss Balch, by a personal visit
to the Balkan states in preparation for the con
gress, seems to point to a useful method of work
in southeastern Europe. A practical suggestion
came from Sweden, and it was adopted by the con
gress, that the Women's International league un
dertake definite peace work on both sides of the
frontiers, where, as a legacy of the Great war, in
creased national antagonism is a continual menace
to peace. Emissaries are to work in support of,
and in co-operation with, local peace organizations
already in existence. It was reported that a series
of history books is in course of preparation, such
books to be translated where lack of a common
language is no small obstacle to peace and under
standing.
In the early days of the congress Fraulein Baer,
a brilliant young German woman from Munich, ar
ranged an informal meeting, when reports were
given of peace movements among young people.
Miss Hunt of America brought forward a motion
calling for special organization work among the
young, while Fraulein Baer, who has been elected
to the new international executive committee, urged
that, both by choice and manner of dealing with
subjects, the women should definitely aim at at
tracting young women into the general work of the
league.
A TALK WITH TOWNLEY
Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I talked with Mr.
Townley when he was at St. Peter. I said: "We
are not going to let you go to jail." He said: "I
do not think you could do anything. You can send
me some cake when I am in." Then he said: "It
will not be so bad, 90 days would soon pass. I need
a rest and I can do a lot of writing and I think it
will be best."
Wp have been talking this over. Of course the
THE FARM WOMAN'S PAGE
Nonpartisan league of farmers and laborers could
have him appeal to the United States supreme
court, but that would take time and money and, as
he says, he could rest and write, but it is absolutely
diabolical to think of sending a man to jail without
a semblance of a fair trial. Why not get petitions
with signers of the Leaguers of every organization
of farmers and laborers? Most of the Leaguer3
think that sending Townley to jail will bring mem
bers faster than any one thing that can be done. If
he goes there must be something in all the papers
about him in'jail so the people don't forget.
Kasota, Minn. EVALINA K. MOTT.
Nebraska Federation
Women's Nonpartisan Clubs of State
Have Central Body at Lincoln
The Nebraska Federation of Women's Nonparti
san clubs came into existence the other day as a
result of a meeting at Nonpartisan league head
quarters for the state at Lincoln. The new federa
tion fuses together into a state
body the many women's clubs
of the state, which hitherto
have been connected with na
tional headquarters at Minne
apolis but had no state feder
ation. Many states, including
Minnesota and North Dakota,
now have state federations,
and other states where there
are live clubs will soon be or
ganized by the women to a
point where a state federation
is possible and effective.
The new Nebraska federa
tion starts with the following
officers: Mrs. R. W. Curry,
Litchfield, president Miss El
len Dahlsten, Newman Grove,
vice president Miss Myrtle
"Berry, Lincoln, secretary
treasurer Mrs. Rhoda Bauer,
Omaha, lecturer, and Mrs.
Grace Welch, Lincoln, state or
ganizer.
Mrs. Welch will carry on the
work of organizing new clubs
throughout the state. To ob
tain her services in any Ne
braska community in assisting
in the organization of a club,
women interested should ad
dress a letter to Miss Berry, secretary of the fed
eration, 423 Little Bldg., Lincoln. The new state
federation of course will be affiliated with the na
tional headquarters of the women's clubs, in charge
of Miss Kate Gregg, national manager, Box 2072,
Minneapolis Minn.
The Women's Nonpartisan club movement has
become equally important with the Nonpartisan
league as an agency for better government.
DISARMAMENT WORK
The Minnesota Women's Nonpartisan clubs are
taking an active interest in the movement for dis
armament. Many of them have already become
members of the Minnesota Committee for World
Disarmament, by passage of the resolutions for an
immediate conference and for cutting down of war
appropriations, as well as by the payment of a $5
affiliation fee to the committee.
The following clubs have affiliated with the dis
armament committee within the last 30 days:
Ericson club No. 23, Sacred Heart Liberty club
No. 186, New Richland Flora club No. 15, Ren
ville Club No. 18, Milaca Henryville club No. 89,
Danube Colfax club No. 178, Belgrade Grass Lake
club No. 8, Braham Norfolk club No. 38, Olivia
Boon Lake club No. 134, Buffalo Lake Club No.
120, Buffalo Lake Glencoe club No. 106, Glencoe
West Lynn club No. 196, Stewart Club No. 167,
Braham Hennepin County Federation of Women's
Nonpartisan clubs.
These club3 are looking forward to the confer
ence which is to be held in St. Paul 10 days before
the disarmament conference at Washingtonrand to
the election of a delegate to be present in Washing
ton while the big conference is going" on. Each
club which has affiliated has the privilege of send
ing a delegate to the St. Paul meeting.
PAOETEIf
to
CLUB LEADER
Mrs. R. W. Curry, head of the new
Nebraska federation of Wom
en's Nonpartisan Clubs.
In Behalf of
Social Progress
Picnic? Here's How
National Women's Club Leader Gives Sug
gestions for Successful Outings
BY KATE L. GREGG
National Manager Women's Nonpartisan Clubs
1. Set a date three or four v/eekis ahead.
2. Write or telephone state headquarters of the
League for speakers as soon as possible.
3. Put up handbills in farmers' stores, creamer
ies, etc., and at every croosroad TWO WEEKS
ahead of your date. The handbills should give
speakers, date, place and careful directions for get
ting there.
4. Keep the picnic constantly before the eye of
the public through the League and other papers.
5. Send out 1-cent postal cards to every Leaguer
within comfortable driving distance. You can get
lists of members from the precinct men.
6. Advertise features, such as baseball games,
races, etc., to attract attendance of young people.
7. On the day before the picnic set a committee
to work over the telephones re
peating to neighbors all that
papers and postal cards and
posters have said before.
8. Give the publicity work
for this picnic to the most en
ergetic and resourceful and un
tiring members you have.
9. "It was a good picnic",
means that somebody looked
after advertising, put time and
thought and care into putting
it before the attention of the
public.
Must Enforce
Laws
"No community tolerating a
segregated district for the so
cial evil, or which is lax in law
enforcement in regard to pros
titution will be considered as a
possible site for Public Health
Service hospitals," said Colo
nel Edward Clifford, assistant
secretary of the treasury, in
charge of the new hospitaliza
tion program of the Public
Health Service-for disabled men, in a recent inter
view. The interview was given to a delegation of
women.
The attitude of .the treasury department toward
the moral conditions of the communities surround
ing Public Health Service hospitals is unequivocally
set forth in Colonel Clifford's letter to the surgeon
general of the Public Health Servicer The pro
gram includes the selection of sites and the con
struction of buildings involving the expenditure of
$18,600,000, recently appropriated by congress for
the hospital care of disabled men.
Besides the care which Colonel Clifford is show
ing in considering sites for Public Health Service
hospitals, every effort will be made to safeguard
all patients from evil influences and exposure to
disease while they are under hospital jurisdiction.
To this end Colonel Clifford has issued instructions
to the surgeon general of the Public Health Service
to establish close co-operation with municipal and
volunteer agencies in hospital areas already estab
lished, so that the general program maintained
around cantonments during the period of the war
may be continued for the protection of the govern
ment's patients.
HARDING PETITIONED
Appointment of women to the disarmament con
ference is the request made by the National League
of Women Voters and other women's organizations.
President Harding has it under consideration.
The suggestion of the appointment of women on
auxiliary committees if the number of delegates is
too small to permit of a woman's appointment von
the conference has been favorably commented upon
by persons connected with the administration, but it
is not believed the president will name a woman as
a regular delegate,
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