Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 29

| BY CORINNE FRAZIER. RS. JOHN F. SIPPEL, presi- dent of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs, has announced the federation’s international relations pro- gram, which has the unanimous ap- proval of her executive committee and the entire board of direciors. Mrs. Sippel says: “The program is essentially a great organization's declaration of faith that | different nations, like different families will live together in secure and enduring friendliness only when permanent in- tercourse has created appreciation of | and respect for the multiple influences which keep nations apart in character. It is a declaration of faith that these same influences draw nations together in the nesd and desire for exchange of | the cultural and material products pos- | sessed by some nations and lacked by others. It is a declaration of faith that from a more intimate knowledge of the distinctive national characteristics will grow a truer value of and respect for national entities and a more effective— | beceuse a more informed—consideration | for international ethics. | “The General Federation has started | its campaign by taking steps to build up permanent contacts among women of the Western Hemisphere. “The first International Relations Bulletin of the 1929-1930 series is issued as an aid to the clubs calling in in- creasing numbers for literature in line with the new program. The bulletin is | confined to study outlines and book | lists designed to afford intimate pictures of the home and community life of the Latin nations in the Western Hemis- phere. The subject matter of this first bulletin was thus resiricted because the largest number of calls for literature to date have come naturally from clubs in the United States of America, whicl has the overwhelming majority of the | ;rgmber clubs in the General Feder: n. “In thus confining the first bul- letin to meeting the needs of the largest number cf calls for literature there is no oversight of the fact that there is a corresponding need and desire among like-minded women of the Latin nations in the Western Hemisphere to know the home and community life of the Anglo- American nations. The calls coming even now for informaticn as to how this or that is done or looked upon in the United States of America furnish a re- minder that home and community life of the one Western Hemisphere nation —however large that nation may bulk economically—may be more cr less of a Tlosed book to other nations on the same half of the globe. “Obviously a corresponding study out- line and list in appropriate language for use by women in Latin countries of the Western Hemisphere, want- ing to know more about Anglo-Ameri- can women, must have as early a place in the series of International Relations Bulletins as resources and the progress of the whole program will permit, “The program and book list were pre- pared by the late Amy Robbins Ware, vice chairman and director of research of the department of international re- lations of the General Federation. “While the course of study has been constructed with a two-club-year period in mind, local clubs can easily expand or condense the course to meet local conditions. It has been prepared in this form because of many requests for a definite course of study in a club pro- gram ‘ready to wear.’ It is designed for Anglo}mflunlgug;gn wfl}t wwlr- come familiar wi > home Jife, civics and culturs of “American ations, Eight meetings are provided for each year, the first year being devoted to a general survey of Latin America and the second year being given over to a more intimate acquaintance.” * % % x M 1SS BELLE SHERWIN, president of the National League c¢f Women Gwen Geach, ‘es= the ‘Women's City Club, Friday, November 1. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle presided. Others attending were Mrs. Me- Kelway, Miss Fay Bentley, Mrs. Edna Johnston, Mrs. Clara M. Beyer, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. Willlam C. Harllee, Miss Edna Sheehy, Mrs. Har- ‘wood Read. Mrs. Louis Ottenberg, Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, Mrs. F. B. Croxton, Mrs! Harry Lee Parkinson, Mrs. Grat- tan Kerans, Mrs. Cloyd H. Marvin and Mrs. H. F. Cameron. Miss Sherwin cxpiained the work of the league from a national standpoint 2nd noted bills in which members of the league will be and are especially interested. Since the tenth anniver- sary of the league's life will take place in 1930, at that year’s convention the Jrague proposes to establish a memorial fund “with fitting exercises and there- after erect a tablet in Washington, so that subsequent workers and the world &t large may have always before them & reminder of women who turned dreams for humanity into realities for today.” The plan contemplates the es- tablishment of a permanent national roll of honor, on which shall be record- ed the names of leaders whose work and whose influence have brought to the women of this country a new day of partnership in its public life. A fund is to be raised in honor of each name submitted and approved by a national advisory committee on the selection of names, in no case to be less than $1,000 for each name presented by | the various leagues throughout the States, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt 1s | bers of that c h | more important, to the right of a wom- motial fund committee of the local league. Miss Edna ' Johnston, chairman of ‘efficiency in government,” with mem- mittee, is planning the semi-annual meeting, to be held during the present month, with prominent speakers, announcement in detail to be given later. Mrs, F. B. Croxton, new chairman of social hygiene, and Mrs. Ben McKel- way, new editor of the bulletin, were introduced to board members. Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, editor of | the yearbook, announced that copy was | being prepared and the book would be ready for issuance early in the month. Mrs. James G. Cumming, chairman of the living costs committee, announces the personnel of that group as Mrs. William C. Van Vieck, vice chairman; Mrs. Harris Baldwin, Mrs. Alvin C. Dodd, Mrs. Harry E. Hull, Mrs. Edward Keating, Mrs. Basil M. Manly. Miss Elen M. Rugg and Miss Lucy R. Swan- n, W 'HE present position of women in the laws handicaps them in every field and prevents women from taking their proper place as citizens, according to Mrs. Jane Norman Smith, chairman of the national council of the Woman's Party, speaking over a coast-to-coast Eook- p of the National Broadcasting 0. “There are over 1,000 laws in the United States which discriminate agamst women,” Mrs. Smith said. “These laws relate, among other points, to the right of a married woman to! contract, to the guardianship of her | children, the inheritance and disposal of her property, to the ownership of her own labor and services, both within and without the home and, what is an in industry to sell her labor on the same terms as a man. “The National Woman's Party has undertaken the task of removing these discriminations. We believe that the logical sequence to the national suf- frage amendment is the passage by Congress of the equal rights amend- men providing that men and women shall have equal rights in the United States. This amendment will give women what every man enjoys through the mere accident of being born a male, no more and no less.” Mrs. Smith says that the question has arisen as to the effect of the equal rights amendment on so-called ‘pro- tective” labor laws for women. The National Woman’s Party, according to Mrs. Smith, is opposed to the exploita- tion of any human being in in3ullry. It believes that all industrial legislation should be based on the nature of the work and not on the sex of the worker. EJI'IA th::lglrd ]:'I: ehq‘ulmy, she pointed 3 ly ex some parts United States. s “For instance, the law in Florida re- quires for both men and women in stores,” Mrs. Smith said. “California has in its constitution a provision that no one shall be disqualified on account of sex from entering into or pursuing any lawful business, vocation or pro- fession. Over 30 States have an eight- hour law for persons, men and women alike, in certain specified occupations. Oregon has a 10-hour law for men and women alike in mills, factories and nufacturing establishments. ‘The demand for a shorter work day is based upon the need of leisure, health and recreation. These needs bear no relation to sex, and the laws which pro- vide for a shorter work day should be regardless of sex. The equal 1j amendment would require that all laws :eukmldn to apply to men and women Mrs. Smith said that laws applying to woman workers and not wpp among the (re;_l!,ut o nrlnn ‘women. ey cl many doors of opportunity to women mng: em- B out of woek by thes Passage ‘own out of wor are invariably forced At poor] legislation, linkis wit - lon, ng women with children instead of adults, years ago in the transition stage of women's much protested invasion of industry,” Mrs. Smith declared. “Today, when women are an established and increas- ingly importan: part of our econmomic life, legislation concerning them must be on the same basis as that of their male competitors. ““The present position of women be- fore the law is a most undignified ont Women, whether wage-earners or home- makers, cannot take their proper place as citizens until they have gained an equal status with men in the laws of and equal recognition in Mrs. Smith's talk was part of the program on the position of women and the advances they are making toward complete equality, which is broadcast every Wednesday over & nation-wide hookup b the National Woman's Party. * ok ok THE League of Republican Women held & meeting at the Wuhlnsmn Club Monday, November 4, at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Edward A. Harriman, president of the league, tpreslded during the business portion of the program, following which the forum was opened by Mrs. Charles Alger. She introduced Mrs. Howard Leroy, who acted as chair- man for the remainder of the meeting. Miss Borchard was the first speaker. She had spent the Summer abroad studying the “tariff in foreign countries” and gave an interesting talk on her ob- servations on this much-discussed sub- chairman of the anniversary and me- Sidestep the ject. dreadful fa- tigue of last-minute Christ- mas card buying by drop- ping into our Stationery Department and making your selection from our interesting a: shrewd bit ssortment. A of buying on our part enables us to offer them at one-quarter to one-half their value. Palais Royai l—Main Floor THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 10, 1929—PART ONE. CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION International Relations Program of General Federation Is Announced by President Mrs. Sippel—Woman Voters Prepare for Anniversary. Representative Frank Crother of New York, a.member of the ways and means committée, presented exposition of “Pending Tariff Legislation.” Mrs. Wilbur R. Turner was hostess for the tea which followed. On Armistice aay, following its yearly custom, the members will assemble in Arlington at 11 o'c’~ck. The president of the organization wiil place & wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. On Monday, November 18, the league will celebrate its seventeenth birthday anniversary by entertaining at a recep- tion at the Washington Club from 4 to 7 o'clock. Mrs. Harriman will receive the guests, assisted by Mrs. Virginia ‘White Speel, former president of the league, who will tell the members and gut guests of its inception in 1912, showing Last Week 0dd Bedroom Pieces Reduced Golden Oak Dress- 0 3.95 e $10.00 Walnut Veneer Beds, its progress and rapid growth during these eventful years. On Thursday, November 21, the monthly luncheon will be given at the Washington Club, with a prominent speaker on “Inland Waterways.” On Friday. November 29, there will be a tea at the Barr Building. 911 Sev- | enteenth street. from 4 to 6 o'clock, for members and guests. ARMY CHANGES ORDERED. Maj. Tatnall D. Simkins, Corps of | Engineers, at Seattle, Wash., has been | assigned to the 6th Engineers at Fort| Lewis, Wash.; Maj. Harry L. King, Coast Artillery Corps, in the Philip- pines, has been assigned to duty with Organized Reserves in the Seventh Corps ‘Area, with station at Topeka, Kan.; First Lieut. Floyd T. Gillespie, Signal Corps, has been transferred from | Fort Monmouth, N. J., to Hawafi and First Lieut. Helmer W. Lystead. Infan- | try. recently returned from duty in | | China, has been assigned to the 12th Infantry at Fort Washington, Md. Contract for Sewer Awarded. ‘The Commissions yesterday awarded a contract for the construction of Nichols avenue service sewer between Sheridan and Pomeroy roads southeast to the U. S. WORKERS PLAN District of eral Employes’ ple, ’mm{mh street and New York avenue, for the bene! fund the District Federation is ralsing Warren F. Brenizer Co. which sub- mitted the low bid of $6,850.04. THREE-DAY CIRCUS| Proceeds of Revue Will Be Used for Providing Headquarters for Employes. # circus-revue will be held Decem- ber 5, 6 and 7, under auspices of the Columbia Federation of Fed- | Unions, at Masonic Tem- | fit of the building | to provide a permament headquarters for the Federal Employes' Unions, whose membership now exceeds 15,000. The circus program, it is announced. will be presented by an all-professional cast of performers, who will be brought to Washington from Winter quarters of the largest shows in the country and will include all the regular features. In connection with the circus-revue a contest for the selection of “Miss Federal Employe” will be conducted during the next few weeks, closing the last night of the circus, December 7. The popularity contest will be con- ducted by the ballot method. Any one | Bureau of Standards: Oscar {ment Union, and R. L. Lindsey, vice| of the Federal Government, according to Mrs, Sophie J. Bergner, chairman of the executive committee. The executive committee, headed by Mrs. Bergner, with Willlam Sanger as secretary, includes: John W. Ginder, president of the District Federation; Richard B. Posey, | | president of the Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2, the interdepartmental union: J. S. Zebley, president of Union No. 89, District Government employes; Miss Belle A. Trouland, president of the | women’s union of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing; John R. New- man, president of the men’s union at the bureau: O. Boscoe, president of the Navy Yard Unions; Dr. J. Franklin| Meyer, president of the union at the W. Ham- | mond, president of the War Depart- president of the Treasury Department | | Union Chairmen of committees managing | special phases of the plans for the cir- {cfs are: Miss Gertrude M. McNally. | | secretarv-treasurer of the Natlonal | | Federation of Federal Emp'oyes, chair-| | man of publicity: A. J. Oliver, enter- tainment: John R. Newman, tickets: Elmer C. Hooner, popularity contest, | and Oscar W. Hammond, advertising. | . 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