of women's interests considered by that body. After full discussion the following, which are somewhat condensed, were among those adopted:
Resolved, that we call upon the 66th Congress to submit the Constitutional Amendment for nation-wide woman suffrage to the States at the earliest possible moment.
Whereas, one-fourth of the men examined for the army were unable to read English or to write letters home to their families, be it
Resolved, that we urge the establishment at Washington of a national department of education with a Secretary of Education in the Cabinet.
Resolved, that this association earnestly favors a League of Nations to secure world-wide peace based upon the immutable principles of justice.
Resolved, that we protest against the unfair treatment of professional women by the United States authorities in declining the services of women physicians, surgeons and dentists in the recent war, thus compelling loyal, patriotic women to serve under the flag of a foreign government. We recommend that in future our Government recognize the fitness of accepting the services of professional women for work for which their training and experience have qualified them.
Resolved, That we urge our Government to bring about the prompt redress of all legitimate grievances, as the removal of the sense of injustice is the surest safeguard against revolution by violence.
Whereas, the Woman in Industry Service of the U. S. Department of Labor was established as a result of the war emergency,
Resolved, that we call upon Congress to establish this service as a permanent Women's Bureau in the U. S. Department of Labor with adequate funds for the continuance and extension of its work.
Resolved, that we ask the U. S. Government in its next census to classify definitely the unpaid women housekeepers as homemakers, thus recognizing their important service to the nation.
Resolved, that we call upon Congress to give military rank to army nurses.
Resolved, that we tender to our national president, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, our deep appreciation of her sagacity, good judgment, fairness and indefatigable devotion to the cause of equal