Show State Women's Club president tells Own story of convention Held recently in Islands of Pacific Lon A. president of the Utah Federated Women's recently returned from an extended tour of the Pacific where she attended the Asian Conference of Federated Women's Logan is employed in the real estate office of the Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency at and is a member of the Duchesne Women's The following is the final installment of Logan's comments on her experiences at the conference and description of her It will be continued in the next few issues of the The ultimate purpose of the tour the conference with club women of the mid-Asian area was upon the women of the General No no more consideration or respect could have been afforded the highest royal visitor as was showered by the Filipino women during the week-long Even the promised rains were although this made the days of intense temperature quite unbearably and the constant use of a fan was an accepted way of But with the individual hotel rooms pleasantly air and the assurance from the native that it was most we endured very Another and final excellent briefing of the trip was given the visitors at the beautiful American Embassy also facing Banila by the Honorable Charles E. U. S. Ambassador to the He stated that a very few newspaper agitators do have some duped to believe but that the Philippines is one the most friendly countries in the world with the United They are regarded as a projection of our and so its growth since Independence in 1946 is regarded as a reflection of the success of the United The Communist Party is outlawed in the manifesting itself only in small underground mostly among students and some press and labor The HUK movement is completely under The Philippine people are highly with thousands of doctors and One-third of the medical doctors are two million unemployed out of a seven or eight million labor force is not serious because of the great influence of the family The family takes care of the even down to the cousins several times and so it does not present the social implications one would expect in other The cultural-exchange program between our countries is Since 1946 nearly Philippine students have been in and at there are 40 American students over A small group of including the six presidents of the various state federations of the on the together with Miss were invited to call at the home of the President of the Philippines and Garcia to accompany the president to the International Dinner which opened the Asian More than were in attendance at the Fiesta Pavilion of the Manila Hotel where it was Delegates to the convention were from Hong Republic of Thailand and Viet in addition to the United All stressed that discrimination against the women has almost entirely disappeared with women's suffrage being granted by new constitutions after World War H. More women are constantly coming into government economic and social Welfare The volunteer woman is taking an active part in community Family life observed in the average home in various parts of the world shows that homemakers are everywhere are interested in the welfare of families adequate spiritual good good home giving volunteer help to their and in permanent The home is the hub of the soul of but likewise that heme with its four walls extended is said to be the woman's club of and her household is her and homemakers can no longer stay within the four walls of homes to protect loved ones and Democracy must be kept strong by intelligent The most important committee in the world today is a committee of What each one thinks and says and does as an individual will in the last analysis give the kind of world we The final day in the Philippines was spent by nearly of the American women traveling to the province of WRITES STORY Lon A. president of the Utah Federation of who was a recent delegate to the International convention at Manila lias written her own account of her most interesting It will be printed in serial form in the to a barrio village where the results of the CARE project of self-help tools given by 13 states of the General Including were vividly A large banner of welcome to the first group of white women ever to have visited and be seen by the natives was in and they royally entertained their All returned to the Palace in late afternoon to attend the offered by First Lady of the The Palace hall was very the Presidential Guard Battal-on Band furnished music for a Dance group and a fabulous Philippine Fashion It was a most festive occasion for the end of a perfect only to be climaxed by the many Filipino women who came to the international at nearly to wish their guests were returning to the United States for San Francisco and Los Angeles Godspeed and happy landings as they embarked on the more than Refueling stops were made at Wake enabling a brief period of swimming and relaxation in the pleasantly warm Pacific and at the farthest possession and stronghold of the U. S. in the Pacific One final conclusion can be drawn as a result of the great government of the Philippines helping to hold a conference such as We believe that the people of of different history and and the women of the United can work together to preserve the dignity of the human We all want but we want freedom above all We must be interested in even though It is miles because it has the power to stop t he Communist In order to conquer the Russia must first conquer Asia represents security to the United and so we must do everything in our power to prevent the spread of communism there as well as in our The great motto of the General Federation of Women's In could well be the motto of the We do not expect other countries to conform to our and we should not have to change our Let each country keep the kind of government it wants as long as it does not try to impose it upon it upon any other but even all can be unified for world truly In I cannot say with General McArthur's firm shall but the once in a lifetime experience has been one that shall forever be so indelibly retained in memory that not to be able to return is not necessarily so because we cannot help but have left a small portion of ourselves in the hearts and minds and lives of one of the most sincere and kind people of the The End The secret pleasure of a generous act is the great mind's John Dryden |