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Show Women Delegates Will . Meet in Ancient Palace , ' i i -i ii , p m x i i - . -- V r " H ::; "i : f; J ! TTTTT i j, k. ikit it Hi m iii.i4 tL If . ll iilMllllk. Il.nl It 1 Mrs. Raymond Robins, right pridrrt of ths fntsrnational Federation of Working Womtn, and Mrs. Msud wsrts, vies president far ths . United States, who will Issd American delegate ta the fsdsration CMwMliim In ftehManbrunn SSStls. Vienna, helew. . By HARRY B. HUNT. WASHINGTON, An. . A nr mllMton. In world democracy will b racbd Aagvmt 14, whm rapra-Mntatlv. rapra-Mntatlv. working tonM of th. world will aaumbl. In th. old Bchoanbrunn pauc In Vl.nna, wb.r. .mpwora of th. old order In Kurop held .way, to map plan, for furtharlns Int.rnatlonal trad, union org-anlsatlon loiofix womnr . Am.rlcan working women will b. rprMented by nine deleratea. Th oonferenca, which will be the third biennial eonsres. of th. International Interna-tional Federation of Working Women, Wo-men, will Includ. representatives from som. tw.nty nation. Th. proa rem provides for consideration con-sideration of measures to unit, or-ganixed or-ganixed working women in order that they ' may reeolre upo the means by which the standard of life of women workers throughout th. world may be reived." . PLAN Of ACTION. Among the epeclfle st.p. by which It Is proposed, this be. approached, wfll be: ! " .... 1. Promotion of trad, union organization or-ganization among women. Development of an international internation-al policy giving special attention to the needs of women and caildrwrt. 1. Examination of all projects for legislation proposed by tna International Interna-tional Labor conference. 4. Th. appointment of women in su organisations and committee, dealing with questions affecting th i welfar. of wwkere. . . J The American delegation will be I headed by Mrm. Raymond Robins of Chicago. International president of th. federation. Worker ' delegate, will Include Elizabeth Christman and Agnes Nestor of Chicago, glove-, workers; Agnes Johnson, Chicago, ahoaworkor; Maud Swarts, New York, printer; Rom Srheldermann. New York, capmaker; Frieda Miller and Pauline Newman or Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, and Mary Oralar, New Y.ork, walstmakera. I Th. conference was originally arranged ar-ranged for Bruhl Castle, Cologne, Germany, which ha. been transformed trans-formed Into a labor college. When a chance, however, came to hold the sessions In th. old Imperial summer palace of the Austrlsn capital, where Frans Joeeph so long reigned su prams, th. appeal could not be resisted. Psychologically, tt was felt, the convening of a democratic International Interna-tional working women's conference la th precincts where autocratic power so reoently held sway, would tn itself glva helpful stimulus mad Inspiration to tb proceedings. Among1 the women of other countries coun-tries who will be present ar: Dr. Marion Phillips and Mrs. Harrison Bell, Great Britain; Mile. Helene Burnlaux. Belgium; Mrs. Kathleen I Jerry. Canada; Mme. Laura D Ka-yaa Ka-yaa Basan. Cuba; Mile. Bosena Ku-btckova. Ku-btckova. Csechoslovskla; Mile. Heanna Bouvler. France; Slgnora Casartelll Gabrlni. Italy; Frau Betsy KJelsberg, Norws Mile. Sophie 1 Bobraanska, Poland: Mrs. Mary Fits Gerald. South Africa: Mile. An-gel An-gel Monnler, Switzerland. |