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Show 1 . O. P. Women Ask 50-50 Voice in Council r --r -T- SI!'..'UTON.-Senat o r 1'opper (Iit'P.. I'll.) has V J taken up the tight of women wom-en led by Mrs. Medlll Me-Co.Mhk. Me-Co.Mhk. wife of the senator from Illinois, Il-linois, for equal participation of wom-in wom-in with men in the councils of the llopuhlicun party. H lotUr to John T. Adams, chairman chair-man of tiie Republican national committee. com-mittee. Senator l'epper proposed that - - - tlie executive committee be called into special session to consider such action. Party ollicials explained that the executive committee has no power to n-t in such a case. Neither has the rational committee, but both can ree-icaiiier.d ree-icaiiier.d action, and It Is probable the matter will be given Important consideration con-sideration in tlie next national convention. conven-tion. I'nder the plan In contemplation the national committee would be composed of -IS women and a similar representation repre-sentation of men. Prominent Republican women have for some time been urging action. Probably their strongest political argument ar-gument has been that the Democratic party already has given women full representation In its organization by Its action In the San Francisco convention, con-vention, since which such women as Mrs. McCormlck have been Impatient with the refusal of the Republican organization to recognize parity. Prior to presenting the suggestion for a special meeting to Mr. Adams, Mr. Pepper conferred with Mrs. McCormlck, Mc-Cormlck, Mrs. Arthur Llvermore, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton and Charles P. llllles, all of whom are members of the executive committee of the Republican Re-publican organization. The. executive) committee Is composed com-posed of eight men and eight women, but, as Mrs. McCormlck pointed out, the women do not have equal representation repre-sentation because the officers of the national committee are ex officio members mem-bers of the executive committee which Is named by the chairman. The letter of Mr. Pepper, who Is Pennsylvania's representative on the Republican national committee, Is In full accord with the present plan of the women leaders on the executive committee. They want the executive committee to adopt the proposal before be-fore the summer advances very far. |