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Show WOMEN'S CLUBSTO " ! AVOID POLITICS DES MOINES, lown. June 17. Partisan polities must be kept out of the General Federation or Women-" clubs, Mrs. Jodiah Evans Cowles. president of the federation, said todaj in her address at tho biennial conven-Thoro conven-Thoro should be no line of demarcation demarca-tion between the men and women's 'voloa. Mrs. Cowlcs said, as all are under un-der the same laws, flag, country and conditions. Tho proposed reorganization of the federation wiw tho prlnlclpal business on 'the program this afternoon; Mrs. r.obcrt Burdctte of Pasadena, Calif., chairman of the committee, looking after that fouture, snld that as the organization is now there is but a proportionate pro-portionate representation based upon the single unit, and tho delegate trom a email individual club directly affiliated affili-ated with tho federation ha's as much Voting power as tho representative of a slato organization or large club. Slici also says there is not a fair system of taxation In effect, the' smaller clubs having to pay more' In proportion than larger ones. Many opponents of the plan say thoy bcllovo numerous small clubs would withdraw from membership rather than comply with the proposed requirements. |