to finance its own
campaign without help from the National Board.

Any State which has secured the consent of the National Board to
proceed with a campaign shall have its cooperation to the fullest
extent of its powers.

As soon as possible experienced campaign managers shall be
trained for the work and shall be supplied to a campaign State to
work under the direction of the National Board in cooperation
with the State board.

States willing to contribute to campaigns in other States should
do so by the advice of the National Board, who should be informed
as to conditions, and the money so contributed should be passed
through the national treasury.

The rule that the National Board shall do nothing in States
without the consent of the State shall be repealed.

The organization, press work, literature distributed and general
activity of the States shall be standardized and regular reports
on all of these departments shall be made to the National Board
in order that advice and help may be rendered when most needed.

This Board shall have the authority to nationalize the suffrage
movement by unifying the work as far as is possible.

Any States not desiring to work for the Federal Amendment may
remain members of the National Association provided they do not
work actively against it.

Dr. Shaw presided over the last evening session of the convention and
three of the strongest speeches during the convention were made by the
Hon. Herbert Parsons, New York member of the Republican National
Committee; Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston (Me.), Superintendent of
Franchise of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and
Raymond Robins, a national leader of progressive thought. The
convention ended with a mass meeting Sunday afternoon in the New Nixon
Theater with Mrs. Catt presiding. Rabbi Henry M. Fisher of Atlantic
City gave the invocation and inspiring addresses were made by Mrs.
David F. Simpson (Minn.) and the Rev. Effie McCollum Jones (Ia.). Dr.
Shaw closed her address with a beautiful delineation of Americanism,
saying at its close:

What is Americanism? Every one has a different answer. Some
people say it is never to submit to the dictation of a King.
Others say Americanism is the pride of liberty and the defence of
an insult to the flag with their gore. When some half-developed