ion, she sent out a summons to
the suffragists of the whole country to unite in a stupendous
appeal to Congress for the immediate submission of the Federal
Amendment.

The opening of the Sixty-fifth Congress was marked by another
circumstance of unusual interest, the seating of the first woman
member, the Hon. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, who made a speech
from the balcony of our headquarters on the morning of April 2
and was then escorted to the Capitol by Mrs. Catt and other
members of our association in a cavalcade of decorated motor
cars. The day which opened so happily for suffragists ended with
the President's message to Congress asking for the Declaration of
War.

In the Senate the resolution for our amendment was introduced in
behalf of our association by Senator Andrieus A. Jones of New
Mexico, the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Woman
Suffrage, the other members of which were Senators Owen of
Oklahoma; Ransdell of Louisiana; Hollis of New Hampshire;
Johnson of South Dakota; Jones of Washington; Nelson of
Minnesota; Cummins of Iowa and Johnson of California. Chairman
Jones, at our request, had secured the privilege of having his
resolution made number one on the calendar, but when it was
decided that the war resolution should be introduced immediately,
he tactfully yielded his place. Similar suffrage resolutions were
introduced by Senators Shafroth, Owen, Poindexter and Thompson.

In the House our resolution was introduced by Representative
Raker, on the Democratic side, and by Representative Rankin, on
the Republican side. Similar ones were introduced by
Representatives Mondell, Keating, Hayden and Taylor.

The War Resolution was adopted by the Senate April 4 and by the
House April 5. A few days later the Finance Committee of the
Senate informally recommended and leaders of both parties agreed
that only legislation included in the war program should be
considered during the extra session. The Democratic caucus of the
House passed a similar recommendation, which was acquiesced in by
the Republicans. It soon became clear to your committee that the
suffrage resolution would not be admitted under this rule, and a
total revision of plans had to be made. Three meetings were held
and it was the opinion of all that the