to
members of Congress and on thirty different occasions they
received literature prepared in the most tempting fashion for
their instruction and edification. Mrs. Catt put into operation
the plan for resolutions from the Legislatures calling upon the
Senate to pass the Federal Suffrage Amendment. These from
twenty-four States were read into the Congressional Record, and
while they did not put the Federal Amendment through they were
effective as showing the nation-wide urge for favorable action.
The Legislatures themselves were circularized with excellent
literature.

In February, 1918, a bulletin was sent to State presidents
offering one or more traveling libraries of sixty-two volumes,
the Leslie Commission to pay expenses to the State and its
association to pay them within the State. A library could be held
one year. Quantities of literature have been sent to the States
for distribution while requests for special literature have
received prompt attention.

The activity regarding the appointment of a woman or women on the
Peace Commission originated in the national office and stirred
the people of the entire country. On Dec. 8, 1918, the
association held a meeting of war workers in the National Theatre
in Washington, D. C., to protest against further delay in the
Senate on the Federal Amendment. Twenty-seven delegates
representing the association attended the eight congresses held
throughout the United States in the interest of the League of
Nations.

Field Work. The resolution committing the National Association to
an aggressive policy was passed at its convention of 1917. It
read: "If the 65th Congress fails to submit the Federal Amendment
before the next Congressional election the association shall
select and enter into such a number of campaigns as will effect a
change in both houses of Congress sufficient to insure its
passage."

October came; the November elections were approaching; the 65th
Congress had failed to pass the amendment. Probabilities had to
be weighed which would produce the necessary two votes if
possible and it was decided to enter the campaigns in New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Delaware. The first two
were at no time specially hopeful, as they were likely to poll
Republican maj