is the surest safeguard against revolution by
violence.

Whereas, the Woman in Industry Service of the U. S. Department of
Labor was established as a result of the war emergency,

Resolved, that we call upon Congress to establish this service as
a permanent Women's Bureau in the U. S. Department of Labor with
adequate funds for the continuance and extension of its work.

Resolved, that we ask the U. S. Government in its next census to
classify definitely the unpaid women housekeepers as homemakers,
thus recognizing their important service to the nation.

Resolved, that we call upon Congress to give military rank to
army nurses.

Resolved, that we tender to our national president, Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, our deep appreciation of her sagacity, good
judgment, fairness and indefatigable devotion to the cause of
equal rights, and we pledge our best efforts to carry out her
wise and far-reaching plans for ultimate victory.

The last evening of the convention was given to a second mass meeting
at the Odeon Theater with Dr. Shaw presiding and a notable program.
The first speaker was Miss Helen Fraser of Great Britain, who had been
making a tour of the United States in the interest of the women's war
hospital work of that country. She was announced on the program as
"Great Britain's foremost speaker," and she eloquently pictured Women
and the Future. The Hon. Henry J. Allen, Governor of Kansas, stirred
the audience to enthusiasm with an address on Woman's Place in War and
Peace. Mrs. Catt's splendid closing speech on Looking Forward ended a
convention whose keynote throughout had been "progress"; a farewell to
the past years of toil and disappointment, a preparation for the
future work of women under better conditions than had ever before
existed. A spirit of hope, courage and unlimited expectation pervaded
the army of younger women, who were soon to take up the great work
committed to their care.

On Saturday three important meetings took place. In the morning was
the formal organization of the League of Women Voters, election of
officers, appointment of committees and adoption of a program; also
the final business session of the convention to harmonize the work of
the National Association and that of the league. In the afternoon the
two bodies met in joint session to discuss the question of how voting
and non-voting women might best coop