CONTENTS

STATEMENTS FAVORING PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Statement of-

Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, congressional chairman, National Woman's

Party

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Alice Paul, chairman, National Woman's Party-

Jane Norman Smith, third vice chairman, National Woman's Party__

Nora Stanton Barney, chairman, national advisory council, National

Woman's Party.

George Gordon Battle, attorney at law, New York City.

Helena Hill Weed, national research chairman, National Woman's

Party

Dorothy Ashby Moncure, vice chairman, legal research committee,

National Woman's Party-

National advisory council, National Woman's Party.

Agnes E. Wells, chairman, college women, National Woman's Party-

Margaret Sebree, secretary, national council, National Woman's

Party.

Anita Pollitzer, member national executive committee, National

Woman's Party...

Mary A. Murray, national chairman, industrial council of the Na-

tional Woman's Party-

National young adult committee, National Woman's Party, Catherine

R. Dobbs, chairman_

Rebekah Scandrett Greathouse_

Americans United, Inc., Mrs. Cecil Norton Broy, chairman, board of

directors

Annie W. Goodrich, dean emeritus of the Yale School of Nursing.

Adda Lutz Ferguson, attorney at law, Philadelphia.

Women's Joint Legislative Committee for Equal Rights, Katherine A.

Norris, convenor_

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General Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. LaFell Dickinson,

president...

General Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, chair-

man, department of legislation. -

National Association of Women Lawyers, Ethel Ernest Murrell,

national legislative chairman_

Industrial Women's League for Equality, Ella M. Sherwin, president_

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs,

Inc., Mrs. Gertrude H. Austin, national legislative chairman.........

List of persons, organizations, etc., favoring the proposed amendment.

Statement of-

STATEMENTS IN OPPOSITION

Hon. Helen Gahagan Douglas, a Representative in Congress from the

State of California___

Hon. Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor.

National Committee to Defeat the Unequal Rights Amendment, Mrs.

J. Austin Stone, secretary.

Brief by Marvin H. Harrison, counsel, National Committee to Defeat

the Unequal Rights Amendment..

American Federation of Labor, W. C. Hushing, chairman, national

legislative committee...

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Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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Statement of-Continued

Congress of Women's Auxiliaries of the CIO, Eleanor Fowler, secre-

tary-treasurer_

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126

National League of Women Voters, Miss Anna Lord Strauss, president

Mrs. Milton D. Mason, chairman, legal status of women of the Ameri-

can Association of University Women_..

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132

National Council of Catholic Women, Miss Linna E. Bresette, con-

sultant, social action committee..

133

The National Consumers League, Elizabeth S. Magee, general secre-

tary

134

National Council of Jewish Women, Inc., Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, presi-

dent__

National Women's Trade Union League of America, Mrs. J. Austin

Stone, chairman, legislative committee, Elisabeth Christman, secre-

tary-treasurer_

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Women's Auxiliary of the National Maritime Union of America, Mrs.

Phyllis Phillips--.

139

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America_

140

United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers of

America (UAW-CIO), R. J. Thomas, president__

143

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Jonas A.

McBride, vice president_

148

National League of Women Shoppers-

149

American Association of University Women, Kathryn McHale, general

director

150

The national board of the Young Women's Christian Associations of

the United States of America__

152

Other organizations and groups in opposition to the proposed amend-

ment----

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