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NCW Biennial Meeting The National Council of Wom en of the U.S., of which the UN WLA is a member, was held in New York City from October 13- 15, 1964. One of the outstanding events of the conclave was the presentation of the Council’s “Women of Conscience” award to Hazel Brannon Smith, editor and publisher of three newspapers in Mississippi. Mrs. Smith won the 1964 Pulitzer prize for her edi torials on civil rights, and has been cited on many occasions for her dauntless stand on equal rights, crime and corruption. In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Smith, speaking with a Southern accent, outlined her experience as a newspaper publisher since 1936, and the harassments, vili fications and bombings to which she and her husband have been subjected for their ceaseless struggle to correct injustices. Another stimulating program was the round table discussion, “Who Cares?” Mrs. Yarnall Ja cobs presided at the meeting at which six distinguished women participated in a discussion about poverty in a land of riches, youth rehabilitation, mental health, school dropouts, family life, consumer goods, ethics in government, importance of the arts, freedom of press, etc. Audi ence participation was welcomed. The conclusion reached was that people of conscience care, as does the government and industry, but to what extent? There is a tendency to let someone else do it, but we should all act and let ourselves be heard. Still another highlight of the meeting was the Civil Rights Re port by Mrs. Lisle C. Carter, newly elected first vice-president of NCW. Mrs. Carter reported оц the conferences and seminars held in New York by NCW dur ing the past two years in which participants discussed housing, jobs and education. An interesting report was given by the outgoing president, Mrs. Jacobs, on “The Past Five Years.” In urging increased par ticipation by member organiza tions, she said, “. . Perhaps a new administration in the Coun cil might spend some time ana lyzing affiliate programs in an effort to discover whether our very diversity may not enrich our program.” Mrs. Jacobs was presented with a silver bowl as a tribute from the NCW Execu tive Committee. The reports of the member or ganization presidents were of a wide variety and scope, including the one by Mrs. Helen F. Lotot- sky, President of the UNWLA, who reported on the cultural, ed ucational and social service work as well as the growth of our or ganization during the past two years. Mrs. Louis J. (Mildred) Rob bins was elected President of NCW, to succeed Mrs. Jacobs, who will serve as Honorary Pres ident. In her acceptance speech Mrs. Robbins said, “What today are some of the issues that need emphasis ? — civil rights, youth and its future, old age and its future, retraining and counsel ing of women. The list and the possibilities are endless since all of humanity’s concern is our con cern and our programs have tra ditionally developed in the na tional self-interest. We are joined together to give strength to our common beliefs and to stir our collective conscience to re spond to each new challege.” Among some of the resolu tions passed at the meeting was one on United Nations Interna tional Cooperation Year (ICY) calling for all NCW members and affiliates to promote the pur poses of ICY. Approval was also given by the board to three UN Human Rights Conventions: on the poli tical rights of women, on forced labor, and the supplementary slave convention. These three conventions will probably be con sidered by the U. S. Senate in 1965 and it was recommended that NCW organizations voice their endorsement of the conven tions when Senate hearings are begun. Besides Mrs. Lototsky, Mrs. Mary Dushnyck, UNWLA Or ganization Chairman, also at tended the three-day NCW meetings, and Mrs. Irene Padoch, UNWLA N. Y. Regional Council Org. Chairman, attended the fi nal session. M. Dushnyck UNWLA BRANCH 37 REPORT Detroit Branch 37 of UNWLA has a very charming way of let ting its members know in ad vance of scheduled events, up coming meetings, and other note worthy facts. Each member is given a Year Book, a rather for mal name for a small, but un usually handy information bro chure. The title page of the bro chure lists the founding date of both — the UNWLA and Branch 37, and the following page enu merates the organizations of which Branch 37 is a member (Federation of Women’s Clubs of Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit Regional Council of the UN WLA, Metropolitan Detroit Council on Better Literature for Youth, and the Ukrainian Con gress Committee of America). The brochure also informs its members that meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month, and lists the names, ad dresses, and telephone numbers of all Branch members. A special page lists the activi ties of the Branch for 1964-’65: October: Foods of “Sviat Ve- chir.” November: Old World Market. December: Club Gifts to Community Agencies. Janu ary: “Sviat Vechir”. February: Lesia Ukrainka M e m о r і a.l March: Games Party. May: Mother and Daughter Tea Annu al Meeting. June: UNWLA Convention in New York. Editor’s Note: The UNWLA Convention is in November, 1965, please, correct. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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