Decision

The 2,000,000 clubwomen of America--represented by 3,000 delegates and alternates attending the Golden Jubilee Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs--last week faced the issues of a world at war. Senators Wheeler and Pepper debated the issue of intervention before them. They heard Colonel Bill Donovan, recently returned from Europe as an Administration emissary, urge all-out aid to Britain. The response was extraordinary for the generally well-mannered meetings of the Federation. The galleries booed and cheered with organized isolationist efficiency.

The galleries, however, were open to spectators at sof a head. The real sentiment of the convention became apparent later. The Federation's leaders, including Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, newly elected president, were anything but isolationists.

The delegates seemed puzzled by the young women who handed out leaflets showing flag-draped coffins and the legend: "Will one of these bundles from Britain be your son?" When the delegates came to voting, they went just as far on foreign policy as Franklin Roosevelt had gone. They voted enthusiastically in favor of as much aid to Britain as may be necessary to defeat the Nazis. They voted heartily in favor of all-out national defense. They assessed themselves 50% extra in national dues to raise $100,000 for the Federation's national defense program.

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