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Dalas Women Among Leaders atMeet

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ADMITTING THAT "men are
in need of learning the lang-
uage of women and it is pos-
sible that I may not know the
language," Gov. Smith said,
"The main purpose of this
meeting is to talk and to listen
and to find out what women
are saying.
"There is discrimination be-
cause of sex in our state," he
said, "and our aim is justice
for every citizen. "We want
your recommendations to recti-
fy injustices."
The governor called for more
of the 100,000 Texas women to
enter businesses and professions
and -become "a viable force in
Texas government. Everybody,"
he said, "killed Cinderella bet-
ter in the ballroom than among
the cinders in the kitchen."
IN LATER ACTION, the gov-
ernor appointed  Lela  Banks
Cockerell of San Antonio as
vice chairman of the commis-
sion. Mrs. Cockerell, a former
San   Antonio  councilwoman,
has long been a potent force for
women's rights in the state.
Originally from Fort Worth,
she is a graduate of Southern
Methodist University.
Sen. Barbara Jordan of Hous-
ton followed Gov. niith to the
poium and in response to the
governor's notation that she is
the only woman in the Texas
Senate, said:
"Sometimes one's enough!
"It is time," she admonished,
"that women get involved in po-
litical action aside from licking
stamps and sealing envelops. I
have licked my last stamp. Men
can also lick stamps and make
coffee and clean up."
Accepting her responsibilities
as parliamentarian of the con-
ference, Sen. Jordan said:
"We will use Roberts Rules
of Order when it suits our pur-
poses and we will write our own
rules when they don't because
this day is the first of a bold
new thrust for the women of
of Texas."
JUDGE SARAH T. HUGHES
blamed her sex for some of the
"tradition and custom that keeps
women blocked from policy-
making positions. You are too
humble about your abilities,"
she said. "One of the joys of
running for public office is that
you can tell people how good

you are. Women must believe
in themselves. Don't wait for
somebody to pluck you out. I
didn't get to be a federal judge
because I waited for President
Kennedy to come to Texas and
find me, and Sen. Jordan did
not get her job by sitting at home
and waiting for the men to pick
her out and elect her.
"HAVE THE COURAGE to
speak out! Develop the zeal of
your pioneer ancestors. You can
do it yourself, you don't need
somebody to do it for you."
Gently chiding the governor for
his references to some of the out-
standing women in history,
Judge Hughes said:
"We have had progress at a
snail's pace . and we have no
cause for congratulations." She
pointed out that there have been
only two women in the Presi-
dent's cabinet and none since
1954, that no woman has ever set
on the Supreme Court, that of
the 535 members annually of
congress, only 76 in all of his-
tory have been women; that
there is no woman among the
White House advisers, and only
3 of the 200 top level federal
positions are headed by women.
"The President's Task Force re-
port on women issued in April
1970 is gathering dust," she said.
COMPARING     THE    PROG-
RESS of women with the prog-
ress of the blacks, Judge Hughes
pointed out: "Mayors of three
of the countries large cities-
Gary, Cleveland and Newark-
are black and the deputy mayor
of Atlanta is black. But there
are no women mayors in any
of the country's large cities."
Admonishing women to go out
and run for office, she admitted
that a woman candidate needs
today to add an additional 13
per cent support to begin with

an equal chance with a man
to win.
"YOU ARE GOING back to
your cities and see to it that
your legislator favors this bill
(to create the permanent com-
mission)," Judge Hughes told
the women.
"Let's give our governor an
opportunity to put info action
what he's promised."
Speaking at the luncheon Con-
gresswoman Martha Griffiths
supported  the   equal  rights
amendment that she has wrested
from committee and that was
overwhelmingly passed by the
House of Representatives. Now
before the Senate, the bill would
remove all legal discriminations
against women.
"YOU ARE NOT A person
according to the -14th amend-
ment," Rep. Griffiths said. "The
constitution  does not protect
women and for 98 years women
have tried to win equal status
before the Supreme Court. None
ever has.-
"In which century are we go-
ing to become humari beings?
"We need to rethink our ideas
Twin Woods Club
To Begin Season
Twin Woods Garden Club will
resume its activities for the new
club season with an executive
board meeting Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Russell Gardiner,
2822 Whitewood Drive.
The club will hold a general
meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 at the
home of Mrs. Raymond M.
Crawford Jr., 2647 Southwood
Drive. Mrs. Raymond Hess will
present a program on "Preserv-
ing Is Conserving" concerning
the treating and drying of flow-
ers and foliage.

of what is fair. Men don't try
to make laws unequal but from
the way legislators act, they
must think that every little girl
is born with a rich daddy who
hands her over to a rich hus-
band."
THE WORST LAWS IN the
land are the federal laws, Rep.
Griffiths said. She cited: "The
Federal Housing Administration
wil not guarantee a loan to a
woman. You pay Socal Security
on the same basis as a man, but
your husband can't draw if you
are unemployed and until re-
cently neither could your chil-
dren. A working couple pays on
both incomes, but they can't
draw on both.
"There are 31,000,000 'srking
women in the United States,"
Rep. Griffiths, who had spent
Friday night at the LBJ ranch
as guest of the Lyndon John-
sons, said, "but the laws do not
take care of the women who
helped to make the money."
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS at
the commission meeting over-
flowed their assigned rooms as
women talked about laws, edu-
cation and counseling, money
and day care needs. Among the
Dallas women taking prominent
roles in the conference were
Louise Raggio, secretary, who
presented the proposed bill to
make the commission perma-
nent; Mary Miller and Judge
Hughes, both workshop leaders;
and resource conferees Rhobia
Taylor, Anita  Marcus, Julia
Scott Reid, Thelma Whalen, An-
nette Strauss and Esther Lipshy.