Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1919 — To Merge Women War Societies. [ARTICLE]

To Merge Women War Societies.

Indiana[>olis, April 18. —The national headquarters of the War Mothers of America announced that woman s war work organizations formed while the war was in progress have been asked to attend a meeting in Baltimore, Md., next autumn at which a merger of the various bodies will be considered. The one big organization, as proposed by officers of the Wyr Mothers of America, would have as its chief objects the promotion of “patriotism and peace, •and the brotherhood of man.” The organizations which have been asked to participate in the merger convention Include the Mothers’ Club of the Service Flag, Detroit. Mich.; War Mothers’ association, New York city ; Mothers of World Victory, Southern states; Mothers of Democracy, Pittsburgh, Pa., and San Francisco, Cal.; Daughters of the Nation. New England states, with headquartefs at Boston, Mass.; Sammies’ Mothers’ clubs, lowa and Nebraska, and Next of Kin, Kansas and other states. One of the names suggested for the new organization is “The League of the Service Star.”