ry K. Maule in April and Misses Alice Curtis and Doris Long in
June.

One of the requirements by the National Association if financial
assistance were given was that States in campaign should secure
signatures of women on petitions. At the meeting in January
officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union agreed to take
entire charge of this work but later decided that it might injure
the chances for national prohibition. Its president, however,
Mrs. Abbie Hillerman of Sapulpa, served as an advisory member of
the Campaign Committee and with other members rendered valuable
assistance. Under the direction of Miss Curtis 58,687 signatures
were obtained.

In the meantime the Oklahoma City organization, which had for
officers a group of young women, was dissolved and their
headquarters given up. Money was needed to maintain State
headquarters, which were an absolute necessity. In June Mrs.
Henley, the chairman, sent a financial plan to all county
chairmen, asking for a certain sum from each county based on
population, wealth, etc. Some county chairmen resigned, which was
a discouragement to Mrs. Henley and to the national workers.
Early in July Mrs. Henley telegraphed her resignation to the
National Board, stating that the campaign must go by default
unless it would assume all financial obligation. Mrs. Catt, the
national president, wrote urging her not to resign and stating
that the National Association would pay salary and expenses of
all national organizers then in the field and would send other
workers as needed, providing Oklahoma would finance its State
headquarters and speakers' bureau and meet the pledge made in
April to pay salary and expenses of two workers. Mrs. Henley
remained chairman; Mary Parke London and Sally Fanny Gleaton were
sent by the board in July; Alma Sasse in August and Isabella
Sanders as headquarters secretary on September 1. Mrs. Shuler
returned from New York and took over the campaign for the final
two months, with headquarters in Oklahoma City.

All of the prominent suffragists in the State were doing war
work.... There was a depleted treasury. The Campaign Committee
was not able to pay for any workers in the field. Money was
needed for rent, postage, telegrams, stenographers' salaries,
etc. It became