the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee.
Suffrage work was in no wise suspended but the more active forms of
propaganda were held in abeyance. The Federal Amendment was endorsed
in no uncertain terms and the following resolution was adopted:
"Whereas, the Senate will soon vote on the Federal Suffrage Amendment,
therefore, be it resolved, by the suffragists of Alabama assembled in
their sixth annual convention, that the U. S. Senators, John H.
Bankhead and Oscar W. Underwood, be, and they hereby are, earnestly
petitioned to forward the march of democracy, to carry out the policy
of the Democratic administration and to represent truly the wishes of
the women of their own State by supporting this amendment and voting
for it when it comes up in the Senate."

It was reported that the State association had energetically
cooperated with the National in all its suggestions and plans and
notwithstanding the efforts made to raise money for the purposes of
the war it had collected over $10,000 for State suffrage work and more
than paid its pledge of $1,000 to the national treasury. Thousands of
copies of U. S. Senator Shafroth's speech, the gift of the Leslie
Suffrage Commission, had been mailed to the rural voters. The clergy
had been requested to speak on woman suffrage in their sermons on
"mothers' day" and many responded. Miss Lola Trax, the State
organizer, reported a chairman in all but two counties. Each of the
State's representatives in Congress had been interviewed. Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, the national president, had lectured in seven places and
Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, national vice-president, in five. The
petitions for the Federal Amendment were being circulated.

The Alabama delegates to the national convention in March, 1919,
learned while there that the Federal Amendment was likely to be passed
by Congress in time for action to be taken on its ratification by the
Legislature of the State, which had been called to meet July 8. They
went before the National Board and secured the promise of definite
help, which was to consist of literature, press work and organizers,
and certain obligations were undertaken on the part of the State. The
National Association did more even than it promised and the State
suffragists made heroic efforts to live up to their part of the
contract.

On May 1 the campaign was under way although the amendment had not yet
been submitted. A Ratification Committee was appointed by the
president consis