favorable action on the Federal Amendment by the House of
Representatives. The committee could not arrange for a special
interview but finally saw him by going to the White House at the hour
set aside for the reception of the general public and made their
request. The President was cordial and said that he was giving the
matter careful consideration and hoped soon to take a decided stand
which he thought the suffragists would find satisfactory. The speakers
were its chairman, Mrs. Feickert, Mrs. Van Winkle and Miss Melinda
Scott, who represented the organized working women of New Jersey.

In April, 1914, the State headquarters were transferred to Plainfield,
the home of the president, who took charge of them. Board meetings
were held in different sections of the State each month, followed by
open conferences for suffragists from the nearby towns. Each of these
was attended by from 50 to 250 and resulted in greatly increased
activity in the branches. During the summer a number of county
automobile tours were made, a "flying squadron" of decorated cars
going from town to town, holding meetings and distributing literature.
These tours were well worked up and advertised and very successful. A
great deal of the work connected with them was done by Miss Florence
Halsey, a volunteer field organizer.

During July a week of suffrage meetings was held in Asbury Park, the
auditorium there given free on condition that there should be debates
and not merely presentations of suffrage. Over a hundred columns of
publicity were secured for them in the New Jersey papers and during
the week the hotels of Asbury Park and nearby resorts were canvassed
and thousands of leaflets and circulars given out. This year over
300,000 pieces of literature were distributed by the State association
and the Political Union. A weekly press service was established by the
association and news bulletins and special stories were sent regularly
to over one hundred papers. The local branches of the association
increased to 96 and of the Political Union to 15, with a membership of
22,000 and 4,000 respectively. At the annual convention of the
association held in Camden in November the new officers elected were,
second vice-president, Mrs. Robert P. Finley; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Bayard Naylor; recording secretary, Mrs. L. H. Cummings. All
attention and action were centered on the approaching campaign.

The resolution to submit the amendment had passed t