FIVE MILION WOMEN VOTERS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1928, Page 8

FIVE MILION WOMEN VOTERS

CONSTITUENCIES BEING COMPLETELY CANVASSED LABOUR’S LACK OF FUNDS. LONDON, ‘Sept. IS. The “Daily Mail” says the wooing of 5,250,000 women voters who for the first time will be exercising .their franchise in the .1929 poll is already leading to intense rivalry. The organisers of all parties are preparing for vigorour activity. • ' ' Each party chairman Messrs J. L. t,. Davidson (Conservative), A Henderson (Labour) and Sir Herbert Samuel (Liberal) is assisted by women well versed in political wooing. ‘ The Conservative administrator of the women’s branch, also the party’s deputy principal agent, is Miss Mar-jor-je Maxse, who is quiet-mannered, pleasant-faced, young and a graceful speaker, who has organised a complete canvass of the constituencies. Local organisations will be carried out during the whole of the summer, with a. view to securing advance promises of support. She is now ■ planning an, intensive political educational campaign. The Conservatives are well satisfied' with results thus far. The Liberals are organising a house to house canvass, especially aiming to women voters, beginning in November and lasting throe months. They, are spending large amounts of the Lloyd George fund in East Anglia, where they arc making great efforts to capture seats. The Labourites are anxious,; owing to the shortage of’ funds • as a result of the Act freeing trades unionists from the obligation to contribute' to political funds, which admittedly is halving the revenue formerly received from the unions. Nevertheless, they claim thir organisation is in good trim and is progressing greatly in the industrial centres, where active shop stewards have secured promises from factory girls to support the 1 Labour candidates. ;