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38 Women Law. J. 12 (1951-1952)
Lawyers in the News

handle is hein.journals/wolj38 and id is 118 raw text is: WOMEN LAWYERS JOURNAL Lawyers in the News Judge Hughes Endorsed Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas, Texas, immediate past president of the National Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs and Senator Margaret Chase Smith, of Maine, won the unique distinction of being the first women to be endorsed as candidates for the Vice Presidency of the United States. On the opening day of the Biennial convention in Boston of the National Federation of B&PW clubs, a boom was launched for a woman for vice president and a resolution submitted by the New York State Federation, was immediately and enthusiastically adopted. In accepting the endorsement Judge Hughes commented that she had no objection to the endorsement, but I am not so naive as to think that we are likely to elect a woman for Vice President this year, but I do think we should get into the arena and start to fight. Two NAWL members were success- ful candidates for national B&PW of- fices, e.g., Marguerite Rawalt (Wash- ington, D. C., past president of NAWL) was elected first vice presi- dent and Hazel Palmer (Missouri) second vice president. Illinois Judge Vera M. Binks was a candidate for third vice president. The legislative platform as ap- proved by the Federation at its 1952 biennial convention favored advance- ment. of the position of women and use of women's full capacities as citizens, by means of (1) equal rights amendment to the United States Con- stitution, (2) jury service for women, (3) equal pay for equal work, and (4) removal of and prevention of discriminations on the basis of age, sex or marital status. Also endorsed was support of legislation to promote peace and national defense; opposi- tion to compulsory government con- trolled health insurance and medical care, and civil service appointment based on competitive examinations except for the five and ten prefer- ence points allowed veterans, and re- tention and promotion of employees based on efficiency and length of service. Military Tribunal Most impressive is the story of GRACE KANODE LLEWELLYN, of Washington, D. C., an assistant prose- cutor in the war crimes trial of Gen- eral Tojo, et al., and the first and only women ever to participate in an In- ternational Military Tribunal. Upon being presented before the Interna- tional Military Tribunal, Sir William Webb said: We welcome you cordially. You are the first woman to appear be- fore an International Military Tri- bunal. The Tribunal consisted of mem- bers (judges) from eleven nations and the accused were twenty-eight Japanese warlords. In connection with this assignment, Mrs. Llewellyn did all of the research regarding the military and economic aggression of the Japanese in the Far East, her particular fields being Inner and Outer Mongolia and Manchuria. She went to Japan just two months after General MacArthur, in 1945, and upon completion of the special assignment returned home about a year later. Upon her return Amer- ica and the Future-Subversiveness was written by Mrs. Llewellyn and published in September, 1949, copies of which were distributed to mem- bers of the Senate and Congressmen. Assignment K - Tokyo is the subject of a personal narrative she is now writing, publication of which is being held up until her return from a trip she is now making to the Far East to bring back the last word of information.

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