Family Interest In Politics

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 2

Family Interest In Politics

American politics plays a large part in the lives of a mother and daughter, who will spend the next five weeks in Christchurch.

They are Mrs Laura Moore, the wife of Professor F. G. Moore, chairman of the Business Administration Graduate School of the University of

Michigan, and their 22-year-old daughter, Priscilla, who has recently graduated from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, with a B.A. in Spanish. Mrs Moore, who taught history and government at Elmhurst College before her marriage, has a doctorate from Ohio State University. She is a former president, and remains a member of the Ann Arbor League of Women

Voters. The league, which has branches in every State, was founded in 1920, to educate women in politics. The league changed its policy when it found it could not interest all women in politics. Today, at national level, it supported the United Nations and worked towards freer trade policies, said Mrs Moore.

In Michigan it worked for a new constitution and was now concerned with all Government policies, programmes and problems. Part of its work centred on public welfare.

“We need more and better welfare legislation to improve proceedings and the public

assistance programme,” said Mrs Moore.

The league also was concerned with water pollution and was looking towards the time when a growing population would need a larger and pure water supply in its metropolitan areas. The league also held political meetings, at which candidates were presented to the public. In addition, it kept an eye on the proceedings of county governments. Mrs Moore said she was also chairman of her local

citizens’ council and a member of the Federation of University Women. Although deeply interested in politics, Mrs Moore does not think she would be interested in standing for public office. She enjoys craftwork, art and interior decorating. Her daughter was an active member of the Democratic Student Party at her college. Next autumn she will go to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to teach Spanish.