OVERSEAS TIDINGS

White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 5, 1 June 1948, Page 3

OVERSEAS TIDINGS

From the “World Bulletin" we learn the following, which clears up the mystery of the “Light Liners." Some Convention delegates wondered what the term signified. N.B.—A Light Line Union is one that contributes $5 or £1 to the World's VV.C.T.U, and subscribes for the National Union’s magazine to be sent to a foreign missionary. The Light Unions are a great help to the World’s Funds. Also lrom the “Bulletin” we have the following very interesting and informative report: U.N.O. In September, a tvvo-dav conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations was held at Lake Success, New York. Miss Helen G. H. Estelle, President New York State Union, and Miss Elizabeth A. Smart, National L’.S.A Legislative Director, were our representatives. We were invited to send an entry for the Exhibition, and Mr. Geoffrey Staunton (nephew of Miss Dorothy Staunton. England), was commissioned to make a poster. It was large and colourful, sensitively executed* and artistically arranged. At the head of it were the name of the Union, date and name of founder, the motto, description of badge. VVe have National Unions in 44 countries, and 29 of these are member countries of U.N.O. The flags of these were portrayed in an oval design linked by a waving band of white ribbon, tied in a bow at the base. Inside the oval were these words: “The VV.VV.C.T.U. forwards the common cause of the United Nations by Departmental Educational Work as follows CHILD WELFARE CITIZENSHIP: FILMS: HEALTH and NUTRITION: MORAL WELFARE: NARCOTIC DRUGS:PEACE and ARBITRATION: and by maintaining an International Correspondence Bureau for Young People. “The VV.W.C.T U. advocates the per- % sonal and national advantages of abstinence from intoxicants, of the sanctification of the home, and of an equal standard of liberty and purity for both sexes.” At the close of the conference, Miss Estelle and Mis.' Smart dined with Mrs. and Miss Boole, taking the poster (or them to see. It is hoped to gel small reproductions made eventually.