[2] Women over age of 30—Bill to reduce age to 21 has passed its second reading.
[3] No sex qualification for voting in constitution. Women haze so far not availed themselves of their right to note, but are expected to do so in the coming elections.
[4] To be confirmed, in 1920.
APPENDIX 3
Resolutions Demanding Investigations
Resolution (171) to authorize an Investigation of the District of Columbia Workhouse.
Introduced in the House by Miss Jeannette Rankin, Representative from Montana.
October 5, 1917.
Text of Resolution:
Resolved, That a select committee of seven Members of the House of Representatives be appointed by the Speaker to investigate the administration of the District of Columbia Workhouse at Occoquan, Virginia, and to report thereon as early as possible during the second session of the Sixty-fifth Congress. Said committee is authorized to sit during the recess in Washington, District of Columbia and elsewhere, to subpoena witnesses, and to call for records relating to the said workhouse. To defray the necessary expenses of such investigation, including the employment of clerical assistance, the committee is authorized to expend not to exceed 1,000 from the contingent fund of the House.
Resolution (130) to authorize an Investigation of Mob Attacks on Suffragists.