From the Notebook of the Recording Secretary

A special session was held at the Military Club on Wednesday, January 3, to amend the constitution; the change of the Union's name from “Arab” to simply “Lebanese” was one of the amendments.

* A committee was elected, composed of Sitt Ibtihaj Kaddoura as president, and Mesdames Ni'mat Qaranful, Hassan Daouk, Janette Tadros, Najla Kfoury, Hayat Beyhum, Hasiba Freije, and Anissa Najjar as members, to look into ways of nourishing the Union financially. It decided that a soirée should be held at the Saint-Georges Hotel for this purpose.

* Our delegates to the Executive Committee of the Women's Organizations reported that the question of woman's rights is moving slowly in government circles owing to the remoteness of the coming elections, while the non-political organizations support it with enthusiasm.

* The Misses Mary Hanania and Hamideh al-Sheikh were added to the Committee for Publicity and Publication.

* It was decided to ask Mrs. Aminah Khoury Makdisi to speak about her journey to the congresses in the United States, at a special session in the latter part of this February.

* The president of the Union, Mrs. Evelyne Bustros, laid out a new direction the Union is taking in its work: the village woman, and her revival economically, politically, and socially. A committee was elected of the following ladies: the wife of Mr. Albert Rihani as president, and the wife of the engineer Fouad Najjar and Mr. Rashed Rishani as members, to study the ways and means and report on the matter at the next meeting.