why were they silent so long? It was necessary for them to withdraw from the Council in protest against the contrived errors taking place.
Kaddoura: I am a member of the said Council, and I can defend the women's contingent! We came in upon a deficit of 7 million lira, and we managed to check the affliction, if not to root it out; then we put an end to the policy of sparing people's feelings.. Would that our sessions were public, to be broadcast to the people, so that they might follow the course of affairs step by step.
Malik: I long to see woman prove her existence in practice. We must allow her to work first, and then judge her success or failure; and I appreciate the difficulties before her (Mrs. Tadros has mentioned some of them), but what concerns us now is to discuss how to help her.. We might begin with a campaign of speeches, to convince public opinion and to breathe a new spirit into woman that will move her to exercise her right without pressure; and even if we lose the first battle, we shall thereby be laying the first stone for the building of tomorrow.
Kaddoura: The responsibility for guidance falls upon the League of Women's Organizations in Lebanon, which comprises some 106 associations, and we have
Where is the practical side of the matter? asks Eva Malik.
many experiences from the past: all our success has rested on the basis of guidance and persuasion, and the defiance of difficulties.. I believe it has become necessary for the said League to create a women's party embracing all the elements and directed according to a drawn-up policy.
Malik: I do not see the practical side.. I insist that we begin with the first practical step.
Kaddoura: I believe the practical step will lie in propaganda.. strong propaganda everywhere. In the tramways, in the salons, the cinema houses, and the streets.. Its slogan shall be: "He who buys you will sell you".. Dignity is more precious than money; and naturally it is the League that must undertake this guidance, since it embraces all the women's elements.
Qaranful: But the League is spread over several regions; how can we support a woman candidate in the South, for example?
Kaddoura: Our propaganda, I believe, will be her greatest support.
Tadros: I return to the subject of guidance.. I do not say we are
I return to the subject of guidance — it should have begun long ago, says Janette Tadros.
