On February 25, 1917, by a vote of 63 to 18, NAWSA – with Catt as its president – offered the women’s services to the government of the United States “in the event they should be needed, and in so far as we are authorized, we pledge the loyal support of our more than two million members.” NAWSA made clear that its work for suffrage would continue since it was “the protective of all other rights.” On April 2, 1917, President Wilson went before Congress to request a declaration of war. The position paper from NAWSA with Catt as its president led to her ejection from the Woman’s Peace Party as well as hard feelings between her and its small cohort of pacifists.