 Though the women were able to pass a resolution in favor of the treaty, the larger Pan-American conference did not pass the legislation either in 1936 or in 1938 when Stevens was ousted from the CIM.Vergara resigned from MEMch in 1937, along with Caffarena, when it became apparent that the Communist members were trying to remake the organization to focus solely on the issues faced by working class women.Then in 1939 both she and Chamúdez were ousted from the communist party and moved to the United States.