New-York tribune., 1916-01-18
Advocates of Birth Con
irOI Arrange for Escort
TO Court day.
ACCUSED HONORED
ON EVE OF TRIAL
More than 2pC Men ard Women
attend Dinner Given
for Her.

Nrs. Margaret Sanger. who is 20 20
on trial today in the Federal Court
for circulating literature concerning
birth control, Wa The guest Of honor
a. dinner given b. aer friends end
Importers at tho Hotel Breyoort last
night. More chan two hundred men
and women of New York were present.
Il vas agreed that representatives
should NEE. az The hotel this morning
and escort Mrs. Sanger 10 the court
room. m order TO Impress both tn"
Judge and the citizens Of New York
with the fact that pu5ic opinion is al
last aroused to the polnt Of demanding
4 modification oi the present laws deal
ing v',h tho subject o. iho limitation
Of od,prirg. Mr. Sanger last night
made ples for support in her dght.
She said:
"To the charges that ! was hy7teri-
cal. too emotional, that ! was defiant
and too radical ] plead guilty, but my
motives at least were sincere what /
advocated has been the belize Of Aris-
totlc and Plato and every wise thinking
man ever since
This imposing gathering tonight ia
proof that in spite OF my mistakes IN
Judgment. the intelligent and construc-
tive thinkers OF this community are
aroused. Ny request TO you on the eve
Of my trial is that all you social work
ers. who are so much better fitted than
10 carry on this fight, shall organize
the interest aroused by my trial.
Il hope that by this time tomorrow
the United States will have been put
on the map beside the other civilized
countries of the world which have laws
regulating this subject.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, as chairman
Of the after-dinuer programme, read
several letters from prominent support
ers of the movement, who were unaDIe
to be present. among them beng Mr'
and Mrs. Amos Pinchot and the Rev.
Percy Stickney Grant.
II vas apparent from the very out.
set that there was great diversity OF
opinion concerning the details OF the
birth control campaign.
Mrs. larry Ware bennett represent
ed one faction, the National blrth
Control League. which believed IN
permitting free general discussion o.
the problems involved. Miss Henri
eta RoIman, was allowed the same
space Of time TO present the poHcy OF
the Committee on Birth Control, whose
theory is that Only physicians should
b allowed 20 give the information
concerning birth control 10 their pa
tients.
DR.. Ira 5. Vile spoke words repre-
sentative of both factions, and voiced
the real sentiment OF the gathering
which was more Interested on TINS ISr'
ticular occasion in defending MIS-
Sanger than in the details OF the
propaganda.
said. "is not whether We believe IN Mrs
Sanger's doctrines in detail, or whether
we believe in any other DEFINITE torHl
Of campaign. for many OF Us nave NOT
/ set arrived az any decision on the mat
ter at all. Tonight we are here 20
show our belief in the principle OF
free discussion Of this problem.
DR.. Abraham Jacob declared that IN
+ ffty wears there would be no more
Americans. but only people Of Euro
mean descent in this country.
"We are always behind the times over
here" he said. I'VE should have
learned these things from, Europe
where every great country has birth
control laws. but the only thing we
have been willing 70 learn from Europe
IS preparedness. We have yet 20 see
That there are things to learn about
preparedness in many other subjects
besides armaments.
Mrs stokes read the passages from
The Woman Rebel" for the circula-
ton Of which in the United States
mail Mrs. Sanger j. to be tried today
Dr.. A. /. GoldWster and Mrs. Elsie
Cleys Parsons were the last speakers.
Among those present were Mrs. Har-
riot Stanton Batch, Miss Fola La Fol;
lctte. Miss Rachel Crotnerss' Mr. sho
Mrs. Herbert Croly. Mrs. J. Sergeant
cram. Mrs. Sara Bard Field and Miss
Frances Jolifrc. George Middleton,
Frederick v: Robinson. Mrs: Ogden
Marion B. Cothren, Miss Helen Todd.
Miss Jessie Ashley, Paul Kennedy and