The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-03
Cornelius Vanderbilt and John
Purroy Mitchell Declare Of.
ficsrs Must Be Allowed to
Express Beliefs.
ELSE CONGRESS CANNOT
ACT INTELLIGENTLY
Plea for Lifting Preparedness
Above Partisan Politics Is
Made by Chairman of Ma
tional Defense Committee.

- Louis No March % pcclara
tons that freedom of speerh pv naval
officer h. essential in order tor con-
sress tu t.t irtelliprutl, ol the uues-
ton of national prepnrcdncss and
that domccrar1 is on trial % the west.
rru hcuNrph"ro. were the dominating
notes 100 sd irca-"s b. Cornelius Van
de ni'' chairman uf New York com.
mt''c" IN national dsfeus.. aud Ma.
',r John purr"v Mitchell uf NcN
Norn. ~ the national conference ~
mayor. On national defense her, too
diy
Nj \nndrrhut urged that tho
question of national d.f,ns. b. MT.
od above IN" blame of party politics"
hnd attacked m" policies of a "fcw
impractical drc1m"r- II m. United
states spent us much as Urea, Brit.
ain i- spondiag IN two weeks on hor
nav. Ne have material for . navy
thrt would protect us from az
ch,nc. of INVASION declared Mr.
Vanderbilt ~" lrkcd mat congress
tab" immediate action to provide ade-
quIt" means of defcuse
Mayor Mitchell declared tait TO
sustain democracy iu the western
h"mi- -ph"i". y complete and adequate
national defense policy should 10
worked uut ~" sror"d go Erc.s for
NOT having pIot 'dci means Tor pro
tccting the United states iron, ,ondi.
tiouS afttr the war lie alluded t.
what he described menace IN plenty"
iu th" west Japan. to the south
the necessity for maintaining the
Monroe bugtriI" and IA. newer OBJ
legations uf Pam Amer icauism and
to 'ho east each DAY, dc,eluume 1's
In me great war
A. measures OF defense Matui Vii
chcI onphasizod the need uf ua,l.
equal to that II any other untlon
rona' drt'u-cs. strong munilr lrmr
or2auzailnu of the notions phvscsl
Resources aud universal obligatory
male militars traini1Y ~" icuicd
thar such = policy was militari-m. DO
was essentially democratic aud Amer.
ican uc said
ON the prograu Tor toda, were
George M Brown uf IN. - I.or>
branch Of the National Sccurit,
league. who wa. speak on General
ana Industrial 81 parcdnoSs Mayor
Curlc, uf Boston Richard T.. Met
raltr Of Lincoln. Mob Mr. phiup y
"ffif N' - l4.AlfH ilifHAufhA tt Nftf'
Nati"uaI council ~ Women aud for
mcr president Of ia. General Fedora
tiun uf Women clubs H.nr, \. Miu
Wood Henry T. West of New N"rk
executive secretary of the National
Security league Mayor George J
knrh uI columbus -. Roland -
Usher of Washington unisrrsity So
Louis who WIS to sprak on TN, Eu.
ropean View uf the Monroe Doctrine
Mayor g. r. sebastian Of Lus Angeles
Who Wa to speak uu Projection of
th- Pacific Cudst Mayor Ychrman
of Sew orleans MAYOR . ~. beHticy
of wichita Kan Mayor Jonas Fish.s
uf Wilhumsport Pa
Mayor William Hale Thompson or
Dhi'tgu has been asked tu preside tf
no. INST session SATURDAY Nddre-sr-
are expected from FREDERICK E.. Huid.-
kuper ~ Washington. l. e.. uu MiiI-
tirv History aud puIcy. owen Miller
pt - Louis scCretars ~ the Amer
ioau Federation of MusiClaH-. ON La
hpf and Preparedness Mrs Linden
" Bates uf New iurk, chairman ut
the woman section uf the movement
Tor national defense Cornelius VAN
d"rbilt chairman uf the New YORK
defrns. committee Of one thousand
Mator Junu =. Mitchell ot New
YORK VIII preside AZ the session sat
urddy afternoon Speakers at tha'
meeting Vil W,ludc Mayor Dahhuau
/ Of Omaha George ~ Wtrkrr-hanI.
former attoruo, general uf the I Initrd
states and Robert Bacon of Boston
forWer secretary ~ state.
\ banqurt saturday MINT viii cluso