Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-28
ALL SESSIONS OF
LEAGUE CONGRESS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Particular Interest Attached
to Friday Evening Meeting,
EX-President Taft Will
Speak

Every one of the six sessions OF
the Southern Congress Of the League
Of Nations, which is to be held al
the Auditorium Armory Friday ant
Saturday, will be of profound inter
est not only to the thousands OF
delegates who gather from every
t the south. but to every
citizen Of Atlanta who is interest
ed in the formation of league OF
nations. of which the United States
is to be a powerful member.
All sessions are open to the pub
lie There will be reservations fol
the delegates, but no other reserva'
tions will be made. Owing to the
tremendous interest that has beer
aroused, it is probable that the I'M
mense hall Will be filled at every
session.
Particular interest is attached tc
the Friday evening session, fol
which a great program has been ar
ranged. Owing to illness. DR.. Frank
Crane, the noted feature writer. will
be unable to attend, but his place
mas been taken by q member of the
expeditionary forces. Captain Thorn
as G. Chamberlain, First battalion
dun, Flanders and Chateau-Thierry
who will make an address on the
subject of the war.
Elk President Taft, who, as presi-
dent of the League to Enforce Peace,
under whose auspices the congress
is being held, will appear on Friday
morning at the opening Of the con-
vention, and again on Saturday
night, which is labor night. On
Sat "'ght, the hall will be
filled with those especially interest
ed in labor problems. The presence
Of Jerome Jones, of Atlanta, editor
of the Journal of Labor, and Frank
n Lob jof oh oirT1o nf
the war labor board, will prove a
powerful magnet to labor circles.
Each session will treat of special
subject, appealing in particular to
special classes, but to which all
classes are urged to attend. The
subject Of the league of nations will
be approached from every angle.
President Taft is not delivering a
set speech to all congresses. He is
taking up the developm .nts of the
day on the subject of the league,
and is treating these developments
fully. Some of his recent utterances
have attracted nationwide atten-
ton especially in rebuttal to the
statements of certain reactionary
senator's who are opposed to Presi-
dent Wilson'S plan.
Following is the program for the sessions
Friday and Saturday:
u Friday MGTn5ns sfssiG Plain Seces
sity for League of Nations"
America '-Standing.
Invocation-Dr: Walter Anthony.
Call to order by S. G. Dobbs, president
Atlanta chamber of commerce.
Hon. CLARK Howell, president, chairman
congress committee on organization, will as
sumo charge of meeting.
Address by Hon. William Howard Taft,
president League to Enforce Peace.
Address by DR.. A. Lawrence Lowell, pres
dent Harvard university.
Afternoon Eession
1890 P. M.-Executive luncbeon-Pied-
2:30 ?. M.-Auditorium.
American Interest and a League Of Ma
tions"
Address by Mr.. Edward A. Filene, direc-
tor chamber of commerce Of the United
Address by DR.. George Grafton Wilson,
professor Of international law, Harvard uni.
versity.
Address BY Mr.. Robert r. Maddox, presi.
dent American Bankers association.
Address by Dean e. G. Branson, professor
vt rural economics and sociology, University
nf North Carolina. 90
Address by the Hon. Henry Morgenthau,
formerly ambassador TO Turkey.
Evening Session
S:15 p. M.-Auditoriutn.
American Ideals and a League of Ma.
tions.'
Address by the Hon. James W. Gerard.
formerly ambassador to Germany
Address by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, hon.
oTary president National Woman's Suffrage
association.
Address by the Hon. Henry Van Dyke,
formerly minister to the Netherlands.
Address by Captain Thomas G. Chamber
lain. First battalion aircraft artillery, A,
E.. F.
Saturday Morning Session
10 A NJ, Auditorium-''R Religious, Social
Progress and a League of Nations
Addresses by Mrs. Philip North Moore,
president National Council of Women; Rt.
Rev. BENJAMIN J. Kelley, bishop of Sa-
vannah; Bishop W. A. Gambler, bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South;
DR.: Charles q. Brown, dean, School of Re
igtop, Yale university.
lib A. M.-Caucuses Of State Dele
gates
IL Noon-Lunchcon to lady delegates BY
the Drama League, Capital City club.
Afternoon Session
2:S0 p. M, Auditorium Responsibility
Of the American Democracy for Establishing
a League of Nations"
Addresses by the Hon. Henry Van Dyke.
formerly minister to the Netherlands; Ed
ward A. Filene, executive committee,
League to Enforce Peace
P. M.--Reports from state caucuses.
Evening Session
S:15 P. NJ, Auditorium--"Labor's De-
mand for League of Nations
Addresses by the Hon. Frank P. Walsh
form erly joint chairman war labor board
Mr.. Jerome Jores, organizer A. F. L.,
editor Journal of Labor: Hon. William How
ard Taft joint chairman war labor board