Arizona republican., 1921-12-11

and remedies is wonderful example of American realism, the kind of idealism that has its feet on earth and it's head high up in Gods sum- shine. I was particularly struck by a few sentences that came from the representative of Portugal, who said in effect that the only hindrance we could meet lay in national egotism, and that if that raised it's head in the conference we must remember those submerged millions who had suffered and were still suffering from war, and who would hold this conference to account if it failed them."
 Of the four women appointed by President Harding on the limitation of armament conference advisory committee of 21, only one, Mrs. Win ter, heads a great organization. ''So you see." says Mrs. Winter, in com menting to the general federation upon her appointment, the compli- ment Is to the federation and not to me-" But the nearly 100000 who compose the greatest woman's or ganization on earth" know and are saying through the press in first one state and another, that if their. chief had not been the woman she is, the organization she represents probably would not have received the great honor 1t has received at the hands of the president of the United States"
 The other three women serving on the committee with such men as Her bert Hoover, General Pershing, Colo mel Roosevelt, Governor Parker and others of equal note and outstanding ability, are Mrs. Katharine Edson of California, Mrs. Charles Summer Bird of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan. world trav- eler.
 Mrs. Edson is the outstanding woman of the Pacific coast in matters per- taining to women in industry and is a member of the Republican national committee.
 Mrs. Bird has done notable work in suffrage and for all causes relating to the betterment of women and was one of the very early workers in the general federation.
 Mrs. Egan is writer of note on Far Eastern questions and has had much contact with diplomatic mat ters involved.
 Committee Attends Main Sessions
 The advisory committee attends the main sessions of the conference and is seated immediately behind the American plenipotentiaries. Its work is divided under various sub- commit tees: Reduction of naval forces; re- duction of land forces: new agencies ;n warfare; the Far East and Pacific questions; general information, which means trying to keep informed as to the sentiment of the country and probably correlating such informa- ton for the use Of the man commis- sioners.
 Only Four Women on Floor
 The four women, of whom the pres ident of the General Federation of Women's Clubs Is one. are seated i'm mediately behind the American pleni- potentiaries at the armament confer ence and are the only women on the floor.
 When President Harding received the armament advisory committee he said he was proud to be the first president to recognize women by placing them on such a committee"
 The evening of the opening of the conference a reception was given to the delegates at the White House, and on the evening of the 14th Secretary Hughes and Mrs. Hughes rendered them reception at the Pan-Ameri- can building. Both events were bril- liant occasions, when blazing uni forms from all over the world out
 
 faces of men famous in their respec- tive countries and familiar through their pictures were seen on all sides"
 Washington is planning many oth CT attentions to the representatives of the conference, with special cour- tesies to the four women committee members.
 Mrs. Winter, In commenting upon the work of the committee of which she Is a member, says "The greatest influence to strength en belief in government will be the success of this conference. It needs the faith of all America and all the world-not passive faith but active faith. It needs that we all should realize the complications. the tragic financial condition of the world, the terrible economic problems of every country, the leftover hatreds and an- l tagonism of war time, and yet be- yond all the moving power which Victor Huga describes when he says. There is no force on earth so great as that of an idea whose hour has come'
 "This Is just 6 personal note of appreciation to you. my dear fedora l tion friends, for all of the faith and hope that made you ask the president of the United States to place me on