Evening star., 1921-11-09
Mr.. Hughes Greets Commit
tee at Initial Session, Out
lining Duties.
NAMED
TO ARRANGE FOR WORK
Small Groups Will Be Assigned
Various Subjects Which Come
Up for Study.

The first meeting of the advisory
committee to the American delegates
to the arms limitation conference was
held this morning at II o'clock in the
diplomatic room at the State Depart
ment. adjoining Secretary Hughes
office. Assembled to greet them were
the four delegates plenipotentiary to
the conference, Secretary Hughes,
former Senator Root. Senator Lodge
and Senator Underwood.
The members of the committee at
tending the meeting were George
Sutherland. Charles S. Barrett. Mrs.
Charles Sumner Bird. Mrs. Katherine
Phillips Edison. Mrs. Eleanor Franklin
tary Of state: Samuel Gompers. Her
bert c. Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce; John L. Lewis. John NJ Par
ker. governor of Louisiana: Gen.
John J. Pershing. U: S. A.: Repre-
miral w. L. Rogers, U. S. NJ: Theo-
dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of
the Navy; former Senator Willard
salisbury. Harold NJ. Sewall. Walter
George Smith. Carmi A. Thompson,
William Boyce Thompson. J. May
y
Of war. and Mrs. Thomas c. Winter.
Basil Miles. secretary to the Amer
lean delegates. also was present.
After brief session the committee
adjourned to meet tomorrow at
o'clock for complete organization and
for the appointment of subcommit-
tees.
Sutherland Heads subcommittee.
Before adJourning. a subcommittee
on organization was appointed to re-
port tomorrow. 1t consists of MIR.
Sutherland. chairman ex officio: I'm
der Secretary of State Fletcher. for
mer Senator Salisbury. Mrs. Egan,
Admiral Rodgers and Samuel Com
pers.
recommending a secretary and other
general officers. Is expected to draw
up scheme Of .subcommittees,s to
which various subjects can be as
signed for sstudgssr< <itsisa asanlse4r
ed on = plan fDIlowing roughiyathei
series of subjects, which are on the
program OF the armaments confer
eEce.
Secretary Hughes called the meeting
half Of the American delegates. sec-
retary Hughes referred only in the
most broad and general way to the
scope of the duties Of the advisory
committee. which would be to give
the American delegates the benefit of
their assistance. judgment and advice.
Naval Program Understood.
The naval program Of the American
delegates was not laid before the COM
mittee at today's meeting.
Former Senator Sutherland was
unnimously chosen chairman of the ad-
visory committee. Mr.. Sutherland.
H~~ of <Ha
mittee, voiced their appreciation of the
high honor conferred upon them by Pres
ident Harding in asking them to par
ticipate in the profoundly important
work OF the coming conference on linn
itation of armament and far eastern
and Pacific questions.
He pledged the hearty cooperation Of
all the members of the committee and
their intention to give their best at
tention and most devoted service to the
cause in which they had been enlisted
by the President.
Tomorrows meeting will be held in
a room permanently assigned to the
advisory committee in the Navy build
ing. In this room it is expected that
the real work of the advisory COM
mittee will be done as the confer
ence progresses.
No plans were made today FOR the
committee to call on President Har-
ding, but 1T was indicated thai such
a visit probably would take place he
fore the conference Is called to order
on Saturday.