Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-02
4 WOMEN WILL
PARTICIPATE IN
ARMS CUT MEET
Harding Names an Advisory
Committee and a Techni-
cal Staff, Completing Sc
lection of Delegation.
lBy The Associated Press

a nleTlCdIl ublcBullOll W Tie dIIld
ment conference today by the ap-
pointment of an advisory commit
tee of twenty-one to act with the
four principal delegates. and a
technical staff OF thirty-four to
provide data and expert opinion on
military, naval and Far Eastern
questions.
George Sutherland, a former SEN
ator from Utah. was designated
chairman of the advisory commit
tee, which will number among it's
eral Pershing, Rear Admiral w. L..
eral Pershing Rear Admiral w. l..
Rodgers, President Samuel Comp
ers of the American Federation of
Labor, and President Charles S.
Barrett Of the farmers union. Four
members are women.
Technical Advisers.
In the group of selected techni-
cal advisers Maj. Gen. j. G. Har-
bord, deputy chief of staff under
General Pershing, heads the eight
army officers. while Admiral Rob-
ert e. Coontz, chief of operations,
leads that of the navy.
Associated with them will be
twelve officials of the state depart
ment, headed by John Van A. Mac
Murray. chief Of the Far Eastern
division, and a half dozen men
selected from other executive de-
partments and from outside the
government service.
1t was indicated that the techni-
s,,t -
largely as an informative body,
while the advisory committee was
designed to give the four principal
delegates the benefits Of general
counsel on policy as we'll as a re-
Election of various schools of pub
lie sentiment.
Officials familiar with Far East
ern problems and officers in charge
of divisions devoted to specialized
forms of warfare predominant in
the former body, and public fig
ures in touch with the life and
thought Of the nation sit on the
latter.
Former Senator Sutherland,
chosen chairman of the advisory
committee, is a close personal
friend of President Harding. He
has travelled widely and has been
a close student of national and in
ternational politics. In addition to
their general qualifications. Secre-
tary Hoover, General Pershing and
Admiral Rodgers all have lived in
the Far East. Mr.. Gompers and
Mr.. Barrett are considered quail
fled to present, respectively, the
viewpoints of labor and agriculture.
Other Members.
Other members of the advisory
committee are: Representative S.
G.. Porter Of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the house foreign affairs
committee.
John NJ. Parker, democratic gov
ernor of Louisiana and candidate
for the vice presidency with Roose-
welt on the progressive ticket in
1912.
Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsyl-
vania, under-secretary of state,
former ambassador TO Mexico.
]. NJ. Wainwright of New York,
assistant secretary of war, a vet
eran of the Spanish American and
world wars.
Theodore Roosevelt of New
York, assistant secretary of the
navy.
William Boyce Thompson of New
York, financier, head of the Amer
lean Red Cross mission to Russia in
1917.
William Salisbury of Delaware,
business man, former democratic |
senator and president pro tenn of
the senate.
John L. Lewis OF Illinois, presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers.
Walter George Smith of Pennsyl-
lawyer, former president
Bar association and for
mer president Federation of Catho-
lie Societies of Pennsylvania.
Carmi Thompson of Ohio, for
merly treasurer of the United
States.
Harold NJ. Sewall of Maine. law
yer, formerly in consular service
at Samoa, Hawaii and Liverpool,
for many years in ship
Women Appreciated.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter OF Min
1esota, president of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird of
wife of q former
candidate for governor
Of Massachusetts.
Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan of
New York. writer on Asiatic
problems.
Mrs. Katherine Phillips Edison of
California, prominent club woman.
other members of the technical
staff appointed from the army are:
Maj Gen. George o. Squier, chief
IF the signal corps; Maj. Gen. C. c.
Brig. Gen. William Nit
chell of the air service, and Brig.
Gen. Amos A. Fries Of the chemi-
,aI warfare service; Col. John McA.
Palmer Of the general staff, Col.
B. II. Wells. Lieut.. Col. Stewart
chief of army intelli-
gence, and Louis Cohen. a civilian
specialist.
For the navy other officers are:
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
Capt. William V. Pratt, Captains
Frank II. Schofield, Luke Nc
Nance and Samuel I. Bryant and
L. w. Austin, a civilian specialist.
Other members of the technical
staff named from the state depart
ment are:
d. C. Poole, chief Of division Of
Russian affairs: Prof. E. T. Will
Iiams. former chief Of the division
of Far Eastern affairs; J. Butler |
Wright, Leland Harrison and Ed
ward Bell. counsellors Of embas-
sizes; w. S. I.ogers. N. T. Johnson,
E. L. Neville and F. K. Nelson,
the latter solicitor of the depart-
ment; Chandler p. Anderson. for
mer counsellor, and j. Reuben |
Clark, a former solicitor.
All nal ed on the technical staff
are Prof. G.. Fl. Blakesiee Of Clark |
university, s. w. Stratton, director
of the bureau of standards; ]. H.
Dillinger Of the department Of COM
merce; Prof. Edgar F. Smith. Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania; William
s. Culbertson. United States tariff
commission, and Prof. George g.
Wilson of Harvard university.